Chaz Bono: I love being a man

[Liberal_in_LA]

Chaz Bono: I love being a man



(People.com) -- Now that he's finally in the body he always felt he belonged in, Chaz Bono said he's enjoying something that took decades to accomplish.

"It's a long process going back almost a decade," Bono, formerly known as Chastity, told, Entertainment Tonight in an interview airing Thursday and Friday. "I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn't have done this before that."

Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz, 40, has been undergoing a female-to-male sex change since March, a process that has already had significant physical changes on his body.

"It lowered my voice," he said. "Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases."

One thing that didn't need changing: His mental and emotional concept of himself as fundamentally male.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/10/30/chaz.bono.man/index.html

[hlthe2b]

1. I can only wish him well...

I certainly hope this heals the pain he apparently has been harboring.

[AngryAmish]

2. Testosterone does change the way you think

Some people have a hard time having empathy for that.

[safeinOhio]

4. I'm a male that had low T

I was below normal, so doctor put me on weekly injections. What a difference it made in my life. If you are an older male with depression, please get checked for it.

[Lex]

3. Good for him. Sounds like this is bringing him peace with himself.

nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. I am happy for him. A decade is a long process.

Be well, Chaz.

[Lisa0825]

6. I am glad he is happy :-)

I hope he has a long and wonderful life after this new beginning.

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[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Life is short and youth is even shorter

If you're able to come close to living the kind of life you want, with few regrets, good for you.

[shireen]

9. good for him!

It helps to have a supportive family and money. I wonder how many others out there are trapped in bodies with the wrong gender, and don't have the resources and support to make that change.

[eShirl]

10. That's what it's all about, too - being yourself.

I wish him all the best.

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[TexasObserver]

12. Good for him. I can't imagine what it must be like for those born with the wrong body.

[mzmolly]

13. I applaud him for taking on this journey

in a public manner. Perhaps he can be a voice which ultimately brings greater understanding on a societal level.

[tammywammy]

14. Good for him. n/t

[Skittles]

15. I am glad he is happy

yes INDEED

[Electric Monk]

16. Imagine how much it'd suck if he wasn't? "Whoops, I made a mistake, I want to go back"

That'd be hell.

[Horse with no Name]

17. IMHO

It would suck even more being stuck in a body that you DIDN'T belong in with full awareness of that mistake. I am assuming that changing your gender isn't something like changing your socks, wouldn't you?
Personally, I would think that the owner of said body would be pretty aware of that innate mistake, as obviously was Chaz.
I wish him luck on his journey.

[Skittles]

18. also

I believe any reputable doctor requires the patient receive extensive psychological testing before that change

[Bonn1997]

20. Actually, it's a topic that's received a lot of research...

75% of those are quiet happy after the change
About 7% regret it
About 2% commit suicide

[ConsAreLiars]

19. One of my totally amazing kids became even more "WOW-Hooray!" when now-he

made that change in the midst of doing grad school at UC-Berkeley. Before, I felt there was some incompleteness. Not now. Stayed with the same life-partner, legally married before Prop 8, now with 1-1/2 kids, absolutely awesome. Getting a fully paid tuition to UC-B, with expenses like housing and food also covered, that was something, but going through the process while at G-School and doing TA and tutoring jobs, well, just double-WOW!

Chaz looks very much like himself, as my kid also does.

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[Leftist Agitator]

22. What exactly is 1/2 of a kid?

:shrug:

[ConsAreLiars]

24. Well, that was a rather obscure short-hand description of the situation.

Second kid is well on the way, but has not yet arrived.

[Raine]

21. I'm glad he's able to be who he

felt he was all along, I wish him a life of inner peace and happiness.

[chimpyisstillsatan]

23. Sleep well, fine sir.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/10/uninsured-children-deaths.html