Celebrity | Melissa Etheridge Etheridge, Girlfriend to Wed By Elizabeth Wolff Posted Oct 2, 2008 10:46 AM CDT Copied Melissa Etheridge, left and her partner actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, right, arrive at the 24th Annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Pop Music Awards in April. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) Melissa Etheridge will wed her longtime girlfriend, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, and they have a deadline: before next month's vote in California on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. “We have four children and we’re trying to find the right time,” the rocker told Extra this week. Read These Next Want to know how the economy is doing? Check Dollar Tree's stats. New York Times digs into the 'dreaded irony' of Generation X. Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps up criticism of Trump on 60 Minutes. A kidney recipient died of rabies from the infected donor. Report an error