Chaz Bono's girlfriend supports sex change
'I feel really grateful to be going through this with a partner,' says Bono

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updated 4:58 p.m. ET, Fri., Oct . 30, 2009

Chaz Bono says his girlfriend of four years, Jennifer Elia, has been completely supportive during his process of becoming a man. Now, he says, his gender reassignment surgery allows the couple to physically have what they've always had emotionally: a heterosexual relationship.

"She's been amazing," Bono, 40, tells "Entertainment Tonight" in the second part of a two-part interview, airing Friday. "I feel really grateful to be going through this with a partner."

Elia knew his intentions from the start, Bono says. "I didn't just spring this on Jennifer recently. This was something she knew about shortly after we met."