Chastity Bono

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

— Chastity Bono

#case #family #kids #lot #never

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

— Chastity Bono

#birthday #got #i #i always #lot

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#around #even #female #had #i

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

— Chastity Bono

#confusing #fit #gender #get #more

Being self-supporting is important to me. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#important #me

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. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#betrayal #came #deep #deep down #down

I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn't much feminine about me. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#always #child #felt #feminine #i

I came out around 25 publicly. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#came #i #i came #out #publicly

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. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#attracted #confused #feel #gender #how

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#ears #gender #legs #your