Today TMZ reports that Meredith Baxter Birney, who starred as the mother on the TV series Family Ties, has "come out" as a lesbian after The National Enquirer ran a story about her and a gal pal attending an all-lesbian boat cruise.

Meredith, who has been married three times and has five children, went on NBC's Today Show and confirmed the story.

Ha.  I totally knew it.

You spelt her last name wrong :P

I wonder what her ex-husband David Birney thinks of all this?  He was saving lives on 'St. Elsewhere'.  Now someone may have to save his life from the initial shock of realizing he was married to a Lezbo lol

You spelt her last name wrong :P


Fixed.

Although in her prime, some people referred to her as Meredith Raxster Birney.  ;D

Fixed.

Although in her prime, some people referred to her as Meredith Raxster Birney.  ;D


LOL

In some of those Family Ties episodes, watching her move, I had a few dirty thoughts ;D

Birney loves Bridget?  ;)

Birney loves Bridget?  ;)


Perhaps Bridget loves Gidget.  :o

Wow

You spelt her last name wrong :P

I wonder what her ex-husband David Birney thinks of all this?  He was saving lives on 'St. Elsewhere'.  Now someone may have to save his life from the initial shock of realizing he was married to a Lezbo lol

David can join Lou Diamond Phillips and console each other

You spelt her last name wrong :P

I wonder what her ex-husband David Birney thinks of all this?  He was saving lives on 'St. Elsewhere'.  Now someone may have to save his life from the initial shock of realizing he was married to a Lezbo lol


He might have known.  A lot of celeb marriagess are coverups anyway.  Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica come to mind

Do we really care?



Cat

He might have known.  A lot of celeb marriagess are coverups anyway.   Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica come to mind


Wait...which one of them do you think is gay?  Matthew?

I've always thought Meredith was quite attractive.  She's definitely a great addition to the lesbian team!  ;D

Do we really care?

Cat


Apparently NBC did, since they had her on the Today show to make the big announcement.

Maybe they're gonna parlay this into some sort of reality show? ???

They could call the show "From Keaton to Lesbian:  The Meredith Baxter Show"

I wonder what Betty Broderick thinks? ???

Apparently NBC did, since they had her on the Today show to make the big announcement.

Maybe they're gonna parlay this into some sort of reality show? ???



Slow news day?


BTW, in case no one else thought about this, the two who played the daughters on the show Family in the 70s, are now both out of the closet-Meredith & Kristy McNickel.




Cat

Wait...which one of them do you think is gay?  Matthew?


Of course.

That's why I'm in favor of greater acceptance of sexual orientations and of gay marriage so nobody has to pretend to be something she's not for 30 years.
::)

Slow news day?


BTW, in case no one else thought about this, the two who played the daughters on the show Family in the 70s, are now both out of the closet-Meredith & Kristy McNickel.




Cat


I didn't know Kristy McNichol was a lezbo.  I had such a crush on her back in her 'Empty Nest' days

I didn't know Kristy McNichol was a lezbo.  I had such a crush on her back in her 'Empty Nest' days


Then here you go.  There's a couple of pictures of Meredith here too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fbv2QrryI

I didn't know Kristy McNichol was a lezbo.  I had such a crush on her back in her 'Empty Nest' days



When she was on Family, I wanted to BE her.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Slow news day?


BTW, in case no one else thought about this, the two who played the daughters on the show Family in the 70s, are now both out of the closet-Meredith & Kristy McNickel.




Cat


Kristy was on "Family"  you are thinking of Tina Yothers, the youngest daughter in the show.

Slow news day?


BTW, in case no one else thought about this, the two who played the daughters on the show Family in the 70s, are now both out of the closet-Meredith & Kristy McNickel.




Cat



Kristy was on "Family"  you are thinking of Tina Yothers, the youngest daughter in the show.



That's what I said.

Actually, when I read the first post in this thread, I thought LB said "Family" and I was about to say that she played the daughter not the mother and then I reread it and saw that it said "Family TIES". I can see how it can get confusing.



