The transgender son of the famous couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening struck out against statements that were made by Cher’s celebrity dancing son, from Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono. Chaz Bono gained huge media attention when he announced that he was transitioning from a female to a male.
Stephen Ira Beatty, 19, who was born as Kathlyn Beatty, wrote a blog post in outrage at Chaz Bono’s comment about comparing being transgendered to having a birth defect, “like a cleft palate.”
Back in September, Beatty wrote this blog post in retaliation against Bono’s statement:
"I do not have a birth defect. If you feel like you have a birth defect, fine. That's how you feel. Go feel that. Do not put it onto me. Do not define me that way, and do not define other trans people that way unless they claim that label. Chaz is a misogynist...This man doesn't represent our community. He especially does not represent those of us who are non-binary, non-op, women, or feminist men. Chaz needs to do some hard thinking about what it means to appoint oneself representative of a whole group without considering the desires of all the group's members."
Two months later, Beatty wrote another, kinder blog post: .
"I bear the guy no ill will. I just don't want anyone thinking that he's qualified to offer Trans 101, you know? I would be more than happy to sit down with Chaz, have a drink, and talk with him about how he can think and talk about gender in a way that's more inclusive. He seems like an all right guy, his questionable views aside. And from what I've seen, he's really remarkably good at the cha cha."
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