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Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution.

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
Author
Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
Novelist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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I did grow up in a household in which I felt that to be myself was to damage the people I loved.
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I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy.
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