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Title: Through 'Transition,' Chastity Bono Becomes Chaz
Post by: Shana A on May 11, 2011, 08:59:24 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 11, 2011, 08:59:24 AM
Through 'Transition,' Chastity Bono Becomes Chaz
Talk of the Nation
May 10, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136177386/through-transition-chastity-becomes-chaz (http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136177386/through-transition-chastity-becomes-chaz)
Chastity Bono struggled for decades with the feeling that she was born into the wrong body. So at the age of 40, she decided to transition to life as a man.
In the new documentary Becoming Chaz and an accompanying memoir, Transition, Chaz — the child of pop music duo Sonny and Cher — shares his long and often difficult journey.
"It was a process of eliminating a lot of fears that I had in my life about it," Bono tells NPR's Neal Conan. "Mostly centered around being a public figure ... a lot of fear of rejection, and a lot of fear about what other people would think of me."
Talk of the Nation
May 10, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136177386/through-transition-chastity-becomes-chaz (http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136177386/through-transition-chastity-becomes-chaz)
Chastity Bono struggled for decades with the feeling that she was born into the wrong body. So at the age of 40, she decided to transition to life as a man.
In the new documentary Becoming Chaz and an accompanying memoir, Transition, Chaz — the child of pop music duo Sonny and Cher — shares his long and often difficult journey.
"It was a process of eliminating a lot of fears that I had in my life about it," Bono tells NPR's Neal Conan. "Mostly centered around being a public figure ... a lot of fear of rejection, and a lot of fear about what other people would think of me."