Editing Margaret Cho (section)

==Personal life==
Cho married Al Ridenour, an artist involved in The [[Cacophony Society]] and the [[Art of Bleeding]], in 2003.<ref>Louie, Rebecca. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2003/10/08/2003-10-08_for_edgy_wit__it_s_cho_time.html "For Edgy Wit, It's Cho Time"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090923121210/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2003/10/08/2003-10-08_for_edgy_wit__it_s_cho_time.html |date=September 23, 2009 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]].'' October 8, 2003. Retrieved September 20, 2008.</ref> Cho was featured in an Art of Bleeding performance in March 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://artofbleeding.com/poison-march29.html | title= Art of Bleeding Live Ambulance Shows | website= artofbleeding.com | publisher= The Art of Bleeding Foundation | accessdate=  | archive-date= March 31, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060331233441/http://www.artofbleeding.com/poison-march29.html | url-status= dead }}</ref> She described her marriage as "very conventional and conservative, I think. I mean we're such weird people that people just can't imagine that we would have a conventional marriage. But yeah, we are very conventional."<ref>[http://www.bondmag.net/stories/MargaretCho.php "Margaret Cho Got Married"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100923032740/http://www.bondmag.net/stories/MargaretCho.php |date=September 23, 2010 }}. ''Bond Magazine''. Retrieved October 4, 2009.</ref> They separated in September, 2014, and Cho confirmed their separation in December.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Margaret Cho Split: Actress, Comedienne Divorcing Husband Al Ridenour After 11 Years |url = http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/margaret-cho-split-star-divorcing-husband-al-ridenour-after-11-years-20142012|website = Us Weekly|access-date = November 1, 2015|date = December 20, 2014|last = Webber|first = Stephanie}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Margaret Cho Files for Divorce From Husband Al Ridenour After 11 Years of Marriage|url = http://www.people.com/article/margaret-cho-and-husband-divorce-after-11-years|website = People|access-date = November 1, 2015|date = August 13, 2015|last = Stark|first = George}}</ref> Cho referred to herself as "divorced" in an April 2015 profile in ''[[The New York Times]]'', but actually filed for divorce in August 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>La Ferla, Ruth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/style/for-margaret-cho-nothing-is-too-private-for-a-punch-line.html "For Margaret Cho, Nothing Is Too Private for a Punch Line"]. ''[[The New York Times]].'' April 10, 2015.</ref> In April 2019, it was reported that the divorce was finalized.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldblatt|first=Daniel|title=Margaret Cho Cuts $200k Check to Finalize Split From Husband|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/margaret-cho-cuts-200k-check-142301046.html|date=April 17, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2022|website=Yahoo!}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Cho dated director [[Quentin Tarantino]].<ref>Goldsztajn, Iris. [https://www.nickiswift.com/583999/a-look-at-margaret-chos-relationship-history/ "A Look At Margaret Cho's Relationship History"] {{Webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215234729/https://www.nickiswift.com/583999/a-look-at-margaret-chos-relationship-history/ |date=December 15, 2021 }}. ''[[Nicki Swift]].'' August 24, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.</ref> She also dated musician [[Chris Isaak]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marine |first=Craig |date=November 11, 1999 |title=Margaret Cho, laughing again |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/margaret-cho-laughing-again-3198906.php |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Cintra |date=1999-07-28 |title=Margaret Cho: Celebrity as a disease |url=https://www.salon.com/1999/07/28/cho/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref>

{{As of|2008}}, in a profanity-laced blog post, Cho self-identified as a Christian, although she does not agree with nor align ideologically with mainstream Christianity.<ref name=christian>{{Cite web|url=http://margaretcho.com/2008/09/17/im-a-christian-you-fuckers/| title=I'm a Christian, you Fuckers| work=MargaretCho.com  |last= Cho | first= Margaret|date=September 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-date= February 12, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190212221654/http://margaretcho.com/2008/09/17/im-a-christian-you-fuckers/|access-date= September 10, 2018}}</ref> {{As of|2009}}, Cho was living in [[Peachtree City, Georgia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Queen_Margaret/|title=Queen Margaret|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]| first=Amarita | last= Parashar| url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120128103127/http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Queen_Margaret/|archive-date=January 28, 2012}}</ref> as ''Drop Dead Diva'' was filmed in the Atlanta area.

