page_title: Linda Perry
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Linda Perry / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry at an Evening with Women event
context_page_description: Linda Perry is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, and has since founded two record labels and composed and produced hit songs for several other artists. They include: "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera; "What You Waiting For?" by Gwen Stefani; and "Get the Party Started" by P!nk. Perry has also contributed to albums by Adele, Alicia Keys, and Courtney Love, as well as signing and distributing James Blunt in the United States. Perry was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
context_section_description: Perry is lesbian. She famously displayed the slang word "dyke" on her guitar for a performance with 4 Non Blondes at the 1994 Billboard Music Awards.
  "All my life I've loved women, and that's it," Perry told a journalist from The Advocate. "I've never been any other way."
  Perry was in a relationship with actress Clementine Ford from 2009 to 2010.
  Perry began a relationship with actress Sara Gilbert in 2011. They announced their engagement in April 2013 and married on March 30, 2014.  Gilbert gave birth to their son Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry, on February 28, 2015. Perry is stepmother to Gilbert's son and daughter from a previous relationship. In December 2019, Gilbert filed for legal separation from Perry.
caption: Perry with her wife Sara Gilbert at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's An Evening with Women event in 2014
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