It’s official, offspring of famed entertaining duo Sonny and Cher is now a man. Chastity Bono surgically changed her sex and legally changed her name to Chaz.

Shortly after Chastity turned 40 on March 4, she made the decision to permanently turn into a male. Bono’s spokesman, Howard Bragman said this:

“Yes, it’s true – Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity.

“He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘coming out’ did nearly 20 years ago.” He added, “We ask that the media respect Chaz’s privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time.”

It is reported that Cher has known about the gender reassignment for quite sometime and is fully supportive of her daughter…or son…or whatever.

Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm - Filed under Celebrity, Entertainment, Interesting