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>> it would have been completely different uncht might have been abused in the streets. youve had none of that. >> none of that. >> thats a remarkable sign of our times. >> it is. >> does it make you feel good? >> it makes me feel really great. i went to the yankee store to buy a cap and the guy recognized me and couldnt have been cooler. hey, chaz. >> that must make you feel great. >> it does, it does. >> hey, chaz. thats cool. lets take a break and come to somebody else who is pretty cool, whi...

Would he have been equally tolerant by this turn of events? >> its so hard to guess how sonny would have felt about this, you know, any more than anything else after hes been gone for 13 years. it is always hard to second guess him. but my hunch is that he would have been frustrated or scared or worried and all of the fears that you kind of have about this. but eventually he would have come around and done what you do and that is that you love your family. you do your very best to help them thro...

And chaz works with children as young as 3 and 4 that just feel that theyre in the wrong body, and she does counseling, you know -- he does counseling. so its a very difficult thing. >> even your mothers not quite sure if youre a he or a she, chaz. thats an uncomfortable moment. >> for her, look, its ingrained. its 40 years of saying "she." so it takes a little time to get out of that habit. >> be brutally honest. >> okay. >> your mom, from all ive read, wasnt happy about the fact that you were ...

A preview of "ac 360." >> new details about the u.s. request to interview osama bin im back with chaz bono and his girlfriend jennifer and were joined by chazs stepmother. we left on a cliff hanger where i had managed to engineer what seemed to be a breaking situation about a potential marriage between the newly male chaz and jennifer. chaz was just saying that you were entitled if you want to, to act as the person that marries them. so the obvious question is would you like to do that? >> wel...

You, congresswoman. thats very decent of him to say that, but there is a political aspect to this, and there are big issues involving the whole range of gay and lesbian rights, transgender rights and so on. do you hope that the publicity surrounding chazs story may lead to a more tolerant, dare i say, liberal attitude towards this kind of thing? >> i dont want to throw out any political terms and label anybody anything here. but i am always one who believes we can learn something from everybodys...

Months. he said he was, but he wasnt planning on doing anything about it at the time. he was comfortable living as masculine as possible but he would, indeed, want to do it at some point. >> what was your honest reaction when he said that? >> i compartmentalized it and put it away. >> wow. thats quite something to compartmentalize. >> its amazing what i can compartmentalize. >> your girlfriend says i may become a man and you compartmentalize it. >> i said, hmm, were okay for now. i walked into t...

How did he break the news to his partner jennifer and his mother cher. chaz bono, his first prime time interview. this is "piers morgan tonight." chaz bono tells his story in "transition, the story of how i became a man" and in the documentary "becoming chaz" which airs on own network. he joins me now. i have to start by saying i watched you on david letterman last night. one of the most amusing encounters i have seen on a talk show in years. he was so uncomfortable. he didnt know quite how to...

>> oh, find him more attractive as a man. >> you lucked out. >> i did. >> he did. yes. i mean, you know, i am attracted to both men and women but it is different to have that happen in the same person. >> it was it was all unfurling, when you broke from and he was going for the treatment and the testosterone and the hormones and everything else and hes becoming a man in front of your eyes, beginning to shave and you had your breasts removed and everything. so youre physically becoming a man. whe...

>> even your mothers not quite sure if youre he or she, chaz. thats an uncomfortable moment. >> i mean for her, look, its ingrained. 40 years of saying "she." so it takes time to get out of the habit. >> be brutally honest. >> okay. >> your mom, from all i have read, wasnt happy about the fact that you were a lesbian to start with. your father sonny reacted better to that. is that correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> when you come with the other whammy which is, mom, if you thought that was bad,...

First time in 40 years. >> yes. she had to grieve the loss of her daughter. of that little bit of female side that i had. and as time has gone on, i think shes become more comfortable and understanding about it. >> you certainly put her through the hoops, havent you, chaz? be honest. >> i guess. but i have always been a pretty, you know, good kid, a good guy. you know, this is how i was born. >> do you think your mother knew? do you think she had an inkling from an earlier age? >> i think when i...