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My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

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Margaret Cho
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
Comedian
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San Francisco County
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Let's not hate ourselves. We are all we have. ... I have been a longtime perpetrator of hate crimes against myself, and I am turning myself in. I have had enough.
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I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really felt like my choice (was) more important than any kind of career goal.
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I'm a huge fan of the people and things that are considered the epitomes of tastelessness - things like drag and raunchy comedy.
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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.
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Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.
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Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.
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I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.
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I'm lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.
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I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?
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I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'
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I refer to myself as gay, but I’m married to a man.
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My inclination during sex always is to use sex toys. That's not something men are often used to.
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I was about 17 or 18 and there were a lot of clubs and dancing. It was the beginning of rave culture and a lot of ecstasy. Because of all the drugs, there are certain songs that make me feel high.
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I think white people like to tell Asian people how they should feel about race because they're too scared to tell black people.
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In my life, I don't wear makeup, I don't care about any of the trappings of the feminine, or how I look in photographs. To me, it's irrelevant, which I think is really shocking to people in the industry that I'm in, because it's like, You should always look good, but I honestly don't care. It's not important to me.
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