Comments on: Chaz Bono: ‘I am literally going through puberty’

By: Redskin

Redskin — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:49:12 +0000

Excessive weight and testosterone therapy equals a high possibility of a massive heart attack especially since “he” is still a woman until the therapy is completed. Remember Chris Farley? He was much younger than Chaz. Lose the weight.

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By: GatsbyGal

GatsbyGal — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:08:42 +0000

Popcorny – if a person said his name was “Randal” but he prefered people to call him “Adam” for whatever reason, would you still call that person “Randal” out of principle because calling him something else would be a “lie”? I guess I don’t understand your argument.

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By: WTF?!?

WTF?!? — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:04 +0000

A friend of mine has lived as a man since his early teens, is married and has a family (he’s now almost 50). He opted not to have the “down there” surgery because he didn’t want to mutilate his body (they take the skin for the male member from the abdomen) and reduce his sexual pleasure by compromising his existing organs. His wife– also his h.s. sweetheart– has never viewed him as anything but a man, and he is possibly the most well-adjusted, normal person I know.

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By: Popcorny

Popcorny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:54:14 +0000

She is a female, not a male.
She feels better with some extra male characteristics, good for her (but she’s still not a male or man).
Sounds like she doesn’t even want the penis that goes along with being male -and yes, it’s part of the male package.
But, even if she did get herself a penis, she still would be a female -with (more) male characteristics.
I’m not going to refer to her as a “he” or a “him”, that’d be a lie.
To say you “know” you are a man (or woman) trapped in an other’s body is another way of saying “I want to be/I wish to be (the opposite gender) -it’s just a feeling, not a fact (they could not possibly know, it’s merely preferred/assumed identification). It’s not a birth defect.
The fact is, they are what they were born -male or female (and some don’t like it).
If it makes someone more comfortable to acquire extra desired characteristics of the opposite/desired gender, and they can afford it -great.
But the insistence that I have to throw actual fact and science under the bus (by referring to her, falsely, as a male), to placate feelings, is where this stuff goes over the top and over the line (for me).

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By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:29:24 +0000

LOL@GatsbyGal!

@EllenSmith, I have a ftm friend who’s been with his now wife for years. She originally identified as a lesbian, but she’s stuck with him through his transition. It just depends on the couple in question; if a relationship was based purely on looks, I doubt it’d hold up through one partner gaining a huge amount of weight, let alone transitioning.

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By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:29:55 +0000

I am sorry but he is not going to live long past his forties if he does not do something about the weight. He is entirely too big. I do not believe in being stick thin but I do believe in being healthy. I wish him the best and hope he finds his peace and health.

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By: GatsbyGal

GatsbyGal — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:52:17 +0000

Haha, Ramona…you sound like such a backwards hick.

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By: Kathie

Kathie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:47:50 +0000

Put…down…the…fork! Get thee to a gym and get on an eating plan now! I know taking hormones can cause a person to gain weight but Chaz could get help with this that others probably could not afford, it is unhealthy and puts a tremendous strain on the heart. If he wishes to continue to be a spokesman for the transgendered community he needs to get in shape or he will not be alive or healthy enough to do that.

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By: Squirtle

Squirtle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:53:42 +0000

I don’t really think it matters that Chaz chooses to be with a lesbian or a straight women. There are a lot of “straight” women out there that have been with other women, and there are a lot of lesbian women who have been with men, it doesn’t mean they aren’t really what they classify themselves to be. Sometimes it is only about finding a connection with another person; man or women, straight or gay, not what gender or sexual identity they have.

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By: RAMONA

RAMONA — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:52:13 +0000

I think that someone who clearly still has a vagina should not be called a he…That is just freakin stupid….you can’t make a Rooster out of a Hen until he starts crowing…and frankly I think SHE needs a little more COCK-a-doodle doo before I see that happening…

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