Editing Courtney Love (section)

==Philanthropy==
In 1993, Love and husband Kurt Cobain performed an acoustic set together at the Rock Against Rape benefit in Los Angeles, which raised awareness and provided resources for victims of sexual abuse.<ref name="rar" /> In 2000, Love publicly advocated for reform of the record industry in a personal letter published by ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]''.<ref name="math">{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/|work=Salon|title=Courtney Love does the math (unedited speech transcript)|date=May 14, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107144356/https://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/|archive-date=January 7, 2019|author=Love, Courtney}}</ref> In the letter, Love said: "It's not [[music piracy|piracy]] when kids swap music over the Internet using [[Napster]] or [[Gnutella]] or [[Freenet]] or [[iMesh]] or beaming their CDs into a [[MP3.com|My.MP3.com]] or MyPlay.com music locker. It's piracy when those guys that run those companies make side deals with the cartel lawyers and label heads so that they can be 'the label's friend', and not the artists'."<ref name="math" /> In a subsequent interview with [[Carrie Fisher]], she said that she was interested in starting a [[trade union|union]] for recording artists,<ref name="fisher" /> and also discussed [[race relations]] in the music industry, advocating for record companies to "put money back into the black community [whom] white people have been stealing from for years."<ref name="24 hours">{{cite episode|title=[[24 Hours of Love]]|network=[[MTV2]]
|date=September 21, 2002|series=MTV Specials}}</ref>

Love has been a long-standing supporter of [[LGBT]] causes.<ref>{{cite episode|people=Love, Courtney|series=VH1 Fashion Awards|network=VH1|air-date=October 28, 1997|quote=I think that great personal style is being true to yourself and speaking your mind, which, since I'm up here, I'm going to do. I feel that keeping gay people in the closet with our attitudes and our actions is cruel, and it's tacky, and most of all, it's boring.}} {{YouTube|XOhSXrrSyjM}}</ref> She has frequently collaborated with [[Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center]], taking part in the center's "An Evening with Women" events.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/courtney-love-linda-perry-team-up-for-gay-rights-20120514|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Steve|last=Balkin|title=Courtney Love, Linda Perry Team Up for Gay Rights|date=May 14, 2012|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921175434/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/courtney-love-linda-perry-team-up-for-gay-rights-20120514}}</ref> The proceeds of the event help provide food and shelter for homeless youth; services for seniors; legal assistance; domestic violence services; health and mental health services, and cultural arts programs. Love participated with Linda Perry for the event in 2012, and performed alongside [[Aimee Mann]] and comedian [[Wanda Sykes]]. Speaking on her collaboration on the event, Love said: "Seven thousand kids in Los Angeles a year go out on the street, and forty percent of those kids are [[gay]], [[lesbian]], or [[transgender]]. They [[coming out of the closet|come out]] to their parents, and become homeless&nbsp;... for whatever reason, I don't really know why, but gay men have a lot of foundations—I've played many of them—but the lesbian side of it doesn't have as much money and/or donors, so we're excited that this has grown to cover women and women's affairs."<ref>{{cite interview|last1=Love|first1=Courtney|last2=Perry|first2=Linda|work=The Insider|date=May 10, 2012|url=http://theinsider.etonline.com/gossip/52204_Courtney_Love_I_Tried_Begging/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114713/http://theinsider.etonline.com/gossip/52204_Courtney_Love_I_Tried_Begging/|archive-date=December 24, 2013|url-status=dead|title=Courtney Love: 'I Tried Begging'}}</ref>

