LeAnn Rimes

==Philanthropy==
Rimes lent her voice to the 2008 song "Just Stand Up". The proceeds benefited Stand Up to Cancer. As a result of SU2C fundraising endeavors, the SU2C scientific advisory committee, overseen by the [[American Association for Cancer Research]], was able to award $73.6 million towards cancer research.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/stand-up-to-cancer.aspx |title = AACR-Stand Up To Cancer |publisher = AACR.org |access-date = September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120915112933/http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/stand-up-to-cancer.aspx |archive-date = September 15, 2012 }}</ref> In 2009, Rimes was given a special humanitarian award from the Academy of Country Music in honor of her philanthropic efforts.<ref name="ACM"/> In December 2010, she performed "The Rose", joined by The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/12/20/leann-rimes-gay-mens-chorus-celebrate-xmas |title = LeAnn Rimes and The Gay Men's Chorus Celebrate Xmas |publisher = TheAdvocate.com |date = December 20, 2010 |access-date = June 20, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160459/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/12/20/leann-rimes-gay-mens-chorus-celebrate-xmas |archive-date = October 2, 2012 }}</ref> in remembrance of the many gay teenagers who committed suicide in 2010. On her weblog she wrote on June 18, 2011: "I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know is that in God's eyes we are all the same. I just wish we could see through the eyes of God more often."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://leannrimesworld.com/blog |title = Leannrimesworld.com Weblog |access-date = June 20, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110618034645/http://leannrimesworld.com/blog |archive-date = June 18, 2011 }}</ref> In 2017, Rimes revealed that her uncle was gay and died from the [[AIDS]] virus. "Now, every time, everywhere I get to sing—or when I get stand up alongside my LGBTQ brothers and sisters—I get to give him a voice," she commented.<ref>{{cite news |title=LeAnn Rimes: Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/leann-rimes-gay-pride-month-love-letter-7809710/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>