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Chaz Bono, born on March 4, 1969, is a writer known for his active involvement in the LGBTQ+ rights movement and his identity as a celebrity child, due to his mother Sonny Bono and stepfather Ronald Reagan's political backgrounds.

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Ifs Kids Parent Blame

Author:Chaz Bono

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

Luxury

Author:Chaz Bono

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

School Felt Boys My Friends Related

Author:Chaz Bono

“I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.”

Whole Felt Whole Life Uncomfortable

Author:Chaz Bono

“I came out around 25 publicly.”

Author: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.”

Hard Eye Able Issues Overcoming Handle Transgender Public Eye

Author:Chaz Bono

“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.”

People Body Risk Willing Harder Transgender

Author:Chaz Bono

“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.”

Way Kind Persons Movement Gay Activist Transgender

Author:Chaz Bono

“I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.”

Inspirational Happens Motivational Community Honest Like You Gay Who You Are Trans Bisexual

Author: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.”

People Want Needs Believe Looks Different Bigs Deals Don't Believe Orientation Assimilation Wants And Needs

Author:Chaz Bono

“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.”

People Body Brain Birth Percent Complicated Gender Your Body Defects Transgender Alignment Neurosis Palate Birth Defects

Author:Chaz Bono

“Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.”

Ears Legs Gender

Author:Chaz Bono

“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?”

Transition Rejected Transgender Realised

Author:Chaz Bono

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

Fit Pressure Gender Confusing

Author:Chaz Bono

“I wanted to show America a different kind of man. If there was someone like me when I was growing up, my whole life would have been different.”

Ifs Men Kind Has Beens Different Whole Shows Wanted America Growing Up Growing Gay Whole Life Like Me Different Kinds

Author:Chaz Bono

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

Wanted Stuff Process Natural Birthday My Birthday Shaving

Author:Chaz Bono

“I want to create a place where trans people and our allies could come together to share experiences, information and ideas. Being transgender or loving someone who is transgender can be challenging in our society and I hope that members of this site will also use this space as a place to support and encourage each other. Together, we can strengthen our community and open the hearts and minds of others.”

“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.”

Long Lasts Hurt Mom Gay Anger My Mom Betrayal Deep Down Hurt Feelings Anger And Hurt

Author:Chaz Bono

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

Kids Speak Parent Cases My Family Transgender

Author:Chaz Bono

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

Care Enjoy Mom Healthy Enjoying My Life

Author:Chaz Bono

“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.”

Stills Strong Realizing Acting Identity Female Dressings Analyzing Strong Female

Author:Chaz Bono

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

People Inspirational Television Dance Gender

Author:Chaz Bono

“So when I was about 13 or 14, I realized I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I was a lesbian, and didn't realize that that wasn't the case. It was the fact that I was a man and a heterosexual man. The issue wasn't my sexual orientation, but rather my gender identity.”

Men Made Facts Realizing Cases Issues Identity Gender I Realized Assumption Lgbt Orientation Gender Identity

Author:Chaz Bono

“It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing that with your mother.”

People Ifs Mean Mother Saws Imagine Complaining Bother Drag Complaints

Author:Chaz Bono

“Being self-supporting is important to me.”

Important Self

Author:Chaz Bono

About the Author

Born: March 4, 1969
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 25

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