Cat

I didn't know Kristy McNichol was a lezbo.  I had such a crush on her back in her 'Empty Nest' days

There was rumors of that back in the 70's.

I thought Baxter would've liked Michael Gross.

That would've been an interesting name-Meridith Baxter-Gross.

Kind of figured that she hitting for the other team.

;D

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BTW, in case no one else thought about this, the two who played the daughters on the show Family in the 70s, are now both out of the closet-Meredith & Kristy McNickel.

Cat


Maybe they ought to get together...

I didn't know Kristy McNichol was a lezbo.  I had such a crush on her back in her 'Empty Nest' days


So did I!  ;D

I seem to recall reading where it was a standard practice to set gay and lesbian actors up on dates to make it look like they were straight.  Tab Hunter is a good example of that, he didn't come out until he was in his 60's.  There are a lot of closet cases in Hollywood, it seems now they're becoming comfortable with who they are.

I seem to recall reading where it was a standard practice to set gay and lesbian actors up on dates to make it look like they were straight.  Tab Hunter is a good example of that, he didn't come out until he was in his 60's.  There are a lot of closet cases in Hollywood, it seems now they're becoming comfortable with who they are.


There's a lot of closet cases in this world... period. 

I seem to recall reading where it was a standard practice to set gay and lesbian actors up on dates to make it look like they were straight.  Tab Hunter is a good example of that, he didn't come out until he was in his 60's.  There are a lot of closet cases in Hollywood, it seems now they're becoming comfortable with who they are.


The first place I saw Tab Hunter was in John Waters' "Polyester" makin' whoopee with Divine, sooooo.....
;)

I seem to recall reading where it was a standard practice to set gay and lesbian actors up on dates to make it look like they were straight.  Tab Hunter is a good example of that, he didn't come out until he was in his 60's.  There are a lot of closet cases in Hollywood, it seems now they're becoming comfortable with who they are.


Rock Hudson was another one.  Didn't he actually get married?

Rock Hudson was another one.  Didn't he actually get married?


Show business tends to attract narcissistic types, many of whom, it seems, are also homosexual.

Rock Hudson was another one.  Didn't he actually get married?

Yes for 3 years. Robert Reed (Mike Brady) was another who was married and had a child who came out late in life.

Yes for 3 years. Robert Reed (Mike Brady) was another who was married and had a child who came out late in life.


I am curious if there is some correlation between the narcissistic personality and homosexuality.

I am curious if there is some correlation between the narcissistic personality and homosexuality.

I am not a homosexsual, but if I were I would find this post quiet offensive.

I am not a homosexsual, but if I were I would find this post quiet offensive.



Or even noisy offensive.

And note I said "I am curious if...." which is not saying "There is".

I grew up in theatre and at that time, even if gays weren't quite accepted into society, they were accepted in the theatre world. I remember one time when I was doing summer stock, the head of the scenery department invited his girlfriend and the two of them were really going at it in the parking lot.  :o :o :o  Besides the comments of "Get a room," the other comments were from one person to the other, "I thought he was gay." "Yeah, so did I."



Cat

Show business tends to attract narcissistic types, many of whom, it seems, are also homosexual.


Notice how no one replied to you?


I am curious if there is some correlation between the narcissistic personality and homosexuality.


So with the no reply, you felt the need to change up what you said to try and get the attention you are so badly craving.
Guess what? It worked!

You have now gotten the full attention of a Moderator of this forum.
Might I direct you to the rules of the forum. Particularly rules number  1 and 2, 4 and 5.
http://www.inthe00s.com/agreement.shtml

I grew up in theatre and at that time, even if gays weren't quite accepted into society, they were accepted in the theatre world.

Absolutely.  34 years ago when I was in college, pretty much every guy in the Theatre Club was homosexual.  Although interestingly, the gals in Theatre tended to be more along the lines of extremely promiscuous heterosexuals.  Sadly, quite a few of the guys ended up dead from AIDS as this was during the age of Studio 54, "anything goes", bathhouses with free Crisco and the whole bit.

