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American rocker Melissa Etheridge insisted on having an anonymous sperm donor when she decided to add to her family with gay lover Tammy Lynn Michaels, because she didn't want a repeat of her past media storm. The lesbian singer/songwriter regretted announcing classic rocker David Crosby was the father of the two children she had with ex-partner Julie Cypher and she was determined not to make the same mistake again. The I'm The Only One singer's wife of three years, actress Michaels, gave birth to the couple's twins, daughter Johnnie Rose and son Miller Steven on 17 October (06), and this time the whole affair will be kept private. Crosby famously posed with Etheridge, Cypher and their children Bailey, now nine, and Beckett, now eight, for a Rolling Stone magazine cover after the Crosby, Stills and Nash star helped the same-sex couple conceive their babies. Etheridge explains, "We really only need Tammy and me to be parents in this. I feel very confident in us as parents." Michaels adds, "We are not going to be on the cover of a magazine going, 'Oh, the donor is George Clooney!' We don't know who the donor is. "We don't want to know. We're in a lesbian relationship. It's two moms, period."
from Contact Music
Rocker David Crosby was disappointed when he learned Melissa Etheridge and her lesbian lover Julie Cypher were splitting up, because he donated sperm to help them conceive two children.
Crosby wanted to help his friends become parents and the couple's son Beckett was born in 1998, followed by daughter Bailey in 2000.
He famously posed with Etheridge, Cypher and their children for a Rolling Stone cover, where the world discovered Crosby's role in the conception.
To his dismay, Etheridge and Cypher decided to split up seven months later and now share custody of the two children.
Cypher is married to Matthew Hale while Etheridge is married to actress Tammy Lynn Michels, who recently gave birth to twins using an anonymous sperm donor.
He tells American publication People, "Would I be a sperm donor again? I don't know. It's such a personal thing.
"It's discouraging how this worked out, because one of the main reasons that (wife Jan and I) did it was because of the love between Julie and Melissa, who have obviously transferred that affection to new partners.
"But both women have brought the kids up here and been with me at different times.
"It's very kind of them both to let me spend time with the kids, because our official deal was that I signed papers relinquishing parental rights of any sort after I made my gift.
"They're great kids, they're very special people in my life."
from PR Inside
American rocker Melissa Etheridge insisted on having an anonymous sperm donor when she decided to add to her family with gay lover Tammy Lynn Michaels, because she didn't want a repeat of her past media storm. The lesbian singer/songwriter regretted announcing classic rocker David Crosby was the father of the two children she had with ex-partner Julie Cypher and she was determined not to make the same mistake again. The I'm The Only One singer's wife of three years, actress Michaels, gave birth to the couple's twins, daughter Johnnie Rose and son Miller Steven on 17 October (06), and this time the whole affair will be kept private. Crosby famously posed with Etheridge, Cypher and their children Bailey, now nine, and Beckett, now eight, for a Rolling Stone magazine cover after the Crosby, Stills and Nash star helped the same-sex couple conceive their babies. Etheridge explains, "We really only need Tammy and me to be parents in this. I feel very confident in us as parents." Michaels adds, "We are not going to be on the cover of a magazine going, 'Oh, the donor is George Clooney!' We don't know who the donor is. "We don't want to know. We're in a lesbian relationship. It's two moms, period."
