Why chaz bono decided to change

Was that difficult for you? Not really. I started to feel just right. I felt much more comfortable. And it felt like the chemistry in my body was right, the way it should have been. And what impact does it have physically to be taking it? It basically puts you through another puberty. You experience all those things that any boy becoming a man goes through. Voice deepening and hair growing and muscle growth and acne. Increased sex drive, assertiveness. Before you started your transition, did you worry that maybe you were wrong, that you were in fact a lesbian and that you were not transgender?

I did not. Once I realized I was transgender, I never had a moment's doubt about that. I had felt uncomfortable as a women my whole life. So that wasn't the issue. It was about finding the strength to transition and how that would affect my life.

I think the most dramatic part of the book was when you talk about having your breasts removed. What was that like? It was the greatest day, probably of my life.

It was getting rid of something on my body that felt like it didn't belong there since they started to develop at, like, 11 or So you never doubted that after you did it? God, no. I mean I'm so thrilled. Couldn't be happier about that. I think that's something that freaks women out, but if you're a man with breasts, you really don't want them.

What kind of reaction are you getting from people? From the public, from friends? My family and friends have been really pretty amazing and supportive. No, babe. Just leave it there. Jennifer sighs and backs off. There was a period where I felt they were kind of spiked. After that, he opens a video game called Rage and fires it up on the TV. Chaz, looking through the eyes of gruff guy, begins firing away. Jen sticks her head in. Anyway, how do you explain such a thing?

By mid- December, the two will have broken up. But for right now, he just keeps on blasting — blam, blam, blam, and blam. Jeff Vespa. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. His father Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident in Especially for a parent, even the most supportive parent, this is a difficult adjustment.

Mother and son recently have made a lot of progress, and now see each other as regularly as ever, Chaz said. Things are better with Jennie, too. Since filming ended, Bono has continued with hormone treatments and opted for removing his ovaries.