Editing Indigo Girls (section)

=== Political activism ===
The Indigo Girls have been politically active, championing the causes of and held benefit concerts for [[environmentalism|the environment]], [[gay rights]], the [[Native American civil rights|rights of Native Americans]], and the [[National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty]]. For many years they incorporated a recycling and public outreach program into their road tours by including [[Greenpeace]] representative Stephanie Fairbanks in their road crew. They helped [[Winona LaDuke]] establish [[Honor the Earth]], an organization dedicated to creating support and education for native environmental issues. After performing on the activist-oriented Spitfire Tour in 1999, Ray and Saliers joined forces with The Spitfire Agency to develop the Honor The Earth Tour, which visits colleges and Native communities, and raises money for their non-profit of the same name. Ray and Saliers have also appeared at the annual [[SOA Watch]] rallies, the [[March for Women's Lives]], and several other rallies and protests.

In 2006 the Indigo Girls were featured in artist [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]'s album ''[[I'm Not Dead]]'' in the song "[[Dear Mr. President (Pink song)|Dear Mr. President]]", which Pink says<ref>{{cite news |last=Haddon |first=Cole |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/Issues/2006-07-20/music/music.html |title=Simple Girl: Pink just wants to rock out — and rock the boat |work=Broward-Palm Beach New Times |date=July 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224021853/http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2006-07-20/music/simple-girl/ |archive-date=December 24, 2007 }}</ref> is a political confrontation with [[George W. Bush]] about war, poverty, LGBT rights, [[pro-choice|abortion rights]], and the [[No Child Left Behind Act]]. Returning the favor, Pink performed on the Indigo Girls' "Rock and Roll Heaven's Gate," which is about, among other things, sexism and [[heterosexism]] in the music industry.

In June 2007 the Indigo Girls were part of the multi-artist [[True Colors Tour 2007]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.truecolorstour.com/ |title=Home |publisher=True Colors Tour |access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> on the tour's [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] stop which benefited the [[Human Rights Campaign]] and other organizations that provide support to the [[LGBT]] community. The Indigo Girls performed again on the [[True Colors Tour 2008]].

In April 2013, in response to criticism from [[transgender]] activists, the Indigo Girls issued a statement that they would play at the [[Michigan Womyn's Music Festival]], but would protest the festival's "[[womyn-born womyn]]" policy from the stage, would donate any money received to trans activism, and would not return to the festival without "visible and concrete signs" that the policy would be changed.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 14, 2013|title=A Note from Amy and Emily|url=http://indigogirls.com/?p=2079|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064542/http://indigogirls.com/?p=2079|archive-date=October 2, 2018|access-date=October 1, 2018|website=IndigoGirls.com}}</ref>

In November 2017, the Indigo Girls were nominated to ''[[Out (magazine)|Out]]'' magazine's "OUT100" for 2017 in recognition of their work and their visibility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.out.com/out100-2017/2017/11/08/out100-2017#slide-41 |title=OUT100: The Indigo Girls, Singer-Songwriters |work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |date=November 8, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 }}</ref>

The Indigo Girls are also members of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and have worked with them on awareness campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|title=Radio – Artists Against Racism|website=Artistsagainstracism.org|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213912/http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>