Editing Sinéad O'Connor (section)

===Sexuality===
In a 2000 interview in ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'', O'Connor said that she was a lesbian.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Curve |url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/interviews/curves-20th-anniversary-retrospective-sinad-oconnor/| title=Curve's 20th Anniversary Retrospective: Sinéad O'Connor |date=1 February 2010 |last=Anderson-Minshall |first=Diane |url-status=live |archive-date=7 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807152943/https://www.curvemag.com/blog/interviews/curves-20th-anniversary-retrospective-sinad-oconnor/}}</ref> She later retracted the statement, and in 2005 told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' "I'm three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay".<ref>{{cite news |last=Sinha-Roy |first=Piya |editor=Tourtellotte, Bob |title=Sinead O'Connor reveals sexual frustration on Web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-59078220110831 |access-date=26 July 2023 |work=Reuters |date=31 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728044718/https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-59078220110831 |archive-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>

In 2013, O'Connor published an open letter on her own website to American singer and actress [[Miley Cyrus]] in which she warned Cyrus of the treatment of women in the music industry and stated that sexuality is a factor in this, which was in response to Cyrus's music video for her song "[[Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)|Wrecking Ball]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Sinead |date=2 October 2013 |title=Open Letter to Miley Cyrus |url=http://www.sineadoconnor.com/2013/10/open-letter-to-miley-cyrus/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232603/http://www.sineadoconnor.com/2013/10/open-letter-to-miley-cyrus/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |work=Official Website}}</ref> Cyrus responded by mocking O'Connor and alluding to her mental health problems.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=4 October 2013 |title=Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor row escalates|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24395755 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121212002/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24395755 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref> After O'Connor's death, Cyrus publicly apologised for her behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=Miley Cyrus Reflects on Sinéad O'Connor "Wrecking Ball" Dispute in New TV Special |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/miley-cyrus-reflects-on-sinead-oconnor-wrecking-ball-dispute-in-new-tv-special/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>