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Exclusive Interview: Chaz Bono's Confession to My Transgender Step-son

Started by Natasha, July 07, 2011, 04:59:02 PM

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July 07, 2011, 04:59:02 PM
Exclusive Interview: Chaz Bono's Confession to My Transgender Step-son

http://thestir.cafemom.com/teen/122690/exclusive_interview_chaz_bonos_confession
7/7/11
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When I met my husband, he told me he had a son and a daughter. But after about a month of dating, he came over one night, after his kid-weekend, looking somewhat sad and confused. "Turns out I have two sons," he told me. "My daughter is going back to school this fall as a boy, and has changed her name. Today was the day she asked me to cut all her hair off."

"Well, that's very cool of you to support her," I said, while inside I thought, What have I gotten myself into?

What I thought, at first, was a passing phase, I have now (four years later) accepted as fact: Ben is a boy and needs my unconditional support. My step-son is my hero. And I recently had the chance to introduce him to his hero, Chaz Bono, the son (and former daughter) of Sonny and Cher and subject of the recent OWN documentary Becoming Chaz as well as a memoir, Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man.
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