--- description: The Sex and the City star argues that there's still work to be done title: Cynthia Nixon: Don't Get Complacent About LGBT Rights image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cynthia Nixon: Don't Get Complacent About LGBT Rights  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2015 1:12 AM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2015 1:12 AM CUT Cynthia Nixon, star of _Sex in the City_, [wrote](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cynthia-nixon-marriage-equality-1201532088/ "undefined") an op-ed in _Variety_ urging LGBT activists to continue to fight for marriage equality. Even though the Friday Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage in every state may seem like the ultimate victory, Nixon argued in the op-ed that the work is not done yet. The reason the LGBT movement has come so far is constant perseverance both in the face of adversity and after achieving community goals, she said. “Equality proponents knew they were going to win, but didn’t take it for granted for a moment; they worked, they organized, leaving no stone unturned. And to have the vote come from the general population was absolutely game-changing,” the star wrote. “The important thing to remember going forward, though, is no outcome is ever 100% assured. We have to keep organizing like our lives depend on it.” Nixon has been active in the fight for marriage equality and married a woman herself in 2012\. But she has also drawn controversy: in 2012 she came [under fire](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/24/homosexuality-can-be-a-choice-cynthia-nixons-comments-spark-online-backlash/ "undefined") for saying that “homosexuality can be a choice” and was for her in an interview with the _New York_ _Times Magazine_. Other LGBT celebrities like Perez Hilton fired back that millions of people around the world were born gay. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cynthia-nixon-marriage-equality-1201532088/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/"},"headline":"Cynthia Nixon: Don't Get Complacent About LGBT Rights","datePublished":"2015-07-02T01:12:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:43:32.322Z","description":"The Sex and the City star argues that there's still work to be done","url":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/","keywords":["celebrities","Gay Marriage","LGBT"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/","name":"Cynthia Nixon: Don't Get Complacent About LGBT Rights"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This is The History of the Rainbow Flag","description":"How the rainbow flag became an icon of LGBT rights","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bnTiT5cr/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-24T22:02:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bnTiT5cr.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3944192/cynthia-nixon-lgbt-rights/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```