Chaz Bono quotes

Chaz Bono is an American writer, musician, and actor, recognized as the only child of entertainers Sonny and Cher. His public journey as a transgender man has made him an influential advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and visibility. He continues to inspire others through his activism and creative work. Here are 22 of her quotes:

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist - thats just the kind of person I am. (Chaz Bono)

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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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 defect, like a cleft palate.

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Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

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I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

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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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I came out around 25 publicly.

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I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.

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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?

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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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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 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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Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

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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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Being self-supporting is important to me.

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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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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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Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

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

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

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

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

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Occupation: American Celebrity
Born: March 4, 1969
Quotes count: 22

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