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

Meredh Baxter wh wife Nancy Locke | Photo: Getty ImagCOMING OUT AS GAYThe cisn to get married to her partner didn't e easy to the "Fay Ti" actrs, who spent years battlg her fears of g out as gay. Fox phenomenon that ma her gay.

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"People say, 'You had to have known know you were gay. ' I realized, I was so un-self-examed, I uld have been a Republin, but no, I'm jt gay.

MEREDH BAXTER: Y, I'M GAY

It's no secret that I'm gay, but has been to the greater world. Baxter has been datg women for the past seven years, and "the thought of beg gay never crossed my md, " she said. ' I realized I was so un-self-examed, I uld have been a Republin, but no, I'm jt gay, " she said.

Here's Baxter on whether or not others knew she was gay prr to g out:Did anyone ever say to you that they spected you might be gay before you yourself knew? A few choice qutns om the Advote, scroll down for "Today" quot:When did you realize you were gay?

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

Rock legend Ltle Richard was married to Ernte Campbell om 1959 to 1963, but told Penthoe 1995, "I've been gay all my life.