One of America's all-time favorite TV moms, Meredith Baxter, who played Elyse Keaton on Family Ties came out as a lesbian in an interview with SheWired's Tracy E. Gilchrist on Advocate.com Wed.

Baxter, who also played an all-American girl in Bridget Loves Bernie and in Family in the seventies, opened up about her coming out process, her relationship with her partner Nancy Locke, coming out after sobriety and romping around with thousands of lesbians on the recent Sweet Caribbean Cruise in the exclusive interview.

As a bonus, Baxter -- who became a cult fave in the nineties playing everything from troubled women in made-for-TV movies including Kate's Secret, The Betty Broderick Story and Darkness Before Dawn to playing a lesbian mom in Other Mothers and a breast cancer survivor in My Breast -- has an upcoming guest stint on Cathy DeBuono's and Jill Bennett's lesbian-themed Web series We Have to Stop Now.

Congrats to Meredith for embracing coming out! What budding lesbian old enough to remember her on Family or Family Ties didn't have just the slightest crush on her?Read the exclusive interview here.

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