Chaz Bono

Chaz Salvatore Bono^[1] (Born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American actor and is a spokesperson for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. He danced on ABC's Dancing With the Stars.^[2]

Chaz Bono
Chaz Bono, 2017
Born	Chastity Sun Bono (1969-03-04) March 4, 1969 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, US
Other names	Chaz Salvatore Bono
Occupation(s)	Writer, musician, activist
Years active	1972–present
Known for	Sonny & Cher's only child together, LGBT activism, writing
Parent(s)	Sonny Bono, Cher
Family	Georgia Holt (grandmother)

In 1995, Chaz, who still appeared female at the time, told The Advocate that he was a lesbian.^[3] In 2008 Bono started his gender transition from female to male. ^[4]

He is the son of Sonny and Cher Bono.^[5][6] He is a female-to-male transgender person. A documentary on Bono's experience, Becoming Chaz, was at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It was later on the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.^[7]

Books written

• Family Outing (with Billie Fitzpatrick) (1998). Little, Brown and Company. pp. 272. ISBN 978-0316102339
• The End of Innocence: A Memoir (with Michele Kort) (2003). pp. 232. ISBN 978-1555837952
• Transition: the story of how I became a man (with Billie Fitzpatrick) (2011). New York: Dutton. ISBN 978-0525952145
• Transition: Becoming Who I Was Always Meant to Be (with Billie Fitzpatrick) (2012 paperback). Plume. pp. 272. ISBN 978-0452298002