Cynthia Nixon recently got everybody in an uproar when she announced that she has chosen to be gay.

In other words, she's been with men and when she was with them, she was straight, and now she's with a woman, and she's gay.

I tried to find out if Anne Heche has weighed in on this, but so far, no luck.

The big problem with introducing the word "choice" into a discussion about sexuality is that it then seems to lend credence to the idea that ALL gay people are choosing to be gay.

When, in fact, what's really happening, is that Cynthia Nixon is crazy.

Oh, please don't me wrong. I thoroughly enjoy her as an actress, and she seems like a lovely woman, but to think that you can label yourself whatever you want--

Well, I guess you can.

The issue is whether or not you can get other people to honor what it is you're labeling yourself.

For example, I could label myself a turtle. Would other people regard me as a turtle? Would I be oohed over and put in a tank in an aquarium somewhere?

Hopefully (and probably) not.

But sure, if I want to call myself that, why not?

Cynthia Nixon doesn't like the term "bisexual" and so she says she's gay, and says that she's choosing to be so. Perhaps her sexuality comes with a "Gay/Straight" switch that the rest of us just don't have.

Stranger things have happened.

I don't see what she's saying as a threat to the gay community, because technically, it could be a threat to both communities.

If gay people can choose to be gay, then that means straight people can choose to be straight.

Basically, we're all threatened by Cynthia Nixon.

She's a sexual terrorist, and she must be stopped.

(Just kidding.)

I say, let her call herself whatever she wants, and let her personal life stay personal. Only she can know what's going on inside her head and her bed, and, being an absolutely fantastic actress, it only stands to reason that every once in awhile she's going to say something that's completely outlandish--it comes with the territory.

Perhaps the rest of us should choose to focus on other issues.