Quotes by Chaz Bono

About Chaz Bono:

Chaz Salvatore Bono is an American advocate, writer, musician and actor. He is the only child of American entertainers Sonny and Cher.
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Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told.

Chaz Bono

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

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A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family.

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I feel really good, I feel like a man now, and I'm really happy.

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For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.

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I've waited my whole life to be able to have body hair - but I never thought I'd have back hair. But what are you going to do, right?

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When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected?

Chaz Bono

What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.

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I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

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Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.

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I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation.

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I came out around 25 publicly.

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I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how you feel, the sex that you feel yourself to be. Sexual orientation is who you're attracted to.

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I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.

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It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to a very curvaceous woman, and it was just horrifying to me.

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Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

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As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.

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I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body.

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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth de...

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Being self-supporting is important to me.

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Author Bio

  • NameChaz Bono
  • DescriptionAmerican transgender activist and entertainer
  • AliasesChastity Sun Bono; Chastity Bono; Chaz Salvatore Bono
  • BornMarch 4, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; LGBT Rights Activist