Cher has opened up about her son coming out as transgender in a frank new interview, admitting at first that it “wasn’t easy”.
The legendary singer, who has a loyal LGBT+ fanbase, spoke about her experience as a mother when Chaz first came out as gay and then transitioned in a frank new interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “It was very unlike me to, in the beginning, have a problem with Chaz being gay, and it disappeared like that," she recalled. “Then we talked about transgender for many years.
And then [he] would say, ‘No, I don’t want to do it [transition]’. "Chaz, who was assigned female at birth, began transitioning in 2008. “But it wasn't easy,” Cher admitted. “I remember calling, and the old (voicemail) message. .