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I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into.

Michelle Shocked

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Michelle Shocked
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 24
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Karen Michelle Johnston
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