Chaz Bono Leaves Good Morning America
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 @ 12:38PM - 1 comment
Chaz Bono leaves Good Morning America with his girlfriend.
VIDEO: Man or Woman? Track Star Caster Semenya Ordered To Undergo Gender Test
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 @ 10:18AM - 6 comments
South African track star Caster Semenya "doesn't give a damn" about critics' whispers she was born with something that would help her dominate the spectrum of women's sports: a penis.
The 18-year-old athlete, an unknown weeks ago whose out-of-the-blue ascent resulted in her first 800-meter world title Wednesday's World Track and Field Championships, has been ordered by the sport's commissioning office, IAAF, to undergo a gender test after her breakout performance.
Chaz Bono - New Photo As Chastity Undergoes Sex Change
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 @ 12:53PM - 16 comments
Chaz Bono looked ‘manly’ as she gets out of her BMW car at her West Hollywood home Sunday dressed in a tight fitting polo shirt and shorts.
Cher’s off-spring is currently going through a full sex-change after being born Chastity when the superstar was married to Sonny Bono.
Despite the hormone treatments, Chaz seems to be having no problems coping with living life as a man.
Once the operation is complete, and she legally changes gender, Chaz could get married to his pretty partner Jennifer Elia under California State Law.
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 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.
FIRST LOOK: Chaz Bono's Girlfriend Revealed
Posted on Jun 14, 2009 @ 08:08AM - Add a comment
Meet Jennifer Elia, lover of Chastity-cum-Chaz Bono.
Snapped Saturday in Los Angeles, the raven-haired Elia walked barefoot on her cell phone to her car, where boyfriend Chaz was waiting on her.
The pair are longtime partners, taking residence in West Hollywood.
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.
Psychologist Explains Gender Re-Assignment
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 10:52PM - Add a comment
For the average person, changing one's gender through surgery seems extreme and inexplicable but an expert in the field explains that the procedure is simply a realization of that person's most natural state and leaning.
Click here for Chastity/Chaz Bono's personal journey
“In all my 33 years of doing gender assignment therapy, when I ask my patients how long they have wanted to change genders, almost 100 percent of them say, ‘as long as I can remember.’" Dr, Sherman Leis, a Philadelphia-based board certified plastic surgeon who has been doing gender reassignment surgery for 33 years, told RadarOnline.com.
“Studies have shown that there are certain changes in the hypothalamus part of the brain that indicate gender preference. In other words, if a child is born a female but the hypothalamus gland is shaped like that of a male, she will be genetically programmed to be a male," he explains.
"She can try to dress up like a woman, play with dolls as a child but the drive to be a male will always haunt her. It may take years-even decades for the person to realize his or her trans gender nature but they will be desperately unhappy and confused until they do."
There are many serious requirements one must meet before being cleared for the procedure- and not all of them are physical. "I will not perform gender re-assignment surgery until my therapist determines whether or not the patient is emotional stable and not psychotic and is willing to accept the changes that will take place," Leis added. "They need to be able to handle the transition and be fully aware of the consequences. They need to fully understand that their gender was like a birth defect and they can goon with their lives in this case, successfully as a male."
The process also extends past the operating table: “It usually takes a year of therapy, hormone replacement therapy and presenting as a male before I perform the actual surgery. Presenting means that they have to act like a male, dress like a male, change their name to a more masculine one and show that they can life the life of a male before we proceed.”
(Photo: Splash News)
Chastity Bono: Through the Years
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 07:52PM - Add a comment
We're taking a look back at Chastity Bono.
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.
