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Cynthia Nixon was always my favorite on Sex and the City. I identified with Miranda – mostly because she always seemed like the most realistic, grounded character, and because our caustic, stubborn personalities were similar. During the television series, Nixon left her long-time male partner and began dating and living with Christine Marinoni. That was six years ago, and now Nixon is The Advocate’s newest cover girl, and she talks about her relationship with Christine more candidly than I’ve ever heard. The full Advocate piece is here, and here are some highlights:
For years, people on the street have been calling her “Miranda,” the cynical, type A lawyer Cynthia Nixon made famous on HBO’s Sex and the City. Six years later, now that she’s come out as gay, survived breast cancer, and stepped up as a marriage equality activist, her fans now recognize her for her.
In her new interview with The Advocate (www.advocate.com), Nixon talks about her slow coming-out after she began dating her now-fiancée, Christine Marinoni. After the couple had spent many months together, the press started speculating about their relationship. Nixon hired a publicist who warned her to stay out of the headlines. Uncomfortable with that route, Nixon soon turned to Kelly Bush, an openly gay publicist. Bush suggested Nixon confirm the rumors, and that is just what she did.
“I was like, ‘Really, we can just confirm?’” Nixon tells The Advocate. “So that’s just what we did. It was so fantastic.”
Freshly out, and with two children from her relationship with Danny Mozes, Nixon integrated Marinoni into her life and her family.
“She’s like a short man with boobs,” Nixon says of Marinoni. “A lot of what I love about her is her butchness. I’m not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her sexuality — it’s a big part of what I love about her — but I feel like it was her.”
Nixon’s children also quickly adapted to the new relationship, not that her son’s processing started at school. “His teachers were just so great about it,” Nixon notes, “because they were the first people that started referring to ‘Charlie’s moms,’ which is so lovely, and we really hadn’t done that yet. So Charlie came home one day and he said [to Marinoni], ‘You’re my mommy too!’”
With a healthy family life and having overcome breast cancer, in 2008 Nixon opened up about her battle and her first big-screen nude scene. Showing her breasts, in a big way, was not a political response to the cancer battle.
“They didn’t know about it at the time. Generally, my thoughts are, if they ask me to do [a nude scene], I’ll do one,” Nixon proclaims. “I mean, I won’t do anything, but I feel like if Michael Patrick [King] wants me to do it, there’s a reason he wants me to do it.”
[From The Advocate]
Bless her heart. And I mean that in the honest, go-ahead-girl way, not in the condescending way. Even though I think Sarah Jessica Parker was always more than cool with Cynthia coming out, I always got the impression that other people involved with Sex and the City really just wanted to shove Cynthia in the corner and hope that mainstream America wouldn’t realize that Cynthia was suddenly out of the closet. It’s interesting that Cynthia was allowed – by SATC producers and publicists – to do this Advocate cover interview. I wonder if she’s going to be hidden away for this publicity tour?
Regarding the whole “She’s like a short man with boobs. A lot of what I love about her is her butchness.” I breathlessly await Michael K’s take.
Photos courtesy of The Advocate.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Christine Marinoni, Cynthia Nixon, Gay Issues
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I have loved C Nixon since back in the 70′s when she was in Little Darlings.
So lovely to read about someone you admire being so happy.
Love has so many forms, who would even want to silence and banish even one angel.
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and here it is…
http://dlisted.com/node/37214
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She IS like a short man with boobs, they make a cute couple though =)
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That was a nice article indeed. Her fiancee has the face of a really nice person. I hope they make it.
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Courageous Woman and it seems to have served her (them) well.
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In every single picture I have ever seen of these two they are absolutely beaming. They are so cute.
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She seems very happy, congrats to them.
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I wish them the best! They do always look so happy with each other, don’t they? Whatever works, right?
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That comments invites another “Then why not then date a short man with boobs???
I am perplexed about her whole point for referencing the male gender???