She has also contributed to [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] organizations, partaking in benefits for [[amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research|amfAR]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amfar.org/in-the-spotlight/press-releases/sharon-stone,-kylie-minogue,-dita-von-teese,-courtney-love,-kenneth-cole,-and-kevin-huvane-join-for-amfar-inspiration-gala-in-los-angeles/|work=amfAR|title=Sharon Stone, Kylie Minogue, Dita von Teese, Courtney Love, Kenneth Cole, and Kevin Huvane Join For amfAR Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles|date=October 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222033116/https://www.amfar.org/in-the-spotlight/press-releases/sharon-stone,-kylie-minogue,-dita-von-teese,-courtney-love,-kenneth-cole,-and-kevin-huvane-join-for-amfar-inspiration-gala-in-los-angeles/|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> and the [[Product Red|RED Campaign]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267389/u2-scarlett-johannson-courtney-love-set-for-aids-charity-concert|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715053400/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267389/u2-scarlett-johannson-courtney-love-set-for-aids-charity-concert|archive-date=July 15, 2018|title=U2, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love Set For AIDS Charity Concert|first=Michael D.|last=Ayers}}</ref> In May 2011, she donated six of her husband Cobain's personal vinyl records for auction at [[Mariska Hargitay]]'s Joyful Heart Foundation event for victims of child abuse, rape, and domestic violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/05/18/courtney-love-patti-smith-charity-event/|work=[[MTV]]|title=Courtney Love, Patti Smith Bring Punk Cred To Mariska Hargitay's Charity Event|date=May 18, 2011|first=Sabrina Rojas|last=Weiss|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114357/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/05/18/courtney-love-patti-smith-charity-event/|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref> She has also supported the [[Murder of Sophie Lancaster|Sophie Lancaster Foundation]] as well as [[Stand For Courage]], an anti-bullying organization started by Love's sister.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Love|first=Courtney|interviewer=Noah Levy|title=Courtney Love on Pop Culture|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8UpZwZKOTo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/u8UpZwZKOTo| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|work=Endemol|date=June 12, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Courage">{{cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=December 3, 2018 |title=Courtney Love on Her Latest Closet Sale for Charity and Getting Over Hoarding |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/courtney-love-her-latest-closet-sale-charity-getting-hoarding-1165688/ |access-date=April 14, 2025 }}</ref>

In 2021, Love and creative director and philanthropist Julie Panebianco launched From Her To Eternity, an initiative designed to collect and categorize a physical collection of related music materials that focus on and celebrate the contributions of women to popular music.<ref>{{cite news|url=
https://hero-magazine.com/article/189917/courtney-love-cobain-the-archive-of-contemporary-music |title=Courtney Love Cobain is helping preserve and celebrate the contributions of women to popular music|work=HERO Magazine|date=May 12, 2021}}</ref>

The first project of From Her to Eternity was a world-renowned female music photographers´ exhibition titled ''From Her to Eternity: The Women Who Photograph Music''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.traveler.es/articulos/exposicion-from-her-to-eternity-fotografas-musicales-chicago|title='From Her to Eternity': la música tras la lente femenina|work=Condé Nast Traveler|date=August 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/wabash-arts-corridor-courtney-love-from-her-to-eternity-the-women-who-photograph-music/|title=Wabash Arts Corridor : Courtney Love : From Her To Eternity : The Women Who Photograph Music|work=The Eye Of Photography|date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> The installation was displayed at the corner of S. Wabash Avenue and E. Eight Street in Chicago's South Loop throughout Summer 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://beintheloopchicago.com/?p=51798|title=All Female Photography Exhibit, From Her to Eternity: The Women Who Photograph Music, Runs In Chicago Until Mid September|work=In The Loop Magazine|date=August 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=
https://art.newcity.com/2023/08/04/women-behind-the-lens-a-review-of-from-her-to-eternity|title=Women Behind the Lens: A Review of "From Her to Eternity" |work=New City Art|date=August 4, 2023}}</ref> The name is a tribute by Love to the late Australian singer-songwriter [[Anita Lane]]. Lane was a member of the Birthday Party and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds who co-wrote the song [[From Her to Eternity (song)|“From Her To Eternity”]] with [[Nick Cave]], who's an exhibition supporter alongside Anita Lane's family, [[Michael Stipe]] and artist Thomas Dozol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Her to Eternity|url=https://www.fromhertoeternity.org/|date=7 July 2023 |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=From Her To Eternity: The Women Who Photograph Music |language=en}}</ref>