Subscribe to Breaking NewsChaz Bono makes first appearance post-transistion announcement
, editor in chief, 365gay.com 07.10.2009 3:10pm EDT
Chaz Bono made his first public appearance last night since announcing his female to male gender transition.
Here’s Chaz and girlfriend Jennifer Elia at 2009 Outfest’s Opening Night Gala of “La Mission” at the Orpheum in Los Angeles.
Chaz is so likeable – and I think it’s great that the transgender community has another public face. The Daily News did a surprisingly warm story about his appearance last night, which is another good sign.
I would suppose that you have to believe that Bi-Sexuality is real. I, like has been mentioned, am one of those gay folk that does not believe in the term “Bi.” I can’t tell you one long term bisexual that I’ve met in 41 years of life. I can introduce to you dozens of “former” bisexuals, though.
Trace: Biphobia is the irrational stereotypes people have about bisexuals. If the person dates a member of the same sex, they’re subjected to the same homophobia any gay person is. Further, within the gay community people assume they’re confused and just can’t make up their mind. Besides the fact that this isn’t even true (being attracted to both sexes, either equally or more for one than the other is completely normal for humans), it’s also offensive. Bi people are viewed as ’stupid’ or otherwise mentally inferior for liking both men and women.
P.S. When someone uses the letters LGBT to refer to our community,what the hell do you think the B and T stand for?
Discrimination of ANY kind,makes me sick.
But when gay & lesbian people do it,it truly pisses me off!
How DARE anyone in the LG community say anything negative about bi and trans people!
We are ALL fighting for the right to marry and to be WHO we are! We’re “lumped” together,because we’re ALL fighting for the exact same things!
Jesus,some of you people on here are either stupid or just plain selfish!
How do YOU feel about being
discriminated against?
I just can’t get over this crap!
Okay,I’m too astounded to continue this !
GROW UP ,PEOPLE! UGH!
Trace:
Bisexuals are discriminated against the same way that we homosexuals are discriminated against.
Some people think that bisexuals have it easy, because a bisexual man could just go off and marry a woman – problem solved. But just like us, they can’t choose who they love. So if that bisexual man falls in love with a man and wants to spend his entire life with him, he can’t get married to the person he loves either. And that is discrimination.
Sure, he could hide the fact that he’s bisexual and live life as a straight to avoid discrimination, but then again, so can we. It’s called being in the closet, and it’s no more fun being in there for bisexuals than it is for us. Hiding your real self is mentally exhausting and hurtful for anyone.
Any bisexual in a relationship with someone of the same sex is likely to be treated the same way as we are. If they hold hands in public, they may receive gay slurs like we do. If they come out of a gay bar, they could still get beaten up by drunken homophobes the same way we might.
They’re still forced into the closet, the same way that many of us are at one point or another in our lives.
And the worst thing about it is, it comes from both sides.
Many heterosexuals discriminate against bisexuals, but many homosexuals also do as well, meaning that they can’t be themselves in either community. People think they’re confused, when no, they really aren’t.
Straights refuse to go out with them because they’re worried they might leave them for someone of the same sex. Gays refuse to go out with them because they think they might leave them for someone of the opposite sex.
Basically, bisexuals receive the same kind of discrimination that gays do, except they don’t just get it from heterosexuals, they get it from the gay community too.
Bi-Phobia. Now this is a new term to this 41 year old Bear. You’re gonna have to explain to me how the bisexual are truly discriminated against.
In all my years, I’ve seen many gay men and women discriminated against. I’ve also seen several transsexuals discriminated against. Never have I seen a bisexual or a “questioning” person discriminated against.
The sad thing about all these ignorant comments here is that there’s transgenders and transexuals out there right now fighting for the rights of all us LGBT people (not just for the T).
But that’s okay, let’s not accept the extremely useful help of these fully capable members of our community. Obviously the saying ‘Many hands make light work’ doesn’t apply when some of those hands belong to trans people.
The bi-phobia is just as stupid. So stupid I can’t be bothered even beginning to address it.
They actually caught her on TMZ a couple weeks ago coming out of a health food store. So it sounds like Chaz is trying to do something about the weight problem.
I was just surprised how big she really is in that pic.
Lloyd Baltazar Said:
“gosh she needs to lose weight. tsk tsk. not healthy!!!!
Gosh, you (and all the commenters who made this story about weight) need to lose your “judgmental ‘tudes.”
How do you know the weight isn’t natural, or maybe even the result of severe depression over gender issues?
Leave him alone, to sort out his own issues, without the uninformed, judgmental public adding more to his already heavily-burdened shoulders.
Ever hear anything similar to, “Walk a mile in a man’s (or woman’s) shoes…?”
gosh she needs to lose weight. tsk tsk. not healthy!!!!!
@Kari. Well said!
Congratulations Chaz. I wish you all the happiness that you deserve. Good luck and my energy is with you.
truth be told,glb jumped onto the t wagon preceding stonewall.(kinda like christians saying the Pagans stole xmas from them, instead of they stole Yule from Pagans.learn something about compton’s riot here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton%27s_Cafeteria_riot
(read the plaque)
we accepted you and now some of you bash us, starting with wrong pronouns? let alone the misconception of a gender confusion? here, learn something about the science of gender variance.
http://tinyurl.com/npnrko
Chaz,HE came out,Cher’s SON,HIS decision. science is proving gender is not “all in the mind”
and now for something completely different.
why does anyone find a need to come out? do straight folks come out? do celibate folks come out? coming out as trans, makes about as much sense as coming out(to those who aren’t family) that your pregnant,most will eventually figure it out themselves. No-one needs to know anything that personal about me except my partner.when I transitioned i just did it,no warnings,no explanations,I just did.those who are brighter than average, figured it out for themselves, those who aren’t so worldly are still in darkness and there they can stay.they dont need to know.when asked hetero normative questions I simply reply “not for me”
‘are you going to have kids?’”not for me.”
but I digress.
bear in mind.
If we don’t stick together, we will surely fall apart.
I’m with MNBear and Karen. I am shocked at finding so much trans and bi- phobia here. I second the comments about shared discrimination and add that not only does the discrimination about T folks come from a similar place as LG AND B folks, but often T folks ARE LG&B folks. Many (though by no means all) trans folks come to an understanding of their gender through the gender-bending that happens in other parts of the community. What I read here is that once we become trans, we no longer belong with you.
The transphobia, bi-phobia (and fat-hatred!) I’ve read on this post and others like it recently sicken me. I hate to sound all wishy washy but we are all part of one broad groups that messes with mainstream gender norms, and GL people who have these prejudices need to realize that they will never have full acceptance until B&T people do as well — gender rules are what stand against us all.
I simply can’t understand the bi- and transphobia being slung around in these comments. We’ve GOT to stick together.
Hatred of trans people and hatred of GLB people are often rooted in the same kind of gender-based judgment. Trans folks are often judged negatively for feeling, in mind and spirit, like the gender opposite to their body. And people with any degree of same-sex attraction (i.e. gay/lesbian OR bi) are often judged negatively because “having feelings for other women isn’t what a woman is ’supposed’ to do”. Both of these negative, bigoted judgments ultimately go back to narrow, socially constructed gender binaries.
We’re ALL – gay, les, bi, and trans – fighting for the freedom to be who we naturally are in our sex and/or gender dimensions. We all have a lot more in common than many of us seem to realize.