I imagine today the makeup of the Theatre Club is likely the same, but people likely are considerably more careful about their practices.

Back then, my Mom worked on campus, and as a Student Affairs official, she had some responsibility for the Theatre Club members.  As I recall at the time she neve believed me about the gay members (she has always had zero gaydar).  But once they started dropping from AIDS, she told me "You know, LyricBoy, I always thought you were messing with me back then.  But I guess you were right!".

The leader of the group was a very nice man, who was as effeminate as could be, but he was indeed a hetero with a wife and many children.  Or... maybe he was like Meredith? ???

Notice how no one replied to you?

So with the no reply, you felt the need to change up what you said to try and get the attention you are so badly craving.
Guess what? It worked!

You have now gotten the full attention of a Moderator of this forum.
Might I direct you to the rules of the forum. Particularly rules number  1 and 2, 4 and 5.
http://www.inthe00s.com/agreement.shtml



And what am I guilty of? The topic is on homosexuals in a theatrical setting.

And what am I guilty of? The topic is on homosexuals in a theatrical setting.


Do you know if there are 'homosexuals' on our forum?
Do you realize that your single statement could and probably will fire up said people?
Do you even realize how offensive you are with the one single statement?

Notice how no one replied to you?

So with the no reply, you felt the need to change up what you said to try and get the attention you are so badly craving.
Guess what? It worked!

You have now gotten the full attention of a Moderator of this forum.
Might I direct you to the rules of the forum. Particularly rules number  1 and 2, 4 and 5.
http://www.inthe00s.com/agreement.shtml



I might phrase boomer's posts a different way.

As per my prior post, I have noticed that indeed in various acting clubs at schools I attended, there was a WAY HIGHER percentage of gay men in them than what I presume is in the general population, and the gays in theatre club tended to be, let's say, rather "flamboyant" with their gayness.  They weren't closet cases, for sure.

In high school we had 3 flamboyant gay guys and every last one of them was in Theatre Club.  (And I imagine there were quite a few closet cases who were NOT in theatre).

There is some relationship between acting and flamboyant gays, not sure what the link is.  My thought is that the "flamboyant" ones are indeed narcissists (especially since their behaviour seems calculated to draw attention to themselves, as opposed to most gays who otherwise appear unremarkable).  And there already is a well established link between narccissism and the acting profession.

I might phrase boomer's posts a different way.

As per my prior post, I have noticed that indeed in various acting clubs at schools I attended, there was a WAY HIGHER percentage of gay men in them than what I presume is in the general population, and the gays in theatre club tended to be, let's say, rather "flamboyant" with their gayness.  They weren't closet cases, for sure.

In high school we had 3 flamboyant gay guys and every last one of them was in Theatre Club.  (And I imagine there were quite a few closet cases who were NOT in theatre).

There is some relationship between acting and flamboyant gays, not sure what the link is.  My thought is that the "flamboyant" ones are indeed narcissists (especially since their behaviour seems calculated to draw attention to themselves, as opposed to most gays who otherwise appear unremarkable).  And there already is a well established link between narccissism and the acting profession.



So, more or less...yes?

Do you know if there are 'homosexuals' on our forum?
Do you realize that your single statement could and probably will fire up said people?
Do you even realize how offensive you are with the one single statement?


I didn't start the thread. Your remarks, if relevant, should be directed to that person. Nothing I have said is "offensive". It relates to the topic.

Yes for 3 years. Robert Reed (Mike Brady) was another who was married and had a child who came out late in life.


Thanks, I thought so but was not positive.  :)

Yes for 3 years. Robert Reed (Mike Brady) was another who was married and had a child who came out late in life.


Elton John was one of them too...

He married Renate Blauel in 1984 and the relationship lasted 4 years.

Elton John was one of them too...

He married Renate Blauel in 1984 and the relationship lasted 4 years.

Hence, "I Don't Want to Go On With You Like That" from 1988!
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