Meredh Baxter: Y, I'm gay

Contents:

• MERITH BAXTER ADMS IT WAS MICHAEL J. FOX THAT MA HER GAY
• MEREDH BAXTER: Y, I'M GAY
• MEREDH BAXTER FROM "FAY TI": I'M GAY

MERITH BAXTER ADMS IT WAS MICHAEL J. FOX THAT MA HER GAY

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MEREDH BAXTER: Y, I'M GAY

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MEREDH BAXTER FROM "FAY TI": I'M GAY

Although she uld chalk up to homophobia Hollywood, she believ 's somethg more universal than that – ageism. Before Baxter, 62, first started datg women seven years ago, the thought of beg gay “had never crossed my md, ” she tells PEOPLE. ' I realized I was so un-self-examed, I uld have been a Republin, but no, I'm jt gay, " she said.