Elia looks like Cher and Chastity looks kind of like Tony Blankley
Posted on 09/04/2011 4:22:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
While many people, especially in the LBGT community, have lauded the addition of Chaz Bono to the "Dancing with the Stars" cast, others are concerned, disappointed, and just plain angry – and they went to the show’s online message board to let producers know how they feel.
One of the main concerns was that transgendered contestants will be confusing to children and inappropriate for a family program.
“I personally do not mind watching Chaz,” wrote Callisandria2. “The problem is that I watch this show with my 10 year old daughter. I am sure the show will talk about Chaz and the controversy, and I am not ready to explain all of that to her yet. We just barely covered the birds and the bees. We always watch one show together, in the fall it's DWTS, and in the spring it's American Idol. Looks like we will try X-factor instead this season.”
Other fans were more blunt.
“Manufactured genitalia is not the conversation I want to have with my children,” said trident606.
Some fans had moral issues regarding Chaz Bono’s gender reassignment and refused to accept Bono’s “male” status.
“I have never missed a season, and I won't miss this season,” sandimac65 said. “That being said, when Chaz Bono is on I will not watch his/her segment. All these people who think it's a choice - if you don't like being the sex you're born, just go change to the sex you wanna be...oh no! Sorry! As the old commercial used to say, 'It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature!' If God had meant for her to be a him, that's what she would have been born.”
Jan Pizzolato shared that sentiment.
“I cannot watch this season. I am disappointed in the cast,” she posted. “Chaz Bono was born a girl. What she/he has done is her/his decision to change God's plan for her. It makes me sad to think that what was once valued as morals has so deteriorated as people have gotten so oblivious to what is right and wrong.”
However, other fans came to Bono’s defense.
“It didn't take long for ignorance and bigotry to rear its ugly head. Calling Chaz Bono a 'he/she' or 'him/her' or 'freak of nature'. now THAT is disgusting,” cathieil said.
“What he is doing requires a ton of courage and I wish him well on both the show and in life,” she added.
“I am disappointed in all the judgment about a person none of you even know," dstaner wrote. "Chaz is just trying to live his life as all of us are. You aren't going to watch the show because he is on it. Get a life. As for explaining to your kids....please. come up with a better excuse than that. Tell your kids his mother is Cher ( who is very famous). Until you have walked in his shoes you have no right to judge. What would Jesus do? You are mostly all a bunch of hypocrites. Clean up your own backyard.”
Many posters were less concerned with Bono’s gender status than they were with the fact that he is not really a “star” in the first place.
“The name of the program is Dancing With the Stars. Since when is Chaz a star?” said an anonymous poster. “Okay, he starred in his own documentary about his transition to male, but other than that what has he done with his life? Stardom? Not hardly. I think I'll pass on watching this season. Maybe they'll get some stars next season.”
“OMG. I was so looking forward to the new season of DWTS. But what were they thinking when they chose this cast?” said sassyred55. “I know why they chose Chaz.... Not because he is a Star, But for the reaction that most of us fans are feeling. His mother is the Star. This is the worst cast so far!”
Another fan chose not to single out any one cast member – none of them were appealing enough.
“Where are the promised A-List celebs?” the fan wrote.
“With apologies to Kathy Griffin (who would have been a great contestant) the show should be titled, ‘Dancing With The D-List.’”
Ok, so Chaz is a homo then? Confused. Gee children should definitely watch this DWTS season..../sarc
Of course she does..It was never Cher with the talent, it was always Sonny..Cher looks like a shell of her former self, just a bunch of plastic looking like it will fall apart at any moment..she wants to get the attention off of herself for raising that thing that came out of her, I dont even know what that thing is
Thats a shame she was a pretty girl before she messed with her body.
You have got to be joking.
She was pretty as a woman. W in T F would she want to be turned into a sloppy joe.
Poor thing.
Mother is a freak-show
I guess she is trying to compete in her own way.
She's a human being that is deluded and needs help.
Unless Chaz is the most fantastically coordinated, light on the feet obese person ever, this entire scheme is going to be a train wreck for the show and humiliating for Chaz. Little thought seems to have gone into this other than a desire to push the envelope and put a sex changer before the public as normal.
She’s obviously not going to get any help with a mother like that..its a shame, I remember her when she was a little girl, she was so cute, and look what happened..its very sad
I read that Cher had a lesbian friend babysit quite often. That would cause a lot of problems.
Elia looks like Cher and Chastity looks kind of like Tony Blankley
She was molested by one of Momma’s lesbian friends. It was up to Cher to protect her daughter. She didn’t.
Every cell is either male or female. You cannot fool God. There is a warm place in Hell for people such as this.
RE: Physically Chastity is still a woman. She only had her breasts removed.
You mean she (?) did not add a you-know-what?
What do you call that procedure again ? An Addadicktome?
Exactly! That is why it is utter nonsense to hear about a ‘man’ giving birth, as was done recently.
Source: http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/06/chastity_bono_b.html
Becoming a Man - The Process
A lot is involved in the sex reassignment process. Here’s the lowdown, according to Dr. Gary Alter from Dr. 90210 - he’s an expert. Here’s what Chastity Bono is going through right now.
First step ... A psychiatrist evaluates the patient. If appropriate, the doctor prescribes male hormones.
The hormones change the body makeup, which includes hair growth. The clitoris also grows larger.
Removal of breasts. Dr. Alter said most states will recognize the person as a male once this occurs. A hysterectomy can also be performed during this process.
Dr. Alter said the decision about changing the genitalia can take several years, while the patient is taking hormones. Dr. Alter says most people stop at this point.
Dr. Alter says if the patient goes forward, the surgeon often makes a small penis out of the clitoris and a scrotum by joining both labia majors. Testicle implants can then be inserted. The most sophisticated option is microsurgery in which skin, arteries and nerves are taken from the forearm and made into a phallus.
As for cost, Dr. Alter said it’s all over the place, depending on how far the person wants to go. We’ve spoken to people who have had it done, and they say the full deal costs more than $100k.
Then just what exactly is Cher? Or are we just parsing words here?
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