Editing Margaret Cho (section)

== Accolades ==
* In 2000, her "[[E!]] Celebrity Profile" won a [[Gracie Allen Award]] from the American Women in Radio and Television organization acknowledging its "superior quality and effective portrayal of the changing roles and concerns of women."<ref name=augsburg />
* The same year, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ([[GLAAD]]) awarded her with a [[GLAAD Golden Gate Award|Golden Gate Award]] and described her as an entertainer who, "as a pioneer, has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."<ref>[http://www.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=99&PHPSESSID=f Margaret Cho, Billie Jean King, E*TRADE's Kathy Levinson and Dennis & Judy Shepard To Be Honored At GLAAD's Washington, DC and San Francisco Media Awards Ceremonies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221737/http://www.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=99&PHPSESSID=f |date=September 26, 2007 }}, GLAAD.org, April 26, 2000.</ref>
* In 2001, she was given a Lambda Liberty Award by [[Lambda Legal]] for "pressing us to see how false constructions of race, sexuality, and gender operate similarly to obscure and demean identity."<ref>Martin, Karen Doyle. [http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid%3A1114 Cho Nuff: Outspoken comic brings her all-inclusive act to Charlotte] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181514/http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:1114 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, April 24, 2002.</ref>
* In 2003, she was given an Intrepid Award by the [[National Organization for Women]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/cho.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408213337/http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/cho.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2005 |title=NOW's First Annual Intrepid Awards Gala: Margaret Cho |publisher=NOW.org |date=July 10, 2003 |access-date=November 7, 2011 }}</ref>
* In 2004, she was awarded with the First Amendment Award from the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aclu-sc.org/News/Releases/2004/100755/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017061829/http://www.aclu-sc.org/News/Releases/2004/100755/|url-status=dead|title=ACLU News: ACLU/SC Honors Civil Liberties Advocates At Annual Garden Party|archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref>
* In 2007, she won for Outstanding Comedy Performance in [[AZN Television|AZN]]'s Asian Excellence Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/2007/06/true_colors_tal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516123313/http://www.newnownext.com/2007/06/true_colors_tal.html|url-status=dead|title=''NewNowNext.com'' Blog: True Colors Interview: Margaret Cho's Gay Agenda|archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref>
*April 30, 2008 was declared "Margaret Cho Day" in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/05/last_night_margaret_cho_day_at.php |title= Last Night: Margaret Cho Day at City Hall| website= SFWeekly.com | first= Janine |last= Kahn |date= May 1, 2008| access-date= September 22, 2015}}</ref>
* In 2015, [[Joan Juliet Buck]], writing in ''W'', called Cho a modern-day [[femme fatale]], writing:

<blockquote>[N]ot all women comedians are dangerous; some are just very funny: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are too relatable, Joan Rivers was too firmly ensconced in the society that she mocked. Amy Schumer relies a little too much on the word "pussy" to be any kind of threat, though she would like very much to be a bad person. On the other hand, ... Margaret Cho know[s] no boundaries and inspire[s] palpable fear anytime [she] begin[s] one of [her] riffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/2015/03/dangerous-women-femme-fatales/|title=No Guts, No Glamour|first=Joan Juliet|last=Buck|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204124455/http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/2015/03/dangerous-women-femme-fatales/|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref></blockquote>