Kristy McNichol Has Finally Come Out of the Closet . . . Do You Even Know Who Kristy McNichol Is?

I think a lot of people figured this out years ago . . . but it's finally official: KRISTY MCNICHOL is OUT AND PROUD.

--Kristy . . . who's 49 . . . also has a girlfriend, whom she's been living with for the past TWO DECADES. And she posted a picture of the two of them together because she wants to be, quote "open about who I am."