The theme of the 2010 Out 100 portfolio is “celebration.” In a year marked by battles won and lost, high hopes and bitter letdowns, the team at Out thought it important to focus on events that might not have been celebrations when they happened, but were pivotal in the evolution of the LGBT cause. So, Out asked their honorees to recreate three such moments in recent history — Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball shot by legendary photographer Larry Fink, the Stonewall riots shot by Out 100 veteran Roger Erickson, and Studio 54 shot by Jason Schmidt.
We will be revealing some of the amazing women who made the Out 100 this year. First up is Meredith Baxter.
In December 2009, Meredith Baxter, who epitomized the 1980s American mom with her role as Elyse Keaton in the sitcom Family Ties, announced publicly that she’s a lesbian. “I feel like I’m being honest for the first time,” the 63-year-old actress and real-life mother of five told People, revealing that she’d been in a four-year relationship with her partner, Nancy Locke. Baxter continues to helm her skincare line, Meredith Baxter Simple Works, from which she donates a portion of the profits to the Meredith Baxter Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. Next up: a memoir in which she’ll discuss her fight with breast cancer, her 19 years of sobriety, and her decision to come out.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROGER ERICKSON
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