#chaz bono

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Sonny & Cher with their daughter Chastity Bono at the Playboy Club-Hotel in Lake Geneva, 1971.

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Moments from the 1972 Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour holiday episode, originally broadcast by CBS on December 18th, 1972. In addition to Cher and Sonny Bono, their son Chaz Bono and actor William Conrad are also seen in these gifs. Costumes for the show were designed by Bob Mackie (Cher's gowns) and Ret Turner.

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Transition by Chaz Bono

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Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male. At first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her parents' TV show. In later years, she became famous for coming out on a national stage, working with two major organizations toward LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights and publishing two books. And just within the past eighteen months, Chaz Bono has entered the public consciousness as the most high-profile transgender person ever. All through the hoopla surrounding his change, Chaz has insisted on maintaining his privacy. Now, in Transition , Chaz finally tells his story. Part One traces his decision to transition, beginning in his childhood-when he played on the boys' teams and wore boys' clothing whenever possible-and going through his painful, but ultimately joyful, coming out in his twenties, up to 2008, when, after the death of his father, drug addiction, and five years of sobriety, Chaz was finally ready to begin the process of changing his gender. In Part Two, he offers an unprecedented record in words and photographs of the actual transition, a real-time diary as he navigates uncharted waters. These chapters capture the day-to-day momentum of his life as his body changes. Throughout the book, Chaz touches on themes of identity, gender, and sexuality; parents and children; and how harboring secrets shatters the soul. It is an amazing contribution to our understanding of a much- misunderstood community.

Mod opinion: I've heard of this memoir before, but it isn't personally interesting to me.

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The National Enquirer, Best of the 20th Century.

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Hey, trans elder chiming in with my two cents on this discourse:

Trans men and trans women are not enemies. Our existences do not inherently cancel each other out. Our fights may not be identical, but they are parallel, and we should be doing all we can to uplift and protect each other.

I’ve always said that in-fighting is going to be the death of our community. We bicker so much that we don’t even have the time or energy to focus on the very real threats that are being directed at ALL of us from those in power who wish to see us ALL eradicated simply because they can. There is no reason for the violence. The violence is the reason.

Transandrophobia and transmisogyny are both real issues that we respectively face, but they are also both symptoms of a broader issue: general transphobia.

If we want visibility, we must create it for ourselves. We cannot wait for it to be granted to us by people that think we do not deserve it. Our visibility comes with a price, though, and that price is placing an enormous target on our backs. As such, we need to stand together. We are a family, we are a community. And, damn it- we all better start acting like it sooner rather than later, because it’s gonna get ugly before it gets better. Before it gets safer.

Trans women, I promise that you are safe with me. I promise that I see you.

Trans men, I promise that I see you. I promise that you are safe with me.

Nonbinary folks, you are valid within our community and are safe with us. Your trans* siblings have your back.

Intersex folks, you belong here. I promise that you are safe and seen with us.

We are all stronger together. We will survive, like they said during the police raids and the violent political climates of our collective history, by continuing to fight, and continuing to dance.

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Gender is between your ears, not between your legs

-Chaz Bono

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Cher skates with Santa Claus and Chastity Bono (Now Chaz) in 1979.

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///hbd cher <3\\\