Chaz Bono

I was never religious.

— Chaz Bono

Being self-supporting is important to me.

— Chaz Bono

In school I related to boys.

— Chaz Bono

I came out around 25 publicly.

— Chaz Bono

“Fears are not facts.”

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I feel really good, I feel like a man now, and I'm really happy.

— Chaz Bono

When you transition, everyone kind of has to transition around you.

— Chaz Bono

What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.

— Chaz Bono

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

— Chaz Bono

I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.

— Chaz Bono

I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.

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I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

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I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like…

— Chaz Bono

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

— Chaz Bono

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

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Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist -…

— Chaz Bono

When I was really little, it was very clear to me that I felt like a boy, and my friends were all…

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When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life…

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I feel so much more comfortable that I've ever been. I've felt male as far back as I can remember.

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Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like…

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It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to…

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I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they…

— Chaz Bono

I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how you feel, the sex that you…

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I always had this idea that, 'Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of…

— Chaz Bono

So when I was about 13 or 14, I realized I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I…

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For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be…

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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment.…

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I want to create a place where trans people and our allies could come together to share experiences, information and ideas. Being…

— Chaz Bono

As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.

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I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more…

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I'm just a regular guy. All these ideas that children shouldn't watch me, I'm going to be confusing, all this stuff, it's…

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It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing…

— Chaz Bono

I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn't much feminine about me.

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Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female…

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I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

— Chaz Bono

I wanted to show America a different kind of man. If there was someone like me when I was growing up, my…

— Chaz Bono

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist -…

— Chaz Bono

I've waited my whole life to be able to have body hair - but I never thought I'd have back hair. But…

— Chaz Bono