Tue. July 6, 2010
Chaz Bono is advising people to be true to themselves after he "wasted" years worrying about transitioning, UK daily Daily Mail reported.
Writing at his blog ChazBono.net, the 41-year-old has called on people to "Do what is right for you."
"I wasted years worried about what other people would think if I transitioned, and now I wish I had those years back," he wrote.
Bono was born Chastity Bono to singer and gay idol Cher and the late entertainer-politician Sonny Bono.
Last June, eight months into his gender reassignment, Bono came out transgender.
Appearing on Good Morning America, he said: "I feel so much more comfortable than I've ever been. I've felt male as far back as I can remember."
The entire female to male transition is expected to last four to five years.
Bono said he always felt male: "I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys."
Appearing at a Malibu art exhibit over the weekend for his half-brother Elijah Blue Allman, Bono told reporters that he felt the "most pressure to look and behave like someone that truly was not me" as a member of the defunct band Ceremony in the 90s. He said he was "miserable" pretending to be a girl.
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