Editing Graham Linehan (section)

== Personal life ==
Linehan married English writer [[Helen Serafinowicz]], the sister of the actor [[Peter Serafinowicz]], in 2004.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" /> They have two children<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Alice |date=30 May 2015 |title=Inside the comic world of Peter Serafinowicz: The spoof video master is heading to Hollywood |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/inside-the-comic-world-of-peter-serafinowicz-the-spoof-video-master-is-heading-to-hollywood-10279558.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722073906/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/inside-the-comic-world-of-peter-serafinowicz-the-spoof-video-master-is-heading-to-hollywood-10279558.html |archive-date=22 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |last=Edemariam |first=Aida |date=11 June 2011 |title=The Saturday Interview: Graham Linehan |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jun/11/the-saturday-interview-graham-linehan |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612032649/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jun/11/the-saturday-interview-graham-linehan |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph15">{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Guy |date=16 January 2015 |title=Graham Linehan interview: 'On the streets, Twitter trolls would be considered sociopaths' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11342851/Graham-Linehan-interview-On-the-streets-Twitter-trolls-would-be-considered-sociopaths.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321113249/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11342851/Graham-Linehan-interview-On-the-streets-Twitter-trolls-would-be-considered-sociopaths.html |archive-date=21 March 2018 |access-date=4 April 2018 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=London}}</ref> and lived in [[Norwich]].<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" /> In October 2015, the couple worked with [[Amnesty International]] on a campaign film calling on the Irish government to repeal [[Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution]], which "acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right". The couple revealed their decision for Helen to abort a foetus with [[acrania]] while living in England in 2004, and their discovery that undergoing the procedure in Ireland would have been an offence carrying a maximum 14-year prison sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gentleman |first=Amelia |date=19 October 2015 |title=How heartbreak led Helen and Graham Linehan to campaign for abortion in Ireland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/graham-helen-linehan-ireland-abortion-amnesty-international |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111144309/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/graham-helen-linehan-ireland-abortion-amnesty-international |archive-date=11 January 2017 |access-date=11 December 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Linehan's marriage to Serafinowicz ended in 2020 as a result of his anti-transgender activism, and he moved to London.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" /> He said the relationship had suffered because of his legal and financial problems and visits from the police.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" /><ref name="irish independent" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=TV writer Graham Linehan: How my transgender views cost me my marriage |language=en-GB |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/tv-writer-graham-linehan-how-my-transgender-views-cost-me-my-marriage-40194554.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515092315/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/tv-writer-graham-linehan-how-my-transgender-views-cost-me-my-marriage-40194554.html |archive-date=15 May 2021 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In 2023, Linehan said he had been on [[anti-anxiety]] medication for "five or six years" since having first received legal threats from trans rights activists.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" /> He said he had [[Suicide crisis|contemplated suicide]] in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 lockdowns]], as he had lost work and relationships and was "completely alone".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tominey |first=Camilla |date=2023-10-02 |title=Graham Linehan interview: 'I didn't realise how terrified everyone was of trans activists' |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/02/graham-lineham-interview-father-ted-creator-cancelled-trans/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007095045/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/02/graham-lineham-interview-father-ted-creator-cancelled-trans/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Linehan is an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 2008 |title=A bad day for atheism |url=https://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/a-bad-day-for-atheism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220180418/https://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/a-bad-day-for-atheism/ |archive-date=20 February 2017 |access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> In January 2009, he helped to publicise the [[Atheist Bus Campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2009 |title=Launch of the Atheist Bus Campaign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/06/atheist-bus-campaign-nationwide |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312045048/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/06/atheist-bus-campaign-nationwide |archive-date=12 March 2017 |access-date=20 February 2017 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> He is also an honorary associate of the [[National Secular Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Associates |url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802160042/https://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html/ |archive-date=2 August 2019 |access-date=1 August 2019 |website=secularism.org.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2018, Linehan underwent successful surgery for [[testicular cancer]].<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" />

Linehan has been an active [[Twitter]] user, calling it "part of [his] nervous system" in a 2015 interview.<ref name="Telegraph15" /> On 13 February 2009, Linehan hosted the first BadMovieClub on Twitter<ref>{{Cite web |title=BadMovieClub website |url=http://badmovieclub.co.uk |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823093758/http://www.badmovieclub.co.uk/ |archive-date=23 August 2011 |access-date=20 August 2009 |publisher=Badmovieclub.co.uk}}</ref> which repeated the next day at midnight, hosted by [[Phill Jupitus]]. In August 2009, in response to criticism of the [[National Health Service]] by the US [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Linehan created the #welovetheNHS campaign on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2009 |title=Linehan attacks American 'lies' over NHS |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/linehan+attacks+american+aposliesapos+over+nhs/3308762.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021102316/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/linehan+attacks+american+aposliesapos+over+nhs/3308762.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=17 October 2012 |publisher=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Seth |date=12 August 2009 |title=How ''Father Ted'' creator Graham Linehan sparked NHS backlash on Twitter |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/technology/20567/how-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-sparked-nhs-backlash-twitter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029020427/http://www.theweek.co.uk/technology/20567/how-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-sparked-nhs-backlash-twitter |archive-date=29 October 2014 |access-date=17 October 2012 |website=[[The First Post]]}}</ref> In 2011, he perpetrated a Twitter hoax that [[Osama bin Laden]] was a fan of ''[[The IT Crowd]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham Linehan |date=23 May 2011 |title=Bin Laden and ''The IT Crowd'': Anatomy of a Twitter hoax |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13467407 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717063518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13467407 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |access-date=1 August 2018 |newspaper=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>