Newspaper Prints Transphobic Xmas Carol, Chaz Bono Got Turned Into a Man Dear

 

Go get em', Cher.

From Massachusetts’ Lowell Sun newspaper comes this deplorably transphobic “Christmas carol — with a twist.”

 

To the tune of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”:
Chaz Bono got turned into a man, dear.
Dancin’ with a woman on TV.
You might say there’s no such thing as Santa
Till you see what Chaz got ‘neath his tree.
Chastity was once a cute girl
On her parents’ TV show.
Then she stunned the whole dang nation,
When she said her girl parts had to go.
Now transgenders in the Bay State
Have a law that’s etched in black.
It says they can change their gender.
Then if they want, they can change it back.
(chorus)
Chaz Bono got turned into a man, dear.
Cher don’t care but Sonny, he would grieve.
Now in Mass., some guy who’s born as Adam
Can change his moniker to Christmas Eve.

I am completely blown away by this display of intolerance and bigotry.

Please take a moment to let the Lowell Sun know how distasteful you find their publishing of this “holiday song” in the comments HERE. No cussing, no condemning to hell. Write like an articulate grown up or don’t bother writing at all, please.

Warren Beatty's Son critizes Chaz Bono

Chaz Bono  

Stephen Ira, the transgender son of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, recently attacked Chaza Bono in a blog post. Ira wrote that Bono is "a misogynist who does not represent us," reported the New York Post in a Nov. 17 article.

Cher’s son and ex-"Dancing With the Stars" cast member recently said that being a transgender person is "a birth defect, like a cleft palate," and "being male and having breasts is about the worst thing I could imagine."
Bono also said that "I never understood women before... but I had a tolerance for women that I don’t have now... There is something in testosterone that makes talking and gossiping really grating."
Ira has admitted undergoing hormonal treatment and blasted back at Cher’s son.

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"I don’t want any rich white trans guy...telling the media that testosterone made him a misogynist...he has some deep-seated misogyny to work through."

This isn’t the first time Bono has been under attack. The Associated Press reported in a Sep. 1 article that Cher was defending her son on Twitter. The singer says that her son was being "viciously attacked" by online blogs when the cast of "Dancing With the Stars" was announced.

"This is Still America right? It took guts 2 do it," Cher tweeted. She also wrote that she supports him no matter what he chooses to do.

Although Ira may feel as though Bono isn’t the best representative of transgender people, the community has recently seen a progression for equality

Chaz Bono--Transtion: The Story of How I Became a Man --REVIEW

Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male
 
At first, America knew the only child of Sonny and Cher as Chastity, the cherubic little girl who appeared on her parents' TV show. In later years, she became famous for coming out on a national stage, working with two major organizations toward LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights and publishing two books. And just within the past eighteen months, Chaz Bono has entered the public consciousness as the most high-profile transgender person ever.
 
All through the hoopla surrounding his change, Chaz has insisted on maintaining his privacy. Now, in Transition, Chaz finally tells his story. Part One traces his decision to transition, beginning in his childhood-when he played on the boys' teams and wore boys' clothing whenever possible-and going through his painful, but ultimately joyful, coming out in his twenties, up to 2008, when, after the death of his father, drug addiction, and five years of sobriety, Chaz was finally ready to begin the process of changing his gender. In Part Two, he offers an unprecedented record in words and photographs of the actual transition, a real-time diary as he navigates uncharted waters. These chapters capture the day-to-day momentum of his life as his body changes.
 
Throughout the book, Chaz touches on themes of identity, gender, and sexuality; parents and children; and how harboring secrets shatters the soul. It is an amazing contribution to our understanding of a much- misunderstood community.