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Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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