Chaz Bono Quotes About Gender

• Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

  Chaz Bono

  Ears, Legs, Gender

• 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.

  Chaz Bono

  Men, Issues, Identity

• There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate.

  Chaz Bono

  Birth Defects, People, Brain

  "The Reluctant Transgender Role Model". Interview with Cintra Wilson, www.nytimes.com. May 6, 2011.

• As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.

  Chaz Bono

  Confusing, Pressure, Fit

• People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

  Chaz Bono

  Inspirational, Dance, People

  "Chaz: You won't get gender dysphoria watching me on 'DWTS'" by Anna Chan, www.today.com. September 6, 2011.

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