Warren Beatty's transgender son Stephen Ira slams Chaz Bono

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There's no denying that Chaz Bono's profile has been on the rise since he announced that he would be transitioning from a female body to a male body -- not to mention, of course, his much-watched run on "Dancing With the Stars."

With that rising profile comes media attention, press... and outrage. Another transgender son of a famous family has raised his voice against some of Bono's statements. Nineteen-year-old Stephen Ira Beatty (born Kathlyn Beatty), son of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, struck out against Bono, who recently compared being transgender to having a birth defect, "like a cleft palate."

In September, Beatty wrote a blog piece about the 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," he says.

"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."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/zap-warren-beattys-transgender-son-stephen-ira-sla-20111118,0,7179740.story

[Dover]

1. More about Stephen

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1292924/Will-Warren-Beatty-accept-girl-boy.html

[kickysnana]

2. Divide and help Them conquer, how stupid.

Just because someone lives their life one way does not dis someone Else's choice in similar circumstances.

As B Franklin said about hanging together.

[zalinda]

3. Okay, I don't understand what Stephen is talking about.

I think Chaz's statement about a birth defect is something the vast majority of people can understand. If you want to be accepted into society, you do so by explaining it with the lowest common denominator. Because of Chaz, many people who maybe were on the fence about gender confusion now can think of it in terms that is more acceptable to their way of thinking.

Since we all start out as the same one sex, it does make more sense to say it is a defect, rather than what, a life choice? Who in the general public knows what "non-binary, non-op, women, or feminist men" are? And, could that even make sense to, let's say, grandma? While I know the whole area of sex and sexual identification is a complex subject, if this is to be accepted into society, wouldn't it make more sense to keep the definition as simple as possible? A birth defect is something that every one understands, and in the end, isn't acceptance what is wanted, no matter if they understand the reality or not?

BTW, I think Chaz was astonishingly brave for going on Dancing with the Stars. He has been hounded all his life with unwanted publicity, and is terribly shy. I wanted him to be an extraordinary dancer and blow everyone away, but such is life, not everyone is made the same way. Thank goodness.

zalinda

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4. Not all transgender people think alike. I would never have guess. /sarcasm

Next up - sometimes black people disagree! Imagine that!

[joeybee12]

5. Sounds like Stephen takes after his father in the ego category...nt