Editing Sandra Bernhard (section)

==Personal life==
Bernhard identifies herself as bisexual and is a strong supporter of [[LGBTQ social movements|LGBTQ rights]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sandra Bernhard: Bisexuality and savage wit |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sandra-bernhard-bisexuality-and-savage-wit-397472.html |access-date=June 24, 2013 |newspaper=The Independent |date=October 22, 2007 |location=London}}</ref><ref name="feminist">{{Cite web|title=INTERVIEW WITH SANDRA BERNHARD BY MARIANNE SCHNALL|url=https://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/interviews/sandrabernhard.html|access-date=March 2, 2022|website=www.feminist.com}}</ref> On July 4, 1998, she gave birth to a daughter,<ref name=nytimes1998>{{citation |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E4D8123DF931A15753C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=At Home with: Sandra Bernhard When Baby Talk Makes Good Material |first=Julie V. |last=Iovine |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 22, 1998 |access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> whom she raised with Sara Switzer, her partner of over 20 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/guest-diary/2015/liz-smith-the-time-of-the-season |title=LIZ SMITH: The Time of the Season ... |newspaper=New York Social Diary |date=January 7, 2015 |access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jezebel.com/5057663/sandra-bernhard-daughter-are-a-duo-of-dames-with-rebel-red |title=Sandra Bernhard, Daughter, Are A Duo Of Dames With Rebel Red |first=Anna |last=Holmes |work=Jezebel |date=October 2008 |access-date=February 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004050717/http://jezebel.com/5057663/sandra-bernhard-daughter-are-a-duo-of-dames-with-rebel-red |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/10/sandra-bernhard-comedy-letterman |title=Sandra Bernhard on today's young actors: 'They don't have personalities' |last=Oswell |first=Paul |date=June 10, 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Bernhard was also in a relationship with Venezuelan actress [[Patricia Velasquez]].<ref name=people>{{cite web |title=First Latina Supermodel Patricia Velasquez Comes Out as a Lesbian |url=https://people.com/celebrity/first-latina-supermodel-patricia-velasquez-comes-out-as-a-lesbian/ |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=8 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>