Chaz, nee Chastity

CNN reports Chastity Bono, gay-rights activist and child of Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, transitioning from a female to a male to be known as "Chaz."

An estimated one-quarter to one-half percent of the American population is transsexual, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.

Now 40, Bono as a little girl made regular appearances on her parents' show, "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." As an adult in 20 years of publicly identifying as a lesbian, Chaz has been a longtime gay-rights advocate and been closely associated with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Article: CNN.com, June 11th.