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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKristy McNichol, the Emmy-winning teen star of the 70s drama Family, has come out
Kristy McNichol has been out of the public eye for 20 years. Now she's chosen to come out to try to help kids who are being bullied.
McNichol, 49, who has lived with her partner Martie Allen, also 49, for the past two decades, decided to make a statement about her sexuality and share this photo because she is "approaching 50" and wants to "be open about who I am."
She "is very sad about kids being bullied," her publicist Jeff Ballard tells PEOPLE. "She hopes that coming out can help kids who need support. She would like to help others who feel different."
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http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20559567,00.html
Thus confirming what many thought years ago.
Good on her!
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Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)I knew she was gay..I could have sworn she came out a few years ago..
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)And by "a few years ago", I'm thinking, like, 20. I thought everyone knew this.
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)tpsbmam
(3,927 posts)though I'm not sure that was an accurate diagnosis since the press often screws mental health reports up. But anyway, for some reason I thought she'd come out a long time ago. Glad she did now and for a very good reason. Brava, Kristy!
Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)Knew years ago, but that is because I know someone who knows her. I hope she also comes out about the discrimination she suffered because she is a lesbian!
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)2 decades ago. At that point she was kind of rejecting the whole Hollywood scene
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Talk about pinging gay-dar.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Glad that she did this.
So now officially, my first three celebrity crushes as a kid were eventually two lesbians (Jodie Foster and Kristy McNichol) and an TG (Chasti . . . er . . . Chaz Bono). Takes some of us a while, you know . . .
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)but I think it was more of a kindred spirit sort of thing now that I think about it.
on edit:
Ooo, forgot, just waiting on Nancy McKeon.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)on that show where she is the "tomboy" at the girl's boarding school(Facts of Life?). But, maybe we are wrong about her? I don't know anything of her personal life.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Though that could be wishful thinking.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)but Nancy McKeon is married (to a man) and I think they have a couple kids.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)if I had a nickel for everytime my gaydar has gone off and it was wrong!
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)i guess the times have changed but gee did`t everyone kind`a know?
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)Not at all!
Good for her for finally doing it.
qb
(5,924 posts)K&R!
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)But good for her...
book_worm
(15,951 posts)I guess not.
Prism
(5,815 posts)I always loved that movie as a kid, but only as an adult did I really start appreciating how hilarious it is and how talented she was in pulling off what was certainly going to be a bomb.
Mabel!
banned from Kos
(4,017 posts)obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)Wind Dancer
(3,618 posts)I loved that show.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Huh, guess not.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Is Rosie O'Donnell out too? I thought she was, but I don't know now.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)She's talked about her relationships on her show.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)I guess I did a poor job of it.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)
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Aristus
(66,467 posts)That's a quarter well-spent.
I had such a huge crush on Kristy McNichol when I was a kid; still do. Good for her. I'm happy for her. I hope she's able to help kids saddened and depressed by bullying.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Confirming what many knew years ago.
Omaha Steve
(99,741 posts)K&R.
DeathToTheOil
(1,124 posts)In the "Recommended" section of the front page, all I could see was, "Kristy McNichol, the Emmy-winning teen star of the 70s drama Family, has come."
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)I'm not sure what kept her in the closet for so long, but many people feel life will be worse out of the closet than in. Perhaps she is just a private person who doesn't want paparazzi around her all the time. None of my concern, really. All I know is that the more people who come out, the harder it gets for bigotry to go unanswered. Strength in numbers, and all that.
I also want to say that I have enjoyed Kristi McNichol's acting, and watched a number of her performances in movies and TV when I was a youngster. I liked the show "Empty Nest," which is the most recent thing in which I remember her acting. I also have a first cousin who looks a LOT like Kristi McNichol.
U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)about time