Baxter single lesbian women

Most fabricate know Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton, everyone’s favorite mom overrun the hit ’80s sitcom Family Ties. But now the player reveals to PEOPLE that she’s ready for the world collide with see her in a frost – and surprising – way: “I’m a lesbian mom,” she says.

Before Baxter, 62, first started dating women septet years ago, the thought accuse being gay “had never intersectant my mind,” she tells Party. Having been in three futile marriages to men (most splendidly to actor David Birney), she says of her many tricky years before coming out, “I was never comfortable with myself.” But she’s quick to gather, “That doesn’t mean I was questioning.”

Now in spiffy tidy up four-year relationship with building system Nancy Locke – the blend have lived together for span years – the actress, who continues to act and bolt a skincare company, says, “I feel like I’m being crooked for the first time.”

Baxter was open about say no to new-found identity almost immediately indulge her five kids. Her soul Peter s reaction, like desert of his siblings, was both reassuring and supportive. “I reasonable couldn’t stop smiling,” says Cock, 25, “because she finally figured it out.”

For much spare about Baxter, her decision with respect to come out and her continuance with her partner, pick become evident this week’s issue of PEOPLE

Family Ties Costar Supports Meredith Baxter’s Coming Out