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She needs to meet the right MAN. And he should have a “Mr. BIG” (if you know what I’m saying…wink wink…)
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Ew at “she’s like a short man w boobs” bleh….not cool.
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If I were a lesbian and my love told the press I was like a short man with boobs, i would be mortified…Maybe it’s an inside joke or something?
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@Joseph I hope you’re joking.
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I hope it’s an inside joke, because I think that was otherwise insulting to Christine…she’s a woman, y’hear? Butchness or B*tchness, it doesn’t matter.
Even though certain women prefer to behave and express through masculine energy, as do men with feminine energy, a woman is a woman and a man is a man! Right?
Also, why do I suddenly get the impression that she’s confused about her sexuality?
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And I meant Cynthia being confused.
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they have a simpatico like ellen & portia, like they kinda look similar to one another…as if they were made for each other.
good for them
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I hope those kids have a good relationship with their dad. That’s more important to me than mommy integrating her girlfriend into the kids lives. And there is no way in hell I would ever let my kids call someone else “mom”. I am mom and no one else. They could call the other person by their first name. As for her relationship, whatever. That’s nice if she is happy. I, on the other hand, am very shallow and would never date someone who looked like that. She is hideous.
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They look like brother and sister. THAT’S what creeps me out about these two. Not the fact that they’re lesbians, or that she is butch. They look like a couple of overgrown ginger kid relatives!!!
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Except one important point Nixon left out, she’s not a man. Men can’t relate like a woman can. Thank God for butches!!!
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Mistral… wake up and get out of the ignaramous dark ages. iT ISN’T HER GIRLFRIEND, IT IS HER PARTNER, HER SPOUSE!!!!!!!!!Are you kidding w/ that?? It makes you sound so uneducated… yeah I am sure your kids can appreciate differences in people. SMH. There are tons of 2 mommy families that are beautiful, healthy and super loving. YOU don’t have to be in one.. hellooo by why in the world would you care what two loving mommies do with their life and family. Some people reallyyyyy think way too much of themselves..lol
THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
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she is great, I wish her all the best
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I totally agree with what Rhonyc wrote.
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Tia, I’m not worried about what you think about my education levels, thanks. I wouldn’t let anyone else be “mommy” to my kid. I gave birth to them, and I’m their mom. If I was divorced and their father had a new wife, I wouldn’t want them calling her mom either. Nor would I have them calling any new husband of mine “dad” when they have a dad.
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@Mistral, what about when your kids get married? Will you let them call their mothers-in-law “mum”? My mum calls her M-I-L “mum”.
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@Mistral – I love how you get straight to the point about being shallow and not dating someone who looks like that. Gave me a good laugh.
Cynthia is my favorite actor and character on SATC and even though thru most of the seasons it was obvious she was gay, it still does’t take away from her character, I am able to separate the two. She is so lovely latey and on all the posters she looks the best of all the girls.
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LOL. Hmm. I guess I wouldn’t mind if they called them “Mother” with a very formal tone of voice.
Point is, this Rojo Caliente, to quote DListed, is a home wrecker. I don’t think you should ever get between people who have children, and I’m pretty sure it was game over for Nixon’s husband when she met this broad. If people adopt a baby together, then they are truly both “the parent” in that situation. If this relationship doesn’t work out, though, Cynthia is the mom—not her girlfriend.
I never hear anything about the dad when Cynthia talks about her kids, and I hope that he is involved with the kids, too. I hope it isn’t a case of parental alienation, because I know some people who tried their hardest to cut a spouse out of their kids’ lives, simply because they were “done” with their spouse. Not cool. These people were not “bad parents” who were abusive or drug-addicts or anything like that. The other person merely decided they didn’t love them anymore and didn’t want them around. That is just plain wrong.
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Yes well, Mistral: Perhaps you should be thinking more about what makes your children happy and comfortable, not what makes you happy and comfortable. If and when you ever actually experience those situations, why don’t you get back to us.
@lisa – what is there to be confused about? I think she is just describing how she felt upon falling in love with a woman, both emotionally and physically. Same feelings, different gender. My take.
