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Chaz Bono: I Was Born a Man

• May 10, 2011 09:36 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Chaz Bono says he has no doubt he was born a man.

"This is how I was born," he told ABC's Nightline about his gender reassignment surgery. "It's actually pretty simple if you look at. We all in the womb start out as female and then hormones come and we either stay female or we become male. I think of it as hormones that, you know, went in the ...
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Cher: I Forget to Call Chaz "Him"

• Nov 5, 2010 11:29 AM ET
• by Gina DiNunno

Cher says that she still sometimes forgets to call her transgender son, Chaz Bono, a man.

Chaz Bono asks to change name, gender

"She's a very smart girl — boy!" Cher said during an interview with Vanity Fair. "This is where I get into trouble. My pronouns ... read more

Chaz Bono Asks to Change Name, Gender

• Mar 29, 2010 06:45 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Chaz Bono has filed a petition to change his name and gender, according to The Associated Press.

Born as Chastity to Sonny Bono and Cher, Bono, 41, changed his name to... read more

Chaz Bono Happy Being a Man

• Oct 30, 2009 01:27 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

In his first interview since announcing he would undergo a sex change, Chaz Bono says he's enjoying the life he fought for years to attain.

Chastity Bono undergoing gender change

"It's a long process going back almost a decade," Bono told Entertainment Tonight. "I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn't have done this before that."

The 40-year-old Bono — who was born Chastity, the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono — said the most difficult part of the journey was "finding the courage not to worry about what other people would think of me so much."

Bono said he has mentally and emotionally felt he was a man since he was a child. "There wasn't much feminine about me," he said. "I believe that gender is something between your ears, not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early '90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it."

Cher speaks out on daughter's gender change: "I will strive to be understanding"

Bono began the sex change in March, and he's already experienced physical changes... read more

Cher Speaks Out on Daughter's Gender Change: "I Will Strive To Be Understanding"

• Jun 18, 2009 04:54 PM ET
• by Anna Dimond

Cher said she would support her daughter's decision to undergo a sex change, but admits she doesn't fully understand.

It was the first time Cher talked about the transition since Chaz (né Chastity) Bono's publicist announced last week the musician and author had started the process earlier this year.

"Chaz is embarking on a difficult journey, but one that..." read more