Chaz Bono Quotes

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

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

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?

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.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

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

I came out around 25 publicly.

I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

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

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

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

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

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

Being self-supporting is important to me.

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