Editing Ani DiFranco (section)

==Personal life==

DiFranco came out as [[bisexual]] in her twenties,<ref>{{cite web |last=Scott Marti |first=Kris |title=Ani DiFranco, Folksinger and Entrepreneur |url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Music/112004/anidifranco.html |website=AfterEllen.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826082336/http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Music/112004/anidifranco.html |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |date=November 28, 2004}}</ref> and has written songs about love and sex with women and men. She addressed the controversy about her sexuality in the song "In or Out" on the album ''[[Imperfectly]]'' (1992). However, in 2015 she told the blog GoPride.com that she was "not so queer anymore, but definitely a woman-centered woman and just a human rights-centered artist."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bendix |first=Trish |date=2017-10-10 |title=Ani DiFranco Is Trying to Learn |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ani-difranco-is-trying-to-learn/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with [[Jezebel (website)|''Jezebel'']], she stated that she preferred the term "queer" because "bisexual" "always sounded very medical, like something you do to a frog in 9th grade science or something", and further added that "the irony is I'm pretty fuckin' [[Heterosexuality|hetero]], which is unfortunate for me because many of my deepest connections are with women. But, naw, I just like what's in boys' pants better."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Ani DiFranco Is Tired of Talking About Herself (So Here She Goes Again) |url=https://jezebel.com/ani-difranco-is-tired-of-talking-about-herself-so-here-1834252022 |access-date=September 13, 2022 |website=Jezebel |language=en-us}}</ref> In 1998, she married her sound engineer Andrew Gilchrist<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428075/ani-difranco-weds-hits-studio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410181619/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428075/ani-difranco-weds-hits-studio/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2016|title=Ani DiFranco Weds, Hits Studio|date=June 2, 1998|website=MTV News|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> in a [[Unitarian Universalist]] service in Canada. DiFranco and Gilchrist divorced in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Varga|first1=George|title=Ani DiFranco sings and marches on|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-ani-di-franco-moves-through-controversy-2015mar13-story.html|website=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

In 1990, she wrote "Lost Woman Song", inspired by abortions she had at ages eighteen and twenty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/485/righteous-babe|title=Righteous Babe: Ani DiFranco On Music, Politics, And Staying Independent|last=Leviton|first=Mark|website=Thesunmagazine.org|date=May 2016|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>

DiFranco's father died in the summer of 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reprieve |url=https://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/reprieve/reviews.asp |website=righteousbabe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525131421/https://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/reprieve/reviews.asp |archive-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref> In July 2005, DiFranco developed [[tendinitis]] and took a nine-month hiatus from touring. In January 2007 DiFranco gave birth to her first child, a daughter,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dowd |first1=Kathy Ehrich |title=Singer Ani DiFranco Welcomes a Daughter |url=https://people.com/celebrity/singer-ani-difranco-welcomes-a-daughter/ |website=People.com |access-date=November 5, 2019 |date=January 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/introducing-pet/|title= Introducing Petah Lucia DiFranco Napolitano|website=People|date=July 3, 2007|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105050626/https://people.com/parents/introducing-pet/|archive-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref> at her Buffalo home. She married the child's father, Mike Napolitano, also her regular producer, in 2009. In an interview on September 13, 2012, DiFranco mentioned that she was pregnant with her second child.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phenicie |first1=Courtney |title=Ani DiFranco :: Interview |url=https://cincymusic.com/blog/2012/09/ani-difranco-interview |website=CincyMusic |access-date=September 13, 2012 |date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> In April 2013, she gave birth to her second child, a son.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Quentin |title=Being a mom isn't slowing Ani DeFranco |url=https://secondstorygarage.com/being-a-mom-isnt-slowing-ani-defranco/ |website=Second Story Garage |access-date=November 5, 2019 |date=March 27, 2015}}</ref>

She has resided in the [[Bywater, New Orleans]], neighborhood since 2008.<ref name="New Orleans">{{cite news|title=Sense of Place: Ani DiFranco's Fresh Perspective On New Orleans|newspaper = NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/06/13/154873409/sense-of-place-ani-difrancos-fresh-perspective-on-new-orleans|access-date=June 15, 2012|date=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

DiFranco signed the October 2023 [[Artists4Ceasefire]] open letter to Joe Biden calling for a ceasefire during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US}}</ref>

She has described herself as an [[atheist]]. On the subject of religion, DiFranco has stated:<ref>{{cite news| first =Matthew| last =Rothschild| title =Ani DiFranco – folk singer – Interview| work =The Progressive|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_5_64/ai_61963258/pg_5| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928190531/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_5_64/ai_61963258/pg_5| url-status =dead| archive-date =September 28, 2008| date = May 9, 2000| access-date = April 10, 2008}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Well, I'm not a religious person myself. I'm an atheist. I think religion serves a lot of different purposes in people's lives, and I can recognize the value of that, you know, the value of ceremony, the value of community, or even just having a forum to get together and talk about ideas, about morals – that's a cool concept. But then, of course, institutional religions are so problematic.}}

DiFranco has spoken critically of [[cancel culture]], saying it is "just gonna get us nowhere" and "The human family can't divorce each other".<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sernaker |first=Emily |date=April 16, 2021 |title=The Ms. Q&A With Ani DiFranco: "You Have License To Be All the Aspects of Yourself and To Be Unashamed of Them" |url=https://msmagazine.com/2021/04/16/ani-difranco-righteous-babe-records-feminism-music-revolutionary-love/ |access-date=September 13, 2022 |website=Ms. Magazine}}</ref> DiFranco herself has received criticism for planning a 2013 songwriting retreat at [[Nottoway Plantation|Nottoway]], a former slave plantation.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> She cancelled the retreat three days after the news broke, writing on her website, "I needed a wake-up call and you gave it to me." In a 2019 interview, she said of her choices at the time, "I should have found the ultimate humility to put down my own hurt, and all of the misconceptions or mis-truths out there. You have to make yourself accountable. There's a greater pain that's bigger than me, and it's more important."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barlow |first1=Eve |title=Ani DiFranco: 'I'm sorry if I'm not what you need me to be' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/17/ani-difranco-im-sorry-if-im-not-what-you-need-me-to-be |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>

She wrote in her memoir that she "[sympathized] with both sides" regarding the controversial [[Feminist views on transgender topics|trans-exclusionary]] policies of the [[Michigan Womyn's Music Festival]]. In a 2019 interview, she elaborated on this statement, discussing her perception that cisgender women were being "asked again ... to move over and make room for somebody else," and later expressed that she understood the difficulty "for anybody outside of a very specific group to experience it the way that group does," saying that "maybe [women's spaces] should be a little more [inclusive]".<ref name=":3" />

DiFranco is the subject of the 2024 documentary film ''[[1-800-On-Her-Own]]''.<ref> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/movies/ani-difranco-1-800-on-her-own.html</ref>