Family Ties actor Meredith Baxter has just come out publicly as a lesbian. Actually, the signs were there earlier, when she joined Sweet’s new lesbian cruise last month and attended the Dinah lesbian festival in Palm Springs last year. She came out to herself and her family seven years ago, reports the Advocate, which is now running her first interview with the LGBT press.

The 62-year-old no longer has children at home, but she is the mother of five and a lesbian, so let’s give her a big welcome into our community of lesbian moms!