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. Chaz Bono Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I was really little, it was very clear to me that I felt like a boy, and my friends were all boys. Chaz Bono Read Quote
I always had this idea that, ‘Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of that.’ But I wasn’t, so I would deal with it. And I for some reason thought there were other lesbians that felt that way and that was just part of that community. Chaz Bono Read Quote
As you get older it’s more confusing. Suddenly, there’s more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender. Chaz Bono Read Quote
I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn’t much feminine about me. Chaz Bono Read Quote
Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I’m an activist – that’s just the kind of person I am. Chaz Bono Read Quote
