Melissa Etheridge has been fighting the good fight for LGBT rights and same-sex marriage for longer than some people reading this will have been alive. The singer-songwriter first came out in 1993 at the Triangle Ball, which was an event set up by the gay community to celebrate Bill Clinton's election as President. Since then she's had many prominent same-sex relationships, including one in the 1990s which resulted in children thanks to a sperm donation from music star David Crosby.
The woman she's settled down with for life is actress and writer Linda Wallem. The couple were born on the same day, and married in California in 2014, two days after they'd both celebrated their 53rd birthday. Etheridge is still active in the world of music, although working with her wife she now also creates cannabis-infused wine, which has been very popular with buyers since marijuana was legalized in California in the year she was married.