Editing Cynthia Nixon (section)

==Personal life==
From 1988 to 2003, Nixon was in a relationship with educator Danny Mozes.<ref name=marriage>{{cite news |last=Nudd |first=Tim |title=Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni Get Married |url=https://people.com/celebrity/cynthia-nixon-marries-christine-marinoni-in-n-y-c/ |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 28, 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921184826/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20599177,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two children together. In June 2018, Nixon revealed that her older child is [[transgender]].<ref name="sons">{{cite news |last=Fernandez |first=Alexia |title=Cynthia Nixon Reveals Her Oldest Child Is Transgender as They Mark Trans Day Of Action |url=https://www.people.com/tv/cynthia-nixon-reveals-son-samuel-is-transgender/amp/ |access-date=June 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 22, 2018 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623030510/https://people.com/tv/cynthia-nixon-reveals-son-samuel-is-transgender/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |title=Cynthia Nixon's Latest Role: Breast Cancer Advocate – and Survivor |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20191916,00.html |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=People |date=April 16, 2008 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232514/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20191916,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Yahoo News ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' Dinner Reception Pre-Party (13927280329).jpg|thumb|200px|Nixon and her wife, Christine Marinoni (2014)]]
In 2004, Nixon began dating education activist Christine Marinoni. Nixon and Marinoni became engaged in April 2009,<ref>{{cite news |title=Cynthia Nixon Announces Engagement |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/cynthia-nixon-announces-engagement_article_18045 |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[Access Hollywood]] |date=May 18, 2009 |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012125641/http://www.accesshollywood.com/cynthia-nixon-announces-engagement_article_18045 |url-status=live }}</ref> and married in New York City on May 27, 2012, with Nixon wearing a custom-made, pale green dress by [[Carolina Herrera]].<ref name=marriage /><ref>{{cite news |last=Bauer |first=Zoe |title=Celebrity Weddings: Brides Who Wore Colored Dresses in 2012 |url=http://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/celebrity-weddings-brides-wore-colored-dresses-2012-212200273.html |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Celebrity]] |date=December 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313111323/http://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/celebrity-weddings-brides-wore-colored-dresses-2012-212200273.html |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Marinoni gave birth to a son in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jordan |first=Julie |title=Cynthia Nixon & Christine Marinoni Welcome a Son |url=https://people.com/parents/christine-marinoni-cynthia-nixon-have-a-son/ |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=People |date=February 8, 2011 |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415140452/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20464553,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Regarding her [[sexual orientation]], Nixon remarked in 2007: "I don't really feel I've changed. I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange. I'm just a woman in love with another woman."<ref name=HiscockTele>{{cite news |last=Hiscock |first=John |title=Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon: 'I'm just a woman in love with a woman' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3673343/Sex-and-the-Citys-Cynthia-Nixon-Im-just-a-woman-in-love-with-a-woman.html |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=May 13, 2008 |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421022814/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3673343/Sex-and-the-Citys-Cynthia-Nixon-Im-just-a-woman-in-love-with-a-woman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She identified herself as [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] in 2012,<ref>{{cite news |last=Grindley |first=Lucas |title=Cynthia Nixon: Being Bisexual "Is Not a Choice" |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2012/01/30/cynthia-nixon-being-bisexual-not-choice |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411075829/https://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2012/01/30/cynthia-nixon-being-bisexual-not-choice |url-status=live }}</ref> and as [[queer]] starting in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stroude |first=Will |date=2020-09-10 |title=Cynthia Nixon explains why she identifies as 'queer' |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/cynthia-nixon-explains-why-she-identifies-as-queer-301633/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Prior to the legalization of [[same-sex marriage in Washington state]] (Marinoni's home state), Nixon had taken a public stand supporting the issue, and hosted a fundraising event in support of [[Washington Referendum 74]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dickie |first=Lance |title=Ref. 74: Separate but equal does not work |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/edcetera/2019247905_separate_but_equal_does_not_wo.html |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=September 24, 2012 |archive-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204041631/http://seattletimes.com/html/edcetera/2019247905_separate_but_equal_does_not_wo.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2006, Nixon was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] during a routine [[mammography]].<ref name="ABC">{{cite news |first1=Olivia |last1=Sterns |first2=Jen |last2=Periera |first3=Thea |last3=Trachtenberg |first4=Laura |last4=Zaccaro |title=Cynthia Nixon Beats Breast Cancer, Becomes Advocate |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4656719&page=1 |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 15, 2008 |archive-date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131035347/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4656719&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> She initially decided not to go public with her illness because she feared it might hurt her career,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.abcgonline.com/archive/2005/01_cel/index.htm |title=Celebrities Inspiration Roundup |publisher=American Breast Cancer Guide |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131136/http://www.abcgonline.com/archive/2005/01_cel/index.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> but in April 2008, she announced her battle with the disease in an interview with ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref name="ABC" /> Since then, Nixon has become a breast cancer activist. She convinced the head of [[NBC]] to air her breast cancer special in a [[prime time]] program,<ref name="autogenerated1" /> and became an ambassador for [[Susan G. Komen for the Cure]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hooper |first=Duncan |title=Cynthia Nixon describes breast cancer treatment |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1895837/Cynthia-Nixon-describes-breast-cancer-treatment.html |access-date=June 10, 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=April 17, 2008 |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719080900/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1895837/Cynthia-Nixon-describes-breast-cancer-treatment.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

She and Marinoni live in the [[Kips Bay]] neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2021/06/25/cynthia-nixon-scores-manhattan-townhouse-for-4-4m/ |title=Cynthia Nixon scores NYC townhouse for $4.4M |date=June 25, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/cynthia-nixon-new-york-governor-interview|title=Cynthia Nixon Opens Up About Her Campaign for Governor: 'I Have a Right to Be Here'|first=Justine|last=Harman|website=Glamour|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120517/https://www.glamour.com/story/cynthia-nixon-new-york-governor-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon is not Jewish, but the father of her children is,<ref name=":1" /> and her family attends [[Congregation Beit Simchat Torah]], an LGBT synagogue.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/397020/the-secret-jewish-history-of-cynthia-nixon/|title=The Secret Jewish History Of Cynthia Nixon|first=Seth|last=Rogovoy|website=The Forward|date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321160518/https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/397020/the-secret-jewish-history-of-cynthia-nixon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNV4OC27FQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/hWNV4OC27FQ| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Cynthia Nixon Pride 2011 |author=BeitSimchatTorah |date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2018 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jta.org/2013/05/22/arts-entertainment/cynthia-nixon-hosts-party-for-jewish-organization-truah |title=Cynthia Nixon hosts party for Jewish organization T'ruah – Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=May 22, 2013 |website=jta.org |access-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320022108/https://www.jta.org/2013/05/22/arts-entertainment/cynthia-nixon-hosts-party-for-jewish-organization-truah |url-status=live }}</ref>