Editing Margaret Cho (section)

== Comedic style and political advocacy ==
[[File:Margaret Cho at Los Angeles Pride - 20110612.jpg|upright|thumb|Cho at [[LA/Valley Pride|Los Angeles LGBT pride parade]] in 2011.]]
Cho is also well known for discussing her relationship with her mother, particularly in imitating her mother's heavily accented speech. Her depictions of "Mommy" have become a popular part of her routine. Cho's comedy routines are often explicit. She has covered substance abuse, [[eating disorder]]s, her bisexuality and obsession with gay men, and Asian-American stereotypes, among other subjects, in her stand-up routines.

A substantial segment of her material and advocacy addresses LGBT issues. In addition to her shows, Cho also developed an additional outlet for her advocacy with the advent of her website and her daily blog. When San Francisco Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] directed that San Francisco's city hall issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco in 2004 (until reversed by the state supreme court), Cho started ''Love is Love is Love,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.loveisloveislove.com |title=Love is Love is Love |publisher=Love is Love is Love |access-date=November 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124050042/http://www.loveisloveislove.com/ |archive-date=November 24, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> a website promoting the legalization of [[gay marriage]] in the United States.

Cho's material often features commentary on politics and contemporary American culture. She has also been outspoken about her dislike of former President [[George W. Bush]]. She began to draw intense fire from [[Conservatism|conservatives]] over her fiercely anti-Bush commentary; a live performance in [[Houston]], Texas, was threatened with picketing. Although protesters never showed up, she held a counter-protest outside the club until security told her she had to go inside.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/02/06/protest-this.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002000232/http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/02/06/protest-this.html|url-status=dead|title=''Protest This'' an entry in Margaret's blog|archive-date=October 2, 2008}}</ref>

In 2004, Cho was performing at a corporate event in a hotel when, after ten minutes, her microphone was cut off and a band was instructed to begin playing. Cho claims that this was because the manager of the hotel was offended by anti-Bush administration comments. Cho's payment, which was issued by way of check directly to a non-profit organization, a defense fund for the [[West Memphis Three]], initially [[Non-sufficient funds|bounced]] but was eventually honored.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/05/28/they-turned-off-the-mic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310015724/http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/05/28/they-turned-off-the-mic.html|url-status=dead|title=''They Turned Off the Mic'' an entry in Margaret's blog|archive-date=March 10, 2009}}</ref>

In July 2004, during the [[Democratic National Convention]], Cho was disinvited to speak at a [[Human Rights Campaign]]/[[Stonewall Democrats|National Stonewall Democrats]] fundraiser out of fear that her comments might cause controversy. In November 2005, she campaigned to pardon [[Stanley Williams|Stanley Tookie Williams]], an early [[Crips]] gang leader, for his death sentence for four murders, but this campaign failed; on December 13, 2005, after exhausting all forms of appeal, Williams was executed by [[lethal injection]] at [[San Quentin State Prison]], California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2005/10/26/save-tookie.html|title=''Save Tookie'' an entry in Margaret's blog}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2007, Cho [[emcee|hoste]]d the multi-artist [[True Colors Tour 2007|True Colors Tour]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truecolorstour.com/ |title=Tour Info |publisher=True Colors Tour |access-date=November 7, 2011}}</ref> which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada.  The tour, sponsored by the [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo]] channel, began on June 8, 2007. Headlined by [[Cyndi Lauper]], the tour also included [[Debbie Harry]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[The Gossip]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], [[The Dresden Dolls]], [[MisShapes|The MisShapes]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]], [[Indigo Girls]], [[The Cliks]], and other special guests.  Profits from the tour helped to benefit the [[Human Rights Campaign]] as well as [[PFLAG]] and The [[Matthew Shepard]] Foundation.

On January 25, 2008, Cho officially gave her support to [[Barack Obama]] for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-cho/americas-next-top-presid_b_83309.html |title=America's Next Top President |last=Cho |first=Margaret |date=January 25, 2008 |work=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=May 2, 2008}}</ref> After [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] Presidential candidate [[John McCain]] announced his running mate, Governor [[Sarah Palin]] of [[Alaska]], Cho said of her, "I think [Palin] is the worst thing to happen to America since [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washblade.com/2008/9-19/outindc/cover/13293.cfm |title=Honoring Cho |last=Cho |first=Margaret |date=September 19, 2008 |work=[[Washington Blade]] |access-date=September 19, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

After [[Same-sex marriage in California|same-sex marriage became legal in California]] in May 2008, Cho was deputized by the City of San Francisco to perform marriages there.<ref>{{cite web |last=Malkin |first=Marc |date=July 10, 2008 |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b2876_Deputy_Margaret_Cho_Performing_Gay_Marriages.html |title=Deputy Margaret Cho Performing Gay Marriages |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=July 13, 2008}}</ref>