# Kristy McNichol Comes Out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813 "2012-01-08T10:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/61 "2012-01-11T05:41:51Z")
Well, I for one didn’t know, nor do I think it bleedingly obvious (though it’s also not shocking or anything). Then again, I never saw her in this pseudo-lesbian role people are referring to on “Family”. My image of her is from “Empty Nest” and the TV movie “Summer of My German Soldier” (which was pretty good, from what I remember…). ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/62 "2012-01-11T16:53:26Z")
I had such a crush on her when she was on “Empty Nest.” She was not as “butch” looking as she is now (Sorry for the offensive term). I had always heard she was gay but I was hoping I could change her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/63 "2012-01-11T23:42:06Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Remember _The Pirate Movie_? The Pirate Movie used to be one of my favorite movies (partially for the cheese) when I was a teen/early 20’s. It’s still got a spot in my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/64 "2012-01-12T00:29:59Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > _Two Moon Junction_. She tells Sherilyn Fenn about it. > > Video here. Obviously, very NSFW. [spoiler][http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2948584476026609951&hl=en[/spoiler]](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2948584476026609951&hl=en%5B/spoiler%5D) When I was a teenager, I thought it would be nice to see Kristy McNipple’s nipples. Now, decades later, you have provided a link to her blushed nipples. Thank you for having done a good deed. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/65 "2012-01-12T16:38:56Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > And the world says, “Were you in?” > > 🙂 > > Rest of article at the NY Daily News > > [Kristy McNichol comes out as lesbian to help bullied kids – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/kristy-mcnichol-lesbian-bullied-kids-article-1.1002314) > > I guess better late than never, but ever since I can remember, everyone has always said she was gay. > > Did anyone not know this? > > That said, I did love her as Buddy and she was a riot as Barbara on “Empty Nest.” Actually her and Dinah Manoff were a great team as the bickering sisters I think Kristy thinks she was fooling people, kinda like Ricky Martin. NPH was the one that threw me. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/66 "2012-01-12T17:08:21Z")
The only thing standing between me and a 100% accurate gaydar rating is the folks who won’t just come out (the married one’s are toughest). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/67 "2012-01-12T17:44:56Z")
Here I was going to beat up the wimpy kid and take his lunch money, but some has-been actress has come out as a lesbian, so now I can’t. Damn. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813/68 "2012-01-12T21:57:52Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > _Two Moon Junction_. She tells Sherilyn Fenn about it. > > Video here. Obviously, very NSFW. [spoiler][http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2948584476026609951&hl=en[/spoiler]](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2948584476026609951&hl=en%5B/spoiler%5D) Hey, thanks for that! I’m not quite senile just yet. I didn’t recall anything else about the scene, but Kristy’s last few lines are pretty ironic considering the context of this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristy-mcnichol-comes-out/608813.md?page=3)