Are you ready for the Good News Moment of the week? Looks as though there’s a lot to be happy about! Tomorrow is National Coming Out Day! Dear Abby supports gays and lesbians! And the Best Lesbian Love Stories 2007 anthology is in stores!
But wait! There’s more good news on the horizon …
First, let me apologize for my lateness. I was a bit slow moving this morning. The Buffalo Bills lost a heartbreaker last night and I stayed up only to watch them blow it in the end. (What do we have to do to win a game?!)
I woke up this a.m. feeling a little under the weather. For some reason, I haven’t been sleeping well lately so I decided to stay in bed and refresh a bit. I don’t want to make it worse or get myself sicker. Holy tangent. Now that you know all of that I can get to the real meat of this post!
The truth is that I have some exciting news for all of you …
New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann has given every penny of her earnings from her upcoming novel, All Through the Night, to MassEquality, an organization dedicated to preserving equal marriage rights in Massachusetts. The mother of a gay son, Brockmann takes equal marriage rights very seriously.
Today’s Come Out & Play post spotlights your top five. Confused? That’s OK. I can explain …
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Melissa Lou Etheridge
May 29, 1961 -
Melissa Etheridge is is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning American rock musician and singer. If you don’t know who she is and you are a lesbian … then you must live under a rock. Seriously, how can I have a Notable Lesbian series without her? I can’t. So here she is.
Melissa Etheridge has released nine albums since signing her first major recording contract in 1987. Three of them have gone multi-platinum: Melissa Etheridge (1988), Yes I Am (1993) and Your Little Secret (1995). Two others went platinum and two more gold. 
Etheridge is famous as a gay rights activist, having publicly come out as a lesbian in January 1993 at the Triangle Ball, a gay/lesbian celebration of President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration. She is also a committed advocate for environmental issues and in 2006, she toured the US and Canada using biodiesel. In April 2006, Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels announced that Michaels was pregnant with twins via an anonymous sperm donor. Michaels gave birth to a son, Miller Steven, and a daughter, Johnnie Rose, on October 17, 2006.
Interesting tid bit:
Etheridge is a Bruce Springsteen fan, and she has covered his songs “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run” during live shows. She is also a fan of the Dave Matthews Band and has expressed interest in collaborating with them. In October 2004, Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, she made a return to the stage and, although bald from chemotherapy, performed a tribute to Janis Joplin with the song, “Piece of My Heart.” Etheridge was praised for her performance, which was considered one of the highlights of the show.
Buy Melissa’s new album, The Awakening
More Notable Lesbians
If you have a suggestion for a Notable Lesbian, e-maill me at lyndsey.darcangelo@451press.net or use the contact form above and I’ll highlight her in an upcoming post.
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Are you ready for the Good News Moment of the week? I know that you are titillating with excitement! We all need a little good news now and then …
It seems that people who commit hate crimes will do just about anything to get out of them … from saying, “he or she hit on me,” or “he or she tried to molest me” to “well, it wasn’t a hate crime because I’m gay too.”
This latest excuse was used by a man who testified for the defense in the death of Michael Sandy, a gay man who ran into on-coming traffic after being chased by three attackers. He was hit by a car and killed.
Friday’s Come Out & Play post touched a few people. Here’s one response I received through e-mail:
I just read your article on Coming out later in life. It was in the Come Out and Play section. I am 46 and in the process of coming out. I was married for 18 years and finally accepted the fact that I love women right before I left my husband. Then I said I was bisexual and dated men and women. But recently, I finally accepted the fact that I am lesbian. I have known it since I was in my early teens but there wasn’t a lot of information on it except how wrong it was. I can’t wait to read more about others coming out to inspire my own story.
Thanks! ~ M
It’s nice to know that people are affected by the topics I choose to write about and the points I discuss. Coming Out is such a confusing process - if there were a handbook that could be handed out to everyone embarking on their Coming Out journey it would be extremely beneficial. There’s no right or wrong way to do it. It’s just something every homosexual has to muddle through, no matter who you are. Just ask T.R. Knight …
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