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I don’t think that Rojo is a homewrecker. I think the fact that Cynthia is gay is the homewrecker. The marriage would have ended even if Rojo hadn’t came along.
I don’t like her hair in the cover photo, but I really think that Cynthia, much like Kristin, gets better with age.
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Her and Rojo look like such kind people who are truly in love with each other.
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You know what, I think they’re probably laid back and her statement is being all picked apart. Cut her a break – she stays outta trouble and seems true to herself.
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Holy Crap — “homewrecker”? This is the 21st century. She was married to a man and had two kids. Then she left that man (people break up all of the time, with or without children) and she got together with a woman. Now they are married (or as good as.) Simple.
As for the “like a man with boobs” bit – I don’t think she’s confused at all. Clearly she is, or was, interested in men as well as women, and she mentions that she was in love with Christine regardless of gender. Maybe Cynthia just doesn’t care what sort of equipment her partner has as long as she loves them? Doesn’t sound confusing to me.
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I don’t care about Rojo and Cynthia really, but have to agree they look weird to me. More like ginger twins-ACTIVATE!
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Good on them, who cares if Cynthia and Christine found love and decided to provide a loving home for Cynthia’s children? They always look happy and healthy, that’s more than most couples have, and who cares if they both have red hair? I’m sure they have to put up with their share of comments from strangers similar to Mistral’s, can we say shallow?
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happy for them, but they do creep me out with their resemblence
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I think we need to read the next line, that isn’t quoted here; “but my daughter said one time that if you really had to break this down, [it looks like] she would be butch and I would be femme…but really once you get to know us it’s really the opposite.”
Context: Being Wilfully Misunderstood on the Internet since 1996
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I’m so glad she came out so she could live her life the way she wanted. So she could be happy and not act like she was embarassed/ashamed and had something to hide.
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I have such a crush on Christine. They just look so happy … can’t get better than this!
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I stand by the use of the word home wrecker. Is that you Gloria Allred?
How many of you raked all of Tiger’s, Jesse’s, David’s, etc., “ladies” over the coals for getting involved with married men with kids? How many of you have commented on how ugly those women were in comparison with the spouse that was wronged?
Interesting double standard.
If you truly believe that a person’s personal happiness and satisfaction is the most important thing, then fine, that’s what you think. But, if that’s the case, I should see a whole lot more comments supporting the right of these men to leave their families to “go find themselves” or to “find someone who makes them happy/fulfills them, as they are dissatisfied with their current partners”.
Also, I stand by my opinion that when couples split up who have kids, the new partners/spouses are not the new “dads” and “moms” if both parents are in the picture and loving and stable. That doesn’t mean those people aren’t positive role models and a part of their life, I just think they’re not “mom” and “dad”. Second marriages are statistically more likely to end in divorce than first ones. How many new moms and dads should kids have? Do you disagree?–if you do, I’m cool with that.
Also, it’s funny how the majority of the “angry people” are obviously making assumptions about my thoughts on gays parenting/marrying/etc. Nowhere did I say I was against gays adopting/having/raising babies or gays marrying, but that’s what they chose to read into my comments.
I happen to support both of those things. However, not all of the gay people I know do. Does that make them self-hating gays? Or are they gays who reject what they see as heterosexual constructs of what is normal? Are they allowed to have differing opinions?
Regarding Rojo’s looks, I stand by my shallowness. Clearly, different strokes for different folks, as some people here seem to find her quite attractive. There is someone for everyone.
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And yes, I am a ravishing beauty. A young, female version of Don Knotts.
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That’s NOT a man. She is dressed up like a man, but socialized and raised as a WOMAN. Is Rupaul a woman, or merely A MAN dressed up as a woman? There’s a difference. I’m so sorry for all these people who try so hard to be a different gender. It must be extremely tough for them.
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LOL at Mistral!!!
(and in a good way)
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Some people just want the best of both worlds. I can understand that.
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Rubbish! Then go out with a man allready!
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