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My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him.

Margaret Cho

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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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