Nixon clarifies ‘choice’ remark
Cynthia Nixon released a statement to US gay magazine The Advocate clarifying some of her recent remarks about choice and sexuality.
“While I don’t often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual,” she said.
“I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have ‘chosen’ is to be in a gay relationship.”
Nixon had come under fire during the past week after a series of interviews in which she described being gay as a choice for her and that she didn’t like the term ‘bisexual’ because “nobody likes the bisexuals”.
“As I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community — as well as the majority of heterosexuals — cannot and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one sex,” she explained.
“Our community is not a monolith, thank goodness, any more than America itself is. I look forward to and will continue to work toward the day when America recognises all of us as full and equal citizens.”
In Ms Nixon’s case it was clearly a slip of the tongue and I’m grateful for her clarification and her support of gay human rights.
Margaret Court on the other hand repeatedly uses offensive remarks towards gays making sure we know how much she hates gay people (not slip of the tongue in her case).
@Peter, have you ever been interviewed? It’s just a conversation between two people, it’s not like journalists ask “So, what would you like me to say about you? Anything I shouldn’t print?”
Why on earth didn’t she say that in the first place?
Will someone please ensure Margaret Court and her followers see this clarification?