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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
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Daniel Keenan Savage
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