Melissa Etheridge in Advocate Hall of Fame

The Advocate is celebrating its 45th anniversary and is naming a member of the Hall of Fame for each year. Gay Games Ambassador Melissa Etheridge is the hero for 2005 (hat tip to Outsports): 

When Melissa Etheridge was named The Advocate’s Person of the Year in 1995, she admitting knowing why: “I’m sort of a gay success story.” Etheridge came out during President Clinton’s inaugural ball and went on to sell hit records.”What happened to me is exactly the opposite of what closeted people fear: They think they’ll lose everything if they come out. This did not happen to me at all. In fact, everything came back tenfold.” Then when Etheridge publicly fought breast cancer in 2005 and won, her story once again became a tale of hope. “Let my life have been an inspiration to anyone — gay, straight, breast cancer, woman, mother — any human being,” she said after her star was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. “Believe in your dreams, my friends, believe because they do come true.”
-Lucas Grindley

Melissa Etheridge radio show debuts

Gay Games Ambassador Melissa Etheridge is launching a new career on the radio.

You can listen to the Melissa Etheridge Radio Show online on radio station KNLT's website (www.knlt.com), Monday-Friday, from 7pm to midnight, Alaska Time (find out what time that is for you HERE).

Just click on "Listen Live" on the top right corner.

If you'd like to hear the Melissa Etheridge Radio Show in your area, call your local radio station. You can request a list of stations in your area.

Don't miss out on the fun! There are two ways you can contribute and speak your truth on the Melissa Etheridge Radio Show:
1. Call the toll free hotline @ 1-855-ME-RADIO (1-855-637-2346)
2. Visit the official website www.MelissaEtheridgeRadioShow.com

Video flashback in honor of new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibition: Melissa Etheridge homage to Janis Joplin

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, an update on the coming exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

"Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" opens Friday, May 13. It will run through Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.

"We're going to show how women have played an important role in the development of popular music," says Jim Henke, the Rock Hall's vice president of exhibitions and curatorial affairs.

To coincide with the exhibit opening, the Rock Hall's annual spring benefit concert Saturday, May 14, at Public Auditorium will include performances by Rock Hall inductees Wanda Jackson, Darlene Love and Mavis Staples, among others.

Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Yoko Ono, Madonna, Britney Spears and Alicia Keys will be among the 70-plus artists showcased in the exhibit. It will highlight not only rockers, but also noteworthy women representing pop, country, R&B, hip-hop, disco and other genres.

We're counting down the days to the exhibit opening with a series of videos from the Rock Hall archives, showcasing female artists.

In today's installment [Gay Games Ambassador] Melissa Etheridge pays tribute to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin with a performance of "Piece of My Heart" at the 1995 induction ceremony. Joplin was inducted that year.

More info HERE.