Article: Titus's tart-tongued teen: a young lesbian becomes part of the big happy dysfunctional family on Fox's hit sitcom Titus. (television).(Brief Article)

Fox's edgy sitcom Titus is based on the real life of its star, Christopher Titus. So when his 16-year-old niece, Amy, told him that she's a lesbian, there was no doubt her television equivalent would also eventually come out.

The episode, which aired in January, has Amy (played by Rachel Roth) threatening to kill herself over a lover's spat. Titus, as her guardian, tries to talk her out of it, then discovers that Charlie, the love of Amy's life, is a cute blond chick in a leather jacket.

Titus: "So that means that you're ..."

Amy: "A big dyke!"

His real-life niece's coming-out didn't involve a noose, but it was just as by-the-way ...

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