Chastity Bono's Coming Out again . .

[Greenday]

I'm with daleduke. Why is this news? She wants a sex change? Go for it. But there's thing to talk about that's actually important. Like the war that's being completely ignored. Prop 8. Stuff that greatly affects the country.

[BlaqueKatt]

Allow me to ask: who cares?<snip>
Why does the world give a shit if someone wants to have a sex change?

Who cares? Those that are discriminated against by society due to being transgendered themselves.

why does the world "give a shit"-because someone who people look up to(yes there are people who admire Cher), can accept their daughter becoming their son, maybe someone who has been holding back who they really are can feel confident enough to be themselves.

At my call center I worked with 3 transgendered individuals-one MTF post-op, one MTF pre-op and one FTM pre-op. The MTF pre-op was forced to quit due to harassment for using the women's restroom. Yes some of the other women were "uncomfortable" and complained to HR. They told her she had to use the men's room, she then got flak for that because she wore dresses-that poor girl was reduced to tears on more than one occasion-there were exactly two of us that stood up for her, everyone else called her a "freak". She was 18 and one of the most friendly, outgoing, kind, and sweet girls you would ever want to meet(plus she had gorgeous long blonde curly hair-she let me braid it on lunch breaks), but no one could get past their gender issues. And no it was not L's issues, she knew who she was.

[Boozy]

An FYI: Transgendered individuals should be referred to by their preferred gender. So in this case, everyone should be using the pronoun "he" when referring to the person formerly known as Chastity Bono. This applies even in cases where the surgery hasn't been performed yet, or may never be performed. He is now living as a man and identifying as a man, regardless of the equipment he has.

[PepperElf]

daleduke - ROFL

good point.

bout the only time ive ever cared about a "celeb" getting a sex change was when i was just bored and went to wikipedia to look up a female musician i listen to... only to go "what the heck? who's this guy?... o wow, this is interesting" and frankly... i cared mostly cos i wanted to hear his new voice after i heard about it.

[daleduke17]

Allow me to ask: who cares?

She's not even a celebrity. Why does the world give a shit if someone wants to have a sex change? It doesn't concern anybody. This is what is wrong with society. Society gives more of a damn about the daughter of a singer having a sex change instead of more important things.

[the_std]

I can't really see anyone but the "GOD SAYS IT AIN'T RIGHT!" crowd having anything bad to say about this. He's becoming who he really is, and that's that.

[tabbyblack13]

I am happy to see someone with some notoriety not afraid of speaking out. From what I understand many people undergo transitions and are discriminated against. If it makes him happy then there should be no issue.

[DGoddess]

It was roughly 20 years ago when this precious little girl who appeared with her famous parents on their weekly variety show came out of the closet and announced she was a lesbian.

Now he has announced he's undergoing the transitioning to become a male. The news media is in a frenzy over this news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612...eoplemusicbono

Personally, I think the biggest recipe for happiness is being honest with oneself and being comfortable in one's own skin.

If Chaz (as Chastity prefers to be called now) is happy and has the courage of his convictions to live his life as he chooses, then I'm happy for him.