54 Quotes by Chaz Bono

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

I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.

I've waited my whole life to be able to have body hair - but I never thought I'd have back hair. But what are you going to do, right?

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.

I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on the 'T' now than I was on the 'L' or the 'G.'

Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.

I feel so much more comfortable that I've ever been. I've felt male as far back as I can remember.

When you transition, everyone kind of has to transition around you.

So when I was about 13 or 14, I realized I was attracted to women and then made the assumption that I was a lesbian, and didn't realize that that wasn't the case. It was the fact that I was a man and a heterosexual man. The issue wasn't my sexual orientation, but rather my gender identity.