Cynthia: Article Set Us Back 10 Years

Sex and the City star (and current Advocate cover girl) Cynthia Nixon calls the controversial Newsweek article by Ramin Setoodeh that claims openly gay actors can't play straight roles "horrible" and "cruel," during a video interview with MTV. Nixon, who is lesbian, adds her voice to the number of celebrities speaking out against the article, saying "I think it's horrible. I think it's so horrible, and I think it's really, really, really terrific that there has been such an enormous response and so much back-and-forth and discussion about it and people trying to explain to this gentleman why they're so upset about what he wrote.

"I just feel like it's hard enough to encourage people to come out of the closet, like it's not going to damage their careers. And when you have someone who is so ... it's not even like he's negative, he's making fun of people in a really cruel way. I think it's really set us back 10 years."