Chaz Bono loves being a man

Washington: Chaz Bono now seems quite comfortable in his skin as his medical transition from being a female to male has spurred physical changes that he has always been wanting."It`s a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn`t have done this before that," People mag quoted him as telling Entertainment Tonight in an interview.

The 40-year-old Bono, formerly called Chastity, was born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono and has been undergoing female-to-male gender transition since March. Speaking about the process he said: "It lowered my voice…Fat redistributes, muscle growth, hair growth, sex drive increases." Bono added: "I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn`t much feminine about me. "I believe that gender is something between your ears, not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early `90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it." And turning 40 was his last chance. He said: "I was turning 40 and I thought it`s now or never. I want to still feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am an old man." ANI