Part 3: Our Hall of Fame

Any celebration of the The Advocate's founding in 1967 must honor the heroes for LGBT rights that we've covered for 45 years. With one honoree named per year, the list will be announced in parts and culminate in an event in Los Angeles this month.

BY Advocate Contributors

March 21 2012 2:00 AM ET

HEROES 2004 CYNTHIA NIXON X560 | ADVOCATE.COM

Actress Cynthia Nixon came out as a lesbian in 2004 after playing Miranda on HBO's hugely popular Sex and the City. In the time since, Nixon has often spoken out on LGBT issues. She was a vocal opponent of Proposition 8 in California and made a video for Fight Back New York after the state's marriage equality bill was shot down. In it, Nixon discussed her personal involvement in the fight against antigay state lawmakers.

When Nixon later explained in 2011 that she is bisexual, after a furor broke out because she told the New York Times that it shouldn't matter whether being gay is a choice, Nixon told The Advocate that she will continue to be herself and to use her voice. "I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering," she said. "While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship."
-Josh Hinkle