I heard that she found out some tabloids found out that she has gone over to the other side. She was just getting the story out before they could do it for her, sort of the way Letterman did with his sex scandal.
Who knows if that is true, but it would explain the timing of the announcement.
But think of it, Alex P Keaton's mom a lesbian! What a 'very special episode' that would make!
Meredith and Oprah, Sitting in a Tree, wtfcwtd (who the f cares what they do?)

And to think, this whole time I thought Skippy was the homo.

fOx
I always had a crush on Her...wow!!this makes it even better...
l_bagby
Who cares? Not your post Big_T, but who cares that she is a lesbian? Does she have a movie on oxygen or lifetime coming out and needs the publicity to get her career going again? What an ego that she has to go on TV to let everyone know that she is a lesbian.