Melissa Etheridge for Boston Pride?
by Ethan Jacobs
Bay Windows
Friday Feb 20, 2009
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=87520LGBT Bostonians have spoken, and they want Melissa Etheridge. The big question is, does she want us back? Etheridge beat out four other contenders -- Neil Patrick Harris, trans Israeli singer Dana International, local comedian Amy Tee and comedian Marga Gomez -- in online voting for celebrity marshal of the 2009 Boston Pride Parade. But there's no guarantee that Etheridge will grace Boston with her presence.
When Bay Windows first reported on the celebrity marshal nominees last month, a spokesperson for the Pride Committee said that all celebrity nominees had confirmed that they would attend the parade if they won the vote. But this week, Pride Committee Board Member Kristie Helms told Bay Windows that the committee had only made preliminary contact with each of the celebrity nominees, and they did not have a firm commitment from any of them.
