"Maybe it’s because we dealt with so many LGBT issues in the ‘90s and part of the 2Ks that Lady Gaga’s butch-on-girl kiss in “Telephone” (as opposed to Katie Perry’s crowd-pleasing cherry chapstick fantasy) is a relative non-issue now. At least, if you compare it to how people reacted to [Madonna’s] “Justify my Love” in 1991. There’s still a whole lot of progress to be made. But we’re lightyears away from 1989, thank goodness."