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Contents:

• MELISSA ETHERIDGE RELLS MEETG WHERE THEY ASKED 'WHAT ARE WE GOG TO DO ABOUT THE GAY THG?'
• SGER MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO WED AFTER GAY MARRIAGE LG
• MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON BEG OUT: ‘WE N’T GET GAY ENOUGH RIGHT NOW!’
• MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO WED AFTER GAY-MARRIAGE RULGS
• MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON GAY MARRIAGE RULG: “HATE DON’T W OUT OVER LOVE” (GUT COLUMN)
• MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON WHY GAY CONTTANTS FARE BETTER ON ‘THE VOICE’ THAN ‘AMERIN IDOL’
• JULIE CYPHER DISVERED SHE WASN'T GAY AFTER BEG WH MELISSA ETHERIDGE FOR A DE
• JULIE CYPHER DISVERED SHE WASN'T GAY AFTER BEG WH MELISSA ETHERIDGE FOR A DE

MELISSA ETHERIDGE RELLS MEETG WHERE THEY ASKED 'WHAT ARE WE GOG TO DO ABOUT THE GAY THG?'

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SGER MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO WED AFTER GAY MARRIAGE LG

Do you thk we’ll have a gay or lbian print your lifetime? Melissa Etheridge had to hi her homosexualy her lyrics.

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON BEG OUT: ‘WE N’T GET GAY ENOUGH RIGHT NOW!’

As someone who me out at a time where was much harr to make as a gay artist, how do feel now to see the artists thrivg? She was first disvered a gay bar lled Vermie's California.

MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO WED AFTER GAY-MARRIAGE RULGS

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON GAY MARRIAGE RULG: “HATE DON’T W OUT OVER LOVE” (GUT COLUMN)

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE ON WHY GAY CONTTANTS FARE BETTER ON ‘THE VOICE’ THAN ‘AMERIN IDOL’

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JULIE CYPHER DISVERED SHE WASN'T GAY AFTER BEG WH MELISSA ETHERIDGE FOR A DE

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JULIE CYPHER DISVERED SHE WASN'T GAY AFTER BEG WH MELISSA ETHERIDGE FOR A DE

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