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“Family Ties” Mom: I’m Gay

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Meredith Paxter and partner Nancy Locke

Elyse Keaton (no no, not Diane), best known as Michael J. Fox’s mom on “Family Ties” (and considerably less recognized by her real name, Meredith Baxter) has come out of the closet.

Baxter, 62, has been with her partner, Nancy Locke, for four years. But The Advocate says that she decided to come out after she “made a splash” on a recent lesbian cruise. Knowing that the gossip columns would be busy cooking up some sort of steamy, sordid tale, Baxter decided to “take control of the story she knew would follow,” with not one, not two, but three interviews with The Advocate (duh), Today and People.

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Born in New Delhi and raised pretty much all over, Dipayan has a BA in Political Science from Amherst College, and an MA in Journalism from New York University. He’s worked at the BBC, CNN, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Salon.com, and The Huffington Post. ...

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