Cynthia Nixon ‘Chooses’ To Be Gay
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 @ 12:30AM
Cynthia Nixon is ruffling more than a few feathers in the LGBT community with her recent comments about her sexual preference.
The 45-year-old Sex and the City star, who is engaged to her longtime partner, Christine Marinoni, opened up to the New York Times about how she chooses to be gay — a viewpoint that goes against the grain of belief for many within the gay community.
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“I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been straight and I’ve been gay, and gay is better.’ And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice,” she said. “I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me it’s a choice, and you don’t get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if it’s a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesn’t matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not.
“Why can’t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate? It seems we’re just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and I don’t think that they should define the terms of the debate. I also feel like people think I was walking around in a cloud and didn’t realize I was gay, which I find really
offensive. I find it offensive to me, but I also find it offensive to all the men I’ve been out with.”
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Nixon was previously involved with her old college sweetheart, Daniel Mozes, and the couple has two children together -- Samantha, 15, and Charlie, 9. They split in 2003 and the actress went public with her romance with 44-year-old Marinoni, a year later.
With the help of a male friend, Christine gave birth to the couple’s first child together last February, a baby boy, named Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni.
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The Huffington Post reports that America Blog writer John Aravosis is amongst those displeased by Nixon’s “choice” of words.
"It's not a 'choice,' unless you consider my opting to date a guy with brown hair versus a guy with blonde hair a 'choice,'" he writes. "It's only a choice among flavors I already like... every religious right hatemonger is now going to quote this woman every single time they want to deny us our civil rights."
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if u are BI stand up & be PROUD
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:36am
who cares what other people think ppe will always find something wrong w/ you no matter what it is it could b anything,4 example 2 heavy,2 skinny,2 tall, 2 short, 2 loud, 2 quiet,& whatever else ppl choose to nit pick on & etc.stand up & be PROUD.
Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 4:34am
Her statement that "gay is better", is too general a remark... does she mean her sex life is more thrilling with another woman? She should elaborate, it sounds as though her husband was not satisfying her at all.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:20pm
Yes, there is bigotry which within the LGBT "community"... most homosexuals and lesbians and straights do not accept bi-sexual persons, I have been labeled "confused" by both groups and are shunned like a leper.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:18pm
anyone who has to join a community in order to have a voice has another issue going on then their sexual preference...hey lgbt, go screw yourselves and set 'your' people free! way worse then the people they protest against!
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 4:30pm
Cynthia has tried women and men and decides she likes women better...that IS her choice. Why would the gay community be upset at her for this? They tell the straight community not to judge and they are judging their own kind.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:45pm
So the gay "community" hates her since she's not gay enough? Their tolerance is non-existent unless you agree with them completely.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:12am
She kind of has a point, although I understand those who are upset with this. But come on - who you sleep with and love is your choice. The government shouldn't give a lick one way or the other.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:19am
She's not gay, that's a guy she's engaged to.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 7:02am
Well shut my mouth! I thought she was married to a fat ugly redheaded guy this whole time. I think I saw 'her' wearing a mans tuxedo to some event in the past. She sure looked like a guy to me.
Posted Tue, 01/24/2012 - 5:52am