Interview: Chaz Bono on the journey to be himself
by Laurence Watts
24 August 2011, 10:35am
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/24/interview-chaz-bono-on-the-journey-to-be-himself/Chaz Bono is approaching the end of a personal journey. Having once been the blonde-haired daughter on the Sonny and Cher Show, then a lesbian musician and activist, he recently emerged as the world's most famous transgender man. He shares his story in a book Transition and in the documentary Becoming Chaz. Laurence Watts caught up with him to talk about his process of self-discovery and his desire to help others.
In his documentary Chaz Bono talks about growing up in a famous family. Doubtless, being the only child of Sonny and Cher had its advantages, but he says getting used to all the attention going their way wasn't easy. His parents divorced when he was six. His father went on to become a Republican Congressman before a fatal skiing accident in 1998. His mother, well... his mother is Cher. Was it a hard decision to involve her in the documentary?