Cho is openly [[bisexual]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.glbtq.com/arts/chom.html |title=Cho, Margaret (b. 1968) |publisher= | website= glbtq.com |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111104071620/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/chom.html |archive-date=November 4, 2011 }}</ref> and has stated that she has "a lot of experience in the area of [[polyamory]] and alternative sexuality in general."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://caamedia.org/blog/2015/01/08/margaret-cho-talks-about-sex/ |title= Margaret Cho Talks About Sex |date=January 8, 2015 |publisher= | website= caamedia.org |access-date= January 11, 2015}}</ref> When discussing her sexuality in a 2018 ''[[HuffPost|Huffington Post]]'' interview, Cho said, "I don't know using 'bisexual' is right because that indicates there's only two genders and I don't believe that. I've been with people all across the spectrum of gender and who have all kinds of different expressions of gender so it's so hard to say. Maybe '[[Pansexuality|pansexual]]' is technically the more correct term but I like 'bisexual' because it's kind of '70s."<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/margaret-cho-bisexuality-pride_us_5b27b980e4b0783ae12b754e|title=Margaret Cho: 'Nobody Has Ever Really Accepted That I'm Truly Bisexual'| last= Michelson |first= Noah| date=June 19, 2018| work=[[HuffPost]]| access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> Cho states that she "loves" [[Fire Island]] and spends summers there.<ref name=MargaretChoFireIslandSummers>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/in-her-shoes-podcast-with-margaret-cho.html|author=Lindsay Peoples|title=Kicking Off Pride Month With Margaret Cho|publisher=[[New York magazine]]|date=June 8, 2022|accessdate=June 30, 2022|quote= It's a place that I really love. Fire Island is steeped in gay history and it's a place we've always gone to feel safe in the summer…}}</ref> She first learned about sexuality in the 1960s from her parents, who had bought a gay bookstore. In the 1980s, she identified as a lesbian, saying the title at that time had the stereotype of "wearing jean shorts, Doc Martens, a bike chain, a messenger bag and a portable CD player spinning Ani DiFranco".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rotter |first=Josh |title='There were no Asian comedians': Margaret Cho reflects on SF roots |url=https://www.sfgate.com/culture-events/article/Margaret-Cho-reflects-on-SF-roots-16956614.php |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref>

Cho was a guest on comedian [[Bobby Lee#TigerBelly podcast|Bobby Lee's ''Tigerbelly Podcast'']] Episode 71, which was uploaded on December 16, 2016.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Margaret Cho and the Yellow Telephone {{!}} TigerBelly 71| date=December 16, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNkT9CJclD4| via= YouTube| access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In that episode, she recounted an incident between her and actress [[Tilda Swinton]]. According to Cho, Swinton contacted her via email to discuss the Asian American community's reaction to the news that Swinton had been cast to play the [[Ancient One]], who in comic books is [[Tibetan People|Tibetan]], in the film ''[[Doctor Strange (2016 film)|Doctor Strange]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/doctor-strange-whitewashing-ancient-one-tilda-swinton-manaa-1201908555/|title=Asian American Media Group Blasts Tilda Swinton Casting in 'Doctor Strange'| last= Yee| first=Lawrence|date=November 3, 2016| website=Variety|access-date= January 26, 2020}}</ref> Cho found the inquiry odd, since she didn't know Swinton and had never talked to her before nor did she have anything to do with the film or casting.<ref name= ":1" /> On December 21, Swinton released the email exchange between her and Cho to the website [[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://jezebel.com/tilda-swinton-sent-us-her-email-exchange-with-margaret-1790203875|title=Tilda Swinton Sent Us Her Email Exchange with Margaret Cho About Doctor Strange, Diversity, and Whitewashing| website=Jezebel|date=December 16, 2016 |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> According to Swinton, she had contacted Cho to better understand why Asian Americans were upset about the casting.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho|title=Tilda Swinton Responds to Margaret Cho's Account of Whitewashing Conversation| last= Desta|first=Yohana|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 16, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In response to the release, Cho stated that she stands by her words both on ''TigerBelly'' and in the email exchange.<ref>{{Cite magazine| url= https://ew.com/article/2016/12/17/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails-doctor-strange-whitewashing/|title=Margaret Cho on Tilda Swinton Conversation: 'My Emails Stand on Their Own'| magazine= Entertainment Weekly|access-date= January 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/12/21/506347676/when-swinton-and-cho-talk-race-the-points-lost-in-translation|title=When Swinton And Cho Talk Race, The Point's Lost in Translation|last=Demby|first=Gene|date=December 21, 2016| publisher= NPR| access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=It is currently unclear what the dispute is regarding the email exchange. We need to clarify what was originally claimed, then what was counter-claimed, and then Cho's response.|date=September 2022}}

Cho revealed in a panel discussion that after doing genealogy testing, she discovered that she had some Chinese ancestry.<ref>{{Citation|title=A Star-Studded Dinner {{!}} Recipe For Change| date=June 29, 2021 | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX26NwtuXi8|language= en| via= YouTube | access-date=2021-07-01}}</ref>