Chaz Bono: Gastric Bypass Before Gender Reassignment?
Posted on Jul 04, 2009 @ 02:50PM - 7 comments
Chaz Bono was spotted in Los Angeles on Friday, departing the gym to meet partner Jennifer Elia.
Although Bono was sweating it out, a recent reported suggested the Cher spawn may require a gastric bypass before completing the steps of his gender reassignment.
Stepping out of his former life as Chastity Bono, Chaz may undergo the invasive procedure (where a band is placed around the stomach to limit food intake) to assist in the final steps of becoming a man.
NEW PHOTO: Chaz Bono's Hair Trim, Highlights
Posted on Jun 21, 2009 @ 04:10PM - Add a comment
Kate Gosselin's not the only one gunning for highlights.
Chaz Bono got a nice clean trim with some blonde accents recently, as revealed by new photos of the man formerly known as Chastity.
Child of icon Cher and late politician Sonny Bono, Chaz has recently announced his intention to undergo hormone therapy and eventual gender reassignment from his former life as Chastity.
Chaz Visits Body Well
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 @ 04:49PM - Add a comment
Chaz Bono, who is soon to undergo a sex change operation, visits the Body Well clinic.
EXCLUSIVE: First Photo Of Chaz Bono Since Beginning Gender-Change Hormone Treatment
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 @ 11:00AM - Add a comment
Chastity Bono, now known as Chaz, has begun hormone treatments as the first step in her preparation to have sex-change surgery and now RadarOnline.com has obtained the first photo of Chaz since the transformation began.
Chaz began taking the hormones within the past two months, a source tells RadarOnline.com. The exclusive photo taken June 10 shows Chaz's looks have not changed much. She is still battling her weight, which could be an issue before surgery.
EXCLUSIVE: Kelly LeBrock: Chaz Bono Is Courageous
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 @ 02:31PM - Add a comment
When Chastity Bono participated in the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club early in 2006, one of her fellow contestants was Kelly LeBrock, who told RadarOnline.com that even back then Cher's daughter wanted to be called "Chaz.
"Chaz never spoke about wanting to become a man. What a burden he must have carried around as Chastity," Kelly, still best-know for her '80s flick, "The Woman in Red," said.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Celebs Support Chaz Bono Sex Change
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 @ 09:51AM - Add a comment
Chastity Bono's stunning decision to undergo a sex change operation was the talk of the Gay Pride Parade in Los Angeles, California Sunday.
Parade grand marshal Chelsea Handler, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and Ross "The Intern" Mathews, spoke exclusively to Radaronline.com about Sonny & Cher's daughter.
EXCLUSIVE: Chaz Bono Co-Author: Coming Out As A Man To Cher The “Scariest Part”
Posted on Jun 13, 2009 @ 07:25PM - Add a comment
In an emotional interview with the co-author of Chaz Bono's autobiography, "End of Innocence," Michele Kort told RadarOnline.com that her friend's "coming out as a man to her mom" was the "scariest" part of his transgender process.
Kort, now Senior Editor for Ms. Magazine, said she and Chaz "became quite friendly and had a great experience working together," on the book in 2002.
EXCLUSIVE: Outfest May be Chaz Bono's First Red Carpet As a Man
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 @ 02:21PM - Add a comment
The last time a Bono was on the red carpet at Outfest, the country's largest festival of gay-lesbian-transgender themed films it was when Chastity Bono attended as a woman in 2005. When the event kicks off again in Los Angeles on July 9, the organizers are hoping to see a male Chaz Bono make the scene, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
"We have invited him to attend," Kristen Schaffer, Outfest Executive Director told RadarOnline.com
"I am excited for Chaz that he will now be able to live life the way he wants to and in a body that is more comfortable for him. Chaz's 'coming out' as transgender is wonderful for the LGBT community as it not only increases transgender visibility, but also shows that we should never compromise our own identity.
"Over the past decade, Outfest has seen more and more films made by and about the transgender community, and this year through the Outfest Legacy Project we are proud to restore QUEENS AT HEART which in 1965 was one of the first films to feature transgender subjects.
We hope that through Chaz's courageous journey more people become inspired and continue this important dialogue about diversity and equality."
(Photo: Wenn)
Chastity Bono: Through the Years
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 07:52PM - Add a comment
We're taking a look back at Chastity Bono.
Inside Chastity Bono’s Lifetime Struggle
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 06:30PM - Add a comment
Chaz Bono may soon become the brave new face of the transgendered world but he started out as Chastity Bono- the sparkling tot who hung around the set of her very famous parents’ very famous TV show. Over the years, Bono has opened up about her personal struggle to come to terms with her sexuality. RadarOnline.com brings you an in-depth look at her often very public ups and downs.
Click here for Bono’s tranformation through the years
Despite the glitz and glam life of her mother Cher, Bono found herself drawn to other things and was a self-proclaimed tomboy. "She would have liked a little girl who would have liked to play dress-up in her closet. I was not one of them.” she admitted.
While in her freshman year at NYU in 1989, she came out to her parents with mixed results. Father Sonny (who she told first) was extremely supportive and loving while her mother Cher went “ballistic for a couple of days” before coming around.
As a struggling reporter in her early 20s, Bono continued to keep her orientation secret from anyone outside of her close family and friend. She denied all media reports about her sexuality since she wasn’t comfortable with the world-wide attention. "It retarded my coming-out process. It pretty much ground it to a halt for a few years," she recalled.
In April 1995, she declared she was a lesbian on the cover of The Advocate, thus completing the “last step” of her coming out. A year before, her partner of two years Joan passed away after a battle with lymphoma.
Upset that her dad (now a California Congressman) voted in July 1996 for the Republican-sponsored Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages. "It wasn't like I didn't love him or we had a falling out," she said shortly after his tragic death on the ski slopes. "We just hadn't talked in a while. I just wish--more than anything--that I could wake up in the morning, find him in the kitchen and have a cup of coffee with him."
Now, she tries to make sure politics doesn’t divide and enjoys the support of her stepmother Mary, who took over Sonny Bono's House seat after his death and who sits on the House Judicial Committee. “The Congresswoman loves and supports Chaz and is hopeful that his privacy and very personal decisions will be respected during this time,” Congressman Bono told RadarOnline.com in a statement on Thursday.
(Photo: Globe Photos)
BREAKING NEWS: Sex Change for Chastity Bono
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 02:03PM - Add a comment
Chastity Bono, the daughter of the legendary singing duo, Sonny & Cher, has begun the transformation from female to male, RadarOnline.com can confirm.
The gay rights activist, author and Celebrity Fit Club contestant, came out as a lesbian two decades ago and had been considering a sex change for several years. Chaz, as he now prefers to be known, began the lengthy transgender process earlier this year.
Chastity's father, Sonny Bono, died in a freak skiing accident in January, 1998. Her mother Cher, is still tuning back time with her show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas which resumes in September.
Chaz's stepmother Congressman Mary Bono Mack issued a statement to RadarOnline.com through her Communications director Jennifer May. "The Congresswoman loves and supports Chaz and is hopeful that his privacy and very personal decisions will be respected during this time."
Cher will now have two sons. Elijah Blue Allman, 32, also a musician, is the product of her brief marriage to bluesman Gregg Allman.
