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I'm not gay, and I'm not a transvestite.

Boy George

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Boy George
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 14
Autobiographer
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George Alan O'Dowd
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You find out so many interesting things when you're not on drugs.
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The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn't as big as it looked.
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Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.
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On Madonna: She's a gay man trapped in a woman's body.
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People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me.
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