Editing Kate Pierson (section)

==Personal life==
Pierson was married to Brian Cokayne, a [[Manchester dialect|Mancunian]], whom she met while living in Europe between 1971 and 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=The B-52s' Kate Pierson on the Music That Made Her |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/the-b-52s-kate-pierson-on-the-music-that-made-her/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

From 1981 to 1996, Pierson was in a relationship with artist [[Tim Rollins and K.O.S.|Tim Rollins]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/12/tim-rollins-obituary |title=Tim Rollins obituary |last=Basciano |first=Oliver |date=2018-01-12 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2018-01-13 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2003, Pierson started a relationship with artist and designer Monica Coleman. They got married on August 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ring |first1=Trudy |title=B52s' Kate Pierson Marries Partner Monica Coleman |url=http://www.shewired.com/love-marriage/2015/08/04/b52s-kate-pierson-marries-partner-monica-coleman |website=SheWired |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808001007/http://www.shewired.com/love-marriage/2015/08/04/b52s-kate-pierson-marries-partner-monica-coleman |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Pierson and Coleman developed Kate's Lazy Meadow motel complex in Mount Tremper, New York in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last=McInerney |first=Jennifer H. |url=https://capecodandtheislandsmag.com/kates-lazy-cape/  |title=Kate's Lazy Cape |publisher=Cape Cod & The Islands Magazine |date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref> They have also owned Kate's Lazy Cabin in nearby Lake Hill, New York, both in the [[Catskill Mountains]],  Kate's Lazy Desert in [[Landers, California]],  and Kate's Lazy Cape located on [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Matt |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/168394 |title=The Making of a Rockpreneur |publisher=Entrepreneur.com |date=October 13, 2006 |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> They have operated the businesses together.<ref>[http://www.outtraveler.com/features.asp?did=618 Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004115603/http://www.outtraveler.com/features.asp?did=618 |date=October 4, 2007}}, OutTraveler.com; accessed March 24, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Alix |date=2020-08-14 |title=How Kate Pierson, of the B-52's, and Monica Coleman, Spend Their Sundays |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/nyregion/coronavirus-kate-pierson-b-52s.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2022, Pierson indicated that the couple had sold Kate's Lazy Meadow, then purchased the vacation home  on Cape Cod in Truro, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Snyder |first=Adam |url=https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2024/10/09/kate-pierson-will-play-14th-annual-o-festival/  |title=Kate Pierson will play 14th annual O+ Festival |publisher=Hudson Valley One |date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McInerney |first=Jennifer H. |url=https://capecodandtheislandsmag.com/kates-lazy-cape/  |title=Kate's Lazy Cape |publisher=Cape Cod & The Islands Magazine |date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref> 

In a 2015 interview, Pierson stated that she identifies as [[bisexuality|bisexual]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/talk-to-al-jazeera/articles/2015/4/30/kate-pierson-talks-to-adam-may.html|work=[[Al Jazeera America]]|title=Kate Pierson Talks To Adam May|date=April 30, 2015|url-status=live|author=May, Adam|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211001011622/http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/talk-to-al-jazeera/articles/2015/4/30/kate-pierson-talks-to-adam-may.html|archive-date=October 1, 2021|access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref>