{"id":414722,"date":"2011-05-02T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/02\/cher-i-admire-chazs-courage\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:08:26","slug":"cher-i-admire-chazs-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/cher-i-admire-chazs-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher: I Admire Chaz&#8217;s Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20486294,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>People.com<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Cher is more supportive than ever to her son, Chaz, who legally changed his gender and name last year.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic singer held a small screening of the upcoming documentary Becoming Chaz at her Malibu home over the weekend. &#8220;Cher and 10 of her and Chaz&#8217;s friends stood up and cheered when it was over,&#8221; a friend of Cher&#8217;s tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p>The friend says Cher told her during the screening, &#8220;I admire my son Chaz&#8217;s courage for sharing his personal journey. Most important to me is that he is very happy. That&#8217;s what I care about the most. He has my love and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chaz, who was born Chastity Bono to the famed singing duo, Sonny and Cher, started his female-to-male sex change March 2009, shortly after his 40th birthday. The documentary tells the story of his transformation from a woman to a man. It is scheduled to air on Oprah&#8217;s OWN Network next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/201ed65bget.media_40-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201105\/157747.php\" title=\"Cher: I Admire Chaz's Courage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cher: I Admire Chaz&#8217;s Courage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Cher is more supportive than ever to her son, Chaz, who legally changed his gender and name last year. The iconic singer held a small screening of the upcoming documentary Becoming Chaz at her Malibu home over the weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cher: I Admire Chaz&#039;s Courage - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/cher-i-admire-chazs-courage\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cher: I Admire Chaz&#039;s Courage - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Cher is more supportive than ever to her son, Chaz, who legally changed his gender and name last year. 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