“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.” PeopleBodyBrainBirthPercentComplicatedGenderYour BodyDefectsTransgenderAlignmentNeurosisPalateBirth Defects Author:Chaz Bono
“As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.” FitPressureGenderConfusing Author:Chaz Bono
“People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.” PeopleInspirationalTelevisionDanceGender 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.” MenMadeFactsRealizingCasesIssuesIdentityGenderI RealizedAssumptionLgbtOrientationGender Identity Author:Chaz Bono