Nixon loves her girlfriend's "butchness"

Cynthia Nixon has revealed that she loves her partner's "butchness".

The Sex and the City 2 actress, who has been dating Christine Marinoni for six years, said that most people wrongly expect her to be the "femme" one in the relationship.

Nixon told Advocate magazine: "She's basically a short man with boobs. A lot of what I love about her is her butchness. I'm not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her sexuality - it's a big part of what I love about her - but I feel like it was her.

"It wasn't something in me that was waiting to come out. It was like, this person is undeniable. How can I let this person walk by?

"Christine would probably kill me for saying this, but my daughter said one time that if you really had to break this down, it looks like she would be butch and I would be femme... but really once you get to know us it's really the opposite."