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Title: Why Chaz Matters
Post by: Shana A on July 02, 2009, 09:05:49 PM
Post by: Shana A on July 02, 2009, 09:05:49 PM
Why Chaz Matters
by Jacob Anderson-Minshall | Article Date: 07/02/2009 10:00 AM
http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23193 (http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23193)
It was the fastest anyone has ever come out trans. Within moments of TMZ's June 11 announcement, emails, text messages, tweets and retweets zipped the news around the globe: Cher's daughter Chasity Bono, was transitioning from lesbian to male.
Introduced as a toddler on The Sonny & Cher Show and appearing on a People cover by age seven, Chaz Bono is the first person to come out trans after growing up in front of the camera. In doing so, he may have catapulted transgender people into the territory Ellen DeGeneres took lesbians with her, "Yep, I'm gay," cover of Time magazine.
by Jacob Anderson-Minshall | Article Date: 07/02/2009 10:00 AM
http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23193 (http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23193)
It was the fastest anyone has ever come out trans. Within moments of TMZ's June 11 announcement, emails, text messages, tweets and retweets zipped the news around the globe: Cher's daughter Chasity Bono, was transitioning from lesbian to male.
Introduced as a toddler on The Sonny & Cher Show and appearing on a People cover by age seven, Chaz Bono is the first person to come out trans after growing up in front of the camera. In doing so, he may have catapulted transgender people into the territory Ellen DeGeneres took lesbians with her, "Yep, I'm gay," cover of Time magazine.
Title: Re: Why Chaz Matters
Post by: Mister on July 02, 2009, 09:11:38 PM
Post by: Mister on July 02, 2009, 09:11:38 PM
Quote from: Zythyra on July 02, 2009, 09:05:49 PMChaz Bono is the first person to come out trans after growing up in front of the camera.
Um, what about Alexis...
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