Editing Billie Joe Armstrong (section)

===Relationships and sexuality===
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Armstrong has identified himself as [[bisexual]], saying in a 1995 interview with ''[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]'', "I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of, 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/25/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-bisexual/|title=AOL Radio – Listen to Free Online Radio – Free Internet Radio Stations and Music Playlists|publisher=Spinner.com|access-date=November 25, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806155541/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/25/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-bisexual/|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=26574 |title=Billie Joe Armstrong: Idiot Savant |publisher=Out.com |date=March 10, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929135520/http://out.com/detail.asp?id=26574 |archive-date=September 29, 2010 }}</ref> In February 2014, he again discussed his bisexuality in a ''Rolling Stone'' article about the Green Day album ''Dookie'', which he described as "touch[ing] on bisexuality a lot".<ref name="rollingstone.com"/>

Armstrong met his first serious girlfriend, Arica Pelino, at [[924 Gilman Street]] on his 16th birthday. She became known as the "first official Green Day fan", listening to the first four-track recordings by Armstrong and Sean Hughes, encouraging the band, touring with them and acting as an occasional photographer for them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ani3jrvy1r0t5s5o4_250.png |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005041324/http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ani3jrvy1r0t5s5o4_250.png |archive-date=October 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arica-pelino-mn0001988138 |title=Arica Pelino &#124; Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 4, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805035149/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arica-pelino-mn0001988138 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>Spitz, M. 2006, Nobody Likes You, p36</ref> She inspired many of Green Day's songs, including "Christie Road", which was written about the local railroad tracks where she and Armstrong would sneak out to meet.<ref>Spitz, M. 2006, Nobody Likes You, p36-37</ref> When Armstrong began living in punk houses and warehouses at the age of seventeen, including the warehouse above a West Oakland brothel which ultimately inspired the song "Welcome to Paradise",<ref name="Spitz, M 2006, p48">Spitz, M. 2006, Nobody Likes You, p48</ref> she would often stay with him, later saying, "I would stay with him sometimes in these warehouses full of [[crusty punk]]s."<ref name="Spitz, M 2006, p48"/> The couple split in late 1991. Arica is the sister of former Green Day touring member [[Mike Pelino (musician)|Mike Pelino]] and the sister-in-law of Janna White, who is married to Green Day touring guitarist [[Jason White (Green Day guitarist)|Jason White]].{{explain|date=July 2024}}

Shortly after his split with Pelino, Armstrong began dating a woman he has identified only as "Amanda". She produced and distributed her own [[fanzine|fan zine]] and was an "iron-willed" [[feminist]], which enthralled Armstrong.<ref>Spitz, M. 2006, Nobody Likes You, p69-70</ref> Amanda, however, was unimpressed with Armstrong; though the couple dated for some time, she ultimately left him in 1994 and joined the [[Peace Corps]], leaving him feeling suicidal.<ref>Spitz, M. 2006, Nobody Likes You, p70</ref> Armstrong stated in an interview with ''Spin'' about the inspiration behind the Green Day song "Armatage Shanks" in 1995: "It was right before ''Dookie'' came out and I was really at odds with myself. I was like, 'Man, do I really want to do this?' A lot of time I was thinking about suicide, how it's so easy to kill yourself, but it's so hard to stay alive. I was in a break-up with my then-girlfriend, a total, raving punk rocker who didn't approve of me being on a major label. She moved down to [[Ecuador]] saying she couldn't live in a world with [[McDonald's]] and such. It was fucking me up pretty bad."<ref>Spin, December,1995, p139</ref> Armstrong has written many songs about Amanda, both during their relationship and afterwards, including "She", "Good Riddance", "Stuart and the Ave", "Sassafras Roots", "Amanda", "She's a Rebel", "Extraordinary Girl", and "Whatsername". The character of Whatsername on the album ''American Idiot'', and in the ''American Idiot'' musical, is based on Amanda.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=billiejoe|author=Billie Joe Armstrong|number=35365988027338752|date=February 9, 2011|title='She' is about a girl named Amanda. So is Sasafrats roots(title by Mike) and so is 'whatsername'&nbsp;.. Ooh&nbsp;.. That's a good factoid}}</ref>

In 1990, Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser (the sister of professional skateboarder Steve Nesser) at one of Green Day's early performances in [[Minneapolis]]. They married on July 2, 1994, with Nesser discovering that she was pregnant the day after their wedding. Their first son, Joseph Marciano "Joey" Armstrong, was born on February 28, 1995. Joey went on to play drums in the [[Oakland]]-based band [[SWMRS]]. Their second son, Jakob Danger Armstrong, was born on September 12, 1998. Jakob is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who released his first material online in 2015 and currently plays with the band Ultra Q (formerly Mt. Eddy). In a February 2014 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Armstrong described his sudden marriage and fatherhood: "I was very impulsive at that time. I think that impulsive behavior was meant to counteract the chaos in my life."<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Fricke|authorlink=David Fricke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/dookie-at-20-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-punk-blockbuster-20140203|title='Dookie' at 20: Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Punk Blockbuster|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 3, 2014|access-date=March 18, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717021934/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/dookie-at-20-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-punk-blockbuster-20140203#ixzz2sIQituX0|archive-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>