'Horrified': That Time a Journalist Made Melissa Etheridge Look Straight

'Horrified': That time a journalist made Melissa Etheridge look straight

In May 1992, Melissa Etheridge graced the cover of Music Express — a now-defunct, free Canadian magazine that had previously featured the likes of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, Tom Petty and Boy George. Next to a sexy photo of Etheridge wearing a low-cut white top, her guitar slung over her shoulder, the headline under her name read, "The Naked Truth." However, as Etheridge recalled this week in an interview with Joel Madd…

Melissa Etheridge was ‘horrified’ when magazine changed her ‘girlfriend’ quote to ‘boyfriend’ before she came out

Before Melissa Etheridge came out in 1993, the singer was ‘horrified’ when a magazine changed her ‘girlfriend’ quote to ‘boyfriend.’