«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

(Newser) – Chaz—formerly Chastity—Bono is enjoying the payoff of years of effort: He’s finally a man. Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz says his female-to-male sex change was the “end of a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn't have done this before that.” Then there’s the physical process, which has been ongoing since March: “It lowered my voice," he says. "Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases."
"I always felt like the male from the time I was a child.