Nickname:	Missy Lou / Lucky
Known for:	An Inconvenient Truth / The Devil's Own / The 79th Annual Academy Awards
Birth name:	Melissa Lou Etheridge
Birthday:	29 May 1961, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Height:	5' 3" (1.60 m)
Available Photos	32

Melissa has made it in an industry that often values a woman's looks over musical talent and originality. She has endured on her own terms, keeping it real no matter what the flavor of the month has been. From earlier rockers "Bring Me Some Water" and "I'm The Only One" to the more recent "Angels Will Fall," Melissa's been knocking out hits since 1988. Besides her accomplishments in the music industry, she'll be remembered as the first openly gay female rocker in history. A particular Rolling Stone magazine cover photo in 2000 created quite a stir as well.

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Reuters - Singer Melissa Etheridge, who never wed her partner during California's brief legalization of same-sex marriages, said on Tuesday the couple were now in limbo after the California Supreme Court affirmed a state ban on gay marriage.
Melissa Etheridge is furious at the state of California where the citizens voted to pass Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage in the state, after numerous gays and lesbian couples got hitched this year. Prop 8 overturned a California Supreme Court decision that had allowed same-sex unions.

The rocker and her partner Tammy Lynn Michaels , who have been together for years, were hoping to legally marry as well. Melissa is now arguing that she isn't required to pay taxes due to her "Second Class Citizen" status.
Gay rocker Melissa Etheridge has pledged to fight the re-installed ban on same sex marriages in California, even though she and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels could legally wed elsewhere.


Gay rocker MELISSA ETHERIDGE has pledged to fight the re-installed ban on same sex marriages in California, even though she and partner TAMMY LYNN MICHAELS could legally wed elsewhere.Etheridge was stunned by the news that Proposition 8 passed in California overnight on Tuesday (04Nov08), banning gay marriage - but she isn’t planning on leaving the
Reuters - Melissa Etheridge will wed girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels, the singer told celebrity television show "Extra" ahead of California's vote next month on whether to strip same-sex couples of the right to marry.
Reuters - Melissa Etheridge will wed girlfriend Tammy Lynn Michaels, the singer told celebrity television show "Extra" ahead of California's vote next month on whether to strip same-sex couples of the right to marry.
Recent cancer survivor Christina Applegate joined fellow survivors Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge along with a who's who of Hollywood Friday night at the star-studded TV fundraiser, "Stand Up to Cancer," as they raised big bucks for charity.   Some of the roster of stars who participated in the program are: Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Lance Armstrong, Josh Brolin, Kirsten Dunst, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christina Ricci, Goran Visnjic, Forest Whitaker, Charles Barkley, Abigail Breslin, Kate Bosworth, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Garner, Brad Garrett, Tony Hawk, Marg Helgenberger, Rob Lowe and Mandy Moore. "Stand up to Cancer" aired Friday night at 8 p.m. on CBS, ABC and NBC.

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Melissa Etheridge has urged her fans to support Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama - after changing the lyrics to one of her songs at a recent concert in honor of the politician.


MELISSA ETHERIDGE has urged fans struggling with cancer to learn a lesson from her battle with the disease - because it can be a "gift".The singer was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy in October 2004.Etheridge told the crowd at her Los Angeles concert on Friday (29Aug08): "Cancer’s something that will stop you right
MELISSA ETHERIDGE has urged her fans to support Democratic presidential nominee BARACK OBAMA - after changing the lyrics to one of her songs at a recent concert in honour of the politician.The singer - who performed at last week’s (beg25Aug08) Democratic National Convention (DNC) - pledged her political preference at a Los Angeles concert on
Happy Birthday to Spice Girl Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown (1975), Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla (1969), Oasis founder Noel Gallagher (1967), "The Facts of Life" actress Lisa Whelchel (1963), singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge (1961),


Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Mamas Wearing fins, snorkel and a skimpy bathing t-shirt and shorts, rocker mom Melissa Etheridge waddled on the beach in Hawaii on Thursday.Melissa looked happy as a clam, spending the day in the sun with her four children and wife Tammy Lynn...
Melissa Etheridge turned out to be a lucky charm for Once star Marketa Irglova after a chance meeting in the days before the Oscars. Irglova and partner Glen Hansard's "Falling Slowly" was the surprise winner of the Best Song category at the Academy Awards on Sunday - the honor Etheridge won in 2007.


Two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge, five-time Grammy Award winner Faith Hill and nine-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will host "My Night At The Grammys,"


Melissa Etheridge received a very special gift on her 17th birthday - the knowledge she was a lesbian. The singer/songwriter reveals that was the first time she kissed a girl, and she knew immediately she way gay.


MELISSA ETHERIDGE received a very special gift on her 17th birthday - the knowledge she was a lesbian.The singer/songwriter reveals that was the first time she kissed a girl, and she knew immediately she way gay.She says, "I’d kissed a lot of boys and it was like, ‘OK,’ and then the first time I kissed
"I went to the doctor last week to get the check-up and it's all clear. I've been clear three years, which is the big one. I know, in my heart, that I don't have cancer." Melissa Etheridge is celebrating her good news.


Melissa Etheridge named her hit new album The Awakening after the "amazing peace" she found following days of constant agony brought on by chemotherapy. Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was surprised to find peace of mind after painful hospital treatment.

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