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Dear Sugar Letter #44

Dear Sugar Letter #44

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“The Truth,” 1890, Jules Lefebvre

Dear Sugar,

I grew up in South America in a very conservative, Jewish home. When I was younger I thought I had the perfect life (not that I think that a “perfect life” exists anymore). That changed when I turned 30 and realized I was a lesbian. At the time, I was married to a man and we had three girls, all under the age …

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