Melissa Etheridge

Work : None | Contracts, agreements 1986 (Signed with Island Records) | Work : None | Gain social status 1988 (Staying on charts, notoriety) | Relationship : None | Begin significant relationship 1988 (With Julie Cypher) | Social : None | Secrets revealed 1993 (Revealed homosexuality) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities February 1997 (Daughter Bailey Jean was born) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1999 (Release of album, "Breakdown") | Work : None | Gain social status 2000 (Nominated for Grammy) | Social : None | Secrets revealed March 2000 (Announced David Crosby as father of two kids) | Relationship : None | End significant relationship 19 September 2000 (With Julie Cypher, 10 years) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released June 2001 (Autobiography published) | Relationship : None | Marriage 20 September 2003 (commitment ceremony with Tammy Michaels) | Health : None | Medical procedure 9 October 2004 (lumpectomy) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 17 October 2006 (Twins delivered by her partner impregnated a sperm donor) | Work : None | Prize 25 February 2007 (for her song in "An Inconvenient Truth") | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (breast cancer) | Family : Relationship | Cohabitation more than 3 yrs (Ten years with Cypher) | Family : Relationship | Mate - Same sex (Julie Cypher) | Family : Parenting | Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (One girl and one boy, adopted) | Passions : Sexuality | Lesbian | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Instrumentalist (Guitar) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Song writer | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (Pop, rock and jazz, lead singer) | Notable : Awards | Oscar