Cynthia Nixon says she's gay by 'choice.' Is it really a choice?

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Originally Posted by Kobi

I still want to know why she sticks with using "gay" and "homosexual" rather than using "lesbian" tho.

Maybe she doesn't identify as a lesbian. Maybe she doesn't like that word or doesn't feel that it fully describes who and what she is.

I identify as Queer, not gay (although, in mixed company I have allowed it for the sake of ease of conversation and being too tired to delve into the world of gay vs. queer as it relates to me), not lesbian, and although I am a homosexual in the most basic of definitions, I do not use that word to describe myself unless I am in a clinical or sterile environment (clinic, hospital, etc).