December 5th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Margaret Cho!

Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sex.

She has also directed and appeared in music videos, and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported gay rights, and identifies herself as bisexual. She has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community.

Cho was born into a Korean family in San Francisco, California. Cho grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood in the 1970s and 1980s, which she described as a community of, “old hippies, ex-druggies, burnouts from the ’60s, drag queens, Chinese people and Koreans. To say it was a melting pot—that’s the least of it. It was a really confusing, enlightening, wonderful time.

In September 2008, Cho released her first single “I Cho Am A Woman” on iTunes. The song, produced by Desmond Child, will be on her debut album due out in 2009.

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