Chaz Bono, formerly known as Chastity Bono, has been undergoing a sex change since March of this year and is now talking about it with Entertainment Tonight.

“It’s a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn’t have done this before that.”

As to what changes are already taking place Chaz says:

“It lowered my voice. Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases.”

Chaz says while he is changing physically nothing has really happened mentally because he has always felt like he should have been a male.

“I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn’t much feminine about me. I believe that gender is something between your ears, not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early ’90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it.”

What made him comfortable enough to finally do something about it?

“I was turning 40 and I thought it’s now or never. I want to still feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am an old man.”

I am happy he decided to go through with this situation. It seems drastic and everyone has their own opinion on the matter, but I think that if this is what makes him happy people should support him. I do.

Jordasche Bledsoe