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Melissa Etheridge on Helping Celebrities Come Out, Love, Grief—and How Her Wild Parties Inspired ‘The L Word’

‘I LIVED IT!’

As she brings her new show to New York, Melissa Etheridge talks love, music, helping Ricky Martin and others come out, grieving her son—and how “The L Word” began beside her pool.

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