Chaz Bono quotes

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist - thats just the kind of person I am. (Chaz Bono)
For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that. View quote
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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. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate. View quote
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Gender is between your ears and not between your legs. View quote
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I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life. View quote
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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 are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body. View quote
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I came out around 25 publicly. View quote
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I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys. View quote
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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 and how they would react to it and would I be rejected? View quote
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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. View quote
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Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told. (Chaz Bono)
I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation. View quote
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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 identity that I never had. View quote
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As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender. View quote
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Being self-supporting is important to me. View quote
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I confused gender identity with sexual orientation. Your gender identity is about who you are, how you feel, the sex that you feel yourself to be. Sexual orientation is who you're attracted to. View quote
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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 a very curvaceous woman, and it was just horrifying to me. View quote
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Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid. View quote
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I don't have the luxury of doing things privately. View quote
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What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life. View quote
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A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family. (Chaz Bono)
People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television. View quote
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