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Updated 17th December 2020
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN (interview by Christiane Amanpour, CNN)
Contributors Henry Hullah, CNNEmmet Lyons, CNN
Editor s Note: CNN s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour interviewed Cher in London. See more here.
Cher has opened up about her son s gender identity, admitting that it wasn t easy when Chaz Bono, now 51, announced he was transitioning in 2009.
The singer and Oscar-winning actress, who is considered an icon by many in the LGBTQ community, described the journey she went through as a mother, from when Bono then known as Chastity first came out as a lesbian. It was very unlike me to, in the beginning, have a problem with Chaz being gay, and it disappeared like that, Cher said, recalling her initial reaction in an interview with CNN s Christiane Amanpour. Then we talked about (whether Bono was) transgender for many years. And (he) would say, No, I don t want to (transition). And then he went and said, OK, I