Editing Cybill Shepherd (section)

===Political activism===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan greeting actress Cybill Shepherd in the Oval Office.jpg|thumb|right|Shepherd with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1988]]
Throughout her career, Shepherd has been an outspoken activist for issues such as [[gay rights]]<ref>{{cite web|date=April 21, 1993|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hYVIAAAAIBAJ&dq=cybill%20shepherd%20gay%20march&pg=5028%2C3121721|title=New video counters anti-gay message|work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> and [[abortion rights]].<ref>{{cite news|date=April 26, 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3659039.stm|title=In Pictures: US Abortion March - Actresses Cybill Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg and Ashley Judd were among those marching|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}; {{cite web|author=Cox News Service|date=April 11, 1989|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yWdYAAAAIBAJ&dq=cybill%20shepherd%20abortion%20rally&pg=4007%2C611968|title=Nationwide pro-choice rally planned|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, she was honored by the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in [[Atlanta]] with one of two National Ally for Equality awards.{{cn|date=November 2024}} She has been an advocate for [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|date=April 1, 2008|url=http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1130|title=Cybill Shepherd works with her daughter on 'The L Word'. Both play lesbians, and ignore each other's love scenes|work=www.proudparenting.com|access-date=May 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021714/http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1130|archive-date=July 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

She was present at the opening of the [[National Civil Rights Museum]] in her hometown of Memphis, to which she lent financial support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/175963%7C0/Cybill-Shepherd#biography|title=Overview for Cybill Shepherd|work=[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]|access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref>