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New York Daily News, NY, USA

Cher's daughter Chastity Bono is changing gender from female to male

BY Larry Mcshane
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Thursday, June 11th 2009, 3:11 PM

Cher is about to get a new son.

Chastity Bono, the celebrity offspring of the singer and late husband
Sonny Bono, is changing gender from female to male, her publicist told
the Daily News on Thursday.

The 40-year-old, known to family and friends as Chaz, came out as a
lesbian nearly two decades ago. Bono intends to make the transition
from woman to man, publicist Howard Bragman said.

"Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous
decision to honor his true identity," Bragman said.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect
that has already been shown by loved ones.

"It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts
and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his coming out
did nearly 20 years ago."

Bragman declined to answer any further questions about the sex change.

Transitioning typically involves hormone therapy, and sometimes -
although not always - includes surgery.

© 2009 Daily News, L.P. All rights reserved.

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What We're About: Gender is more complex than the expression of maleness or femaleness. The complex journey towards one's own personal gender expression is explored and transgenderism is explained from different perspectives and different levels by different people from all over the world. Gender and Sex are very separate things, though the terms are often considered interchangeable by the less aware. Sex is physical form and function while Gender is a component of identity. There can be considered to be some legitimate overlap; the brain is structured in many sex-differentiated ways and is the seat of identity (Search for "gender dysphoria" on Google. You will find most formal/official sites state Sex and Gender are determined by separate hormone-distribution periods during the developement of the fetus within the womb.) However, with regard to the dilemma of the transsexual, the difference between sex and gender are the very core of the issue.

A transsexual person, born to all appearance within a given physical sex, is aware of being of a gender opposite to that physical sex. This conflict between gender identity and physical sex almost always manifests itself through early awareness of "something being not quite right", and is the cause of enormous suffering. It is common for transsexuals to be aware of their condition at preschool ages.

However, in this group, we believe that even people who have not followed through with sex-changing surgery (such as the administrators) need just as much support, so we are here to invite those pschologically sexually opposite of their birthsex (surgical status matters not) and, of course, all our wonderful supporters!

Best informational literature mentioned to us so far:

Self-Made Men by Henry Rubin
FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society by Holly Devor
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us and My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein
She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan


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1. The Transitional Male: [link]
2. The FTM Network (UK): [link]
3. FTM Australia: [link] and for Sydney: [link]
4. Transman.org: [link]
5. FTM International: [link]
6. Transexual Roadmap: [link]
7. "Gender Identity & Transgenderism": [link]
8. Transgression Cyberzine: [link]
9. Transsexual.org: [link]
10. Home of Transsexual Women’s Resources: [link]
11. Transsexuals throughout history: [link]
12. Dr. Michael Brownstein, MD: [link]
13. Androgyne Online: [link]
14. International Foundation of Androgynous studies: [link]
15. ISNA, THE intersex web resource: [link]
16. The antijen pages: [link]
17. Transe-Nation: [link]
18. Mango Products (FTM) [link]
19. T-Self Scholarship: [link]
20. TRANS COMICS [link]
21. MORE TRANS COMICS [link]
22. ANOTHER COMIC [link]
23. SAVE A TRANNY! transpride store [link]
24. PFLAG's trans site [link]
25. FTM chat by ~Fhinn [link]
26. Hudson's FTM guide: [link]
27. Transgender Guide: [link]
28. Transster: [link]
29. Photoshopped facial feminization: [link]
30. Calpernia Addams! [link]
31. The Asexual Visibility and Education Network: [link]
32. The Neutrois outpost: [link]

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