檢視梅莉莎·埃瑟里奇的原始碼

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| name                = 梅莉莎·埃瑟里奇<br>Melissa Etheridge
| image               = <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/a6/bc/16a6bcaaa3c84469ee311503cfbb36d3.jpg" width="220" ><br><small>[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/a6/bc/16a6bcaaa3c84469ee311503cfbb36d3.jpg 原圖鏈結]、[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/342344009170442711/ 圖片來自pinterest]</small>
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| birth_name          = Melissa Lou Etheridge
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|5|29}}
| birth_place      =   [[美國]]  [[堪薩斯州]]{{link-en|萊文沃思 (堪薩斯州)|Leavenworth, Kansas|萊文沃思}}
| spouse              = {{link-en|泰米·林恩·迈克尔斯|Tammy Lynn Michaels}}（2003年–2010年）<br />{{link-en|琳达·华林|Linda Wallem}}（2014年-至今）
| occupation   = 创作歌手，活动家
| website             = {{URL|http://www.melissaetheridge.com/}}
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}}
'''梅莉莎·娄·埃瑟里奇'''（{{lang-en|'''Melissa Lou Etheridge'''}}，{{bd|1961年|5月29日|catIdx=E}}）是一位美国摇滚歌手，唱作人，吉他手和社会活动家。<ref>{{cite web|title=Conversation with Melissa Etheridge|url=http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/interviews/melissaetheridge.html|publisher=Feminist.com|accessdate=2013-06-17}}</ref>她为纪录片《[[难以忽视的真相]]》创作的歌曲《I Need To Wake Up》获得[[第79届奥斯卡金像奖|2007年奥斯卡]][[奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖|最佳原创歌曲奖]]。<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/index.html |title=About the Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |accessdate=2007-04-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407234926/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/index.html |archivedate=四月 7, 2007 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>

1993年1月她公开自己的女同性恋身份，此后她成为一个积极参与同志权利运动的社会活动家。<ref name="Encyclopedia of gay and lesbian pop culture">{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9VGrrAiSNAkC&pg=PT108&lpg=PT108&dq=Etheridge+iconic+gay&source=bl&ots=YQT2fEkngL&sig=UmA4jdBGHyC5OKTQVbdIFWBUGIk&hl=en&ei=Tk35S6rUG8H88AaS1-yzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Etheridge%20iconic%20gay&f=false | title=Melissa Etheridge | author=Luca Prono | publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |  accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref>