Miranda is gay

Thus, it’s obvious that Miranda is queer — if not just gay — and is attracted to Che. Throughout the reboot, it’s made apparent that Miranda barely has a romantic connection with Steve; the two of them live like platonic roommates, eating ice cream before bedtime and having zero conversations about their relationship. When asked if she always thought Miranda was queer throughout Sex and the City, Nixon said “yes” and noted how Miranda has many “lesbianic qualities”.

And Just Like That' co-star Cynthia Nixon speaks about Miranda dating as a queer woman. One of the most common (and justified) criticisms of the original series was the fact that, to those four women, sexuality existed in VERY binary terms. According to them, you're either straight or you're gay.

Two options, nothing in between. Carrie even refers to bisexuality as a "layover on the way to Gay Town". Cynthia Nixon is claiming her "Sex and the City" character Miranda Hobbes was "always queer" — despite the fact she only dated men and couldn't bring herself to kiss a woman. But her infatuation is met with a fair amount of bewilderment and eye-rolling from Carrie Sarah Jessica Parker and Charlotte Kristin Davis.

The various threads have given queer critics and fans, in particular, plenty to talk about. A divorce story, which is something that makes sense for a show about women at this age. The rates of depression and substance abuse among queer folk is very high. And with the way that people turned to substances during the pandemic. But why did Carrie get to have a very healthy grieving process and Miranda spiraled?

She had two children with Mozes before they split in , after which Nixon married her current spouse, Christine Marioni. Nixon and Marioni also have a child together. That same year, one of her children came out as transgender, prompting the actor to speak publicly about her support for people across the queer spectrum. Miranda loudly and drunkenly revels in the ecstasy within earshot of a bedridden Carrie, who is forced to urinate in a bottle following her failed calls to Miranda for help.

But many fans were just happy it finally happened. And reconciling the significance of the story line with some of its less appealing moments has become a familiar feeling over the last eight weeks, it seems.

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Miranda would be listening to a podcast; she would find a really good queer therapist; she would read open-relationship and poly[amorous] books and address that with Steve. Maybe they would do poly for a while. She would figure it out that way. Holland, who is currently in a queer relationship after her marriage to a man ended during the pandemic, said that watching Miranda embrace her queerness later in life has given her a lot to think about.

For me, it was years and years of grappling, trying to understand, and educating myself, communicating with my partners, connecting with a community. I want to see her try out putting on a strap-on and see how it goes. In the latest episode, which opens with a Pride-themed rally, things come to a head for Miranda. Resolved to not lose Che and with a glimmer of her old self twinkling in her eye, Miranda lays it all on the line and asks Steve for a divorce.

On the other hand, not much has been said in defense of Miranda, who at her core is searching for a more fulfilling relationship and the freedom to express her sexuality — however muddled it may be, at times. And just like that, a series that originated nearly a quarter century ago has people talking again. Elaina Patton is a freelance entertainment and culture writer.

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