Melissa Etheridge on how ‘my queerness protected me’ in a music scene unforgiving to women

Author: Ryan Adamczeski

Melissa Etheridge has enjoyed a long and storied career as a rock and roll trailblazer, but she doesn’t think her success comes in spite of her queerness — in fact, the icon recently said that she’s instead gotten through some situations because of it. give thanks” for the work that was done before, and “become what you want to see.”