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It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.
Alison Bechdel
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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
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Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
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It's imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex.
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