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Chaz Bono Sparks “Dancing with the Stars” Controversy

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The announcement that Chaz Bono has joined “Dancing with the Stars” has sparked an online debate.

Bono, who was born a girl to Cher and Sonny Bono, is now a transgendered male, and right after being officially tapped for the competition show, ABC’s message board lit up with commenters strongly voicing their reactions — both positive and negative — to his participation, as well as being paired with a woman.

In just the past hour, one commenter wrote, “I have watched and really enjoyed Dancing with the Stars. But I am absolutely disgusted with your decision to place Chasity (Chaz) Bono as a celeberty dancer. I will not watch and I know my friends and their friends will not watch!!”

Another visitor offers support: “Let’s give him a chance and not judge.”

Where do you stand on the Chaz debate?

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  • Ne1bronco

    I just think this cast is below the bottom of the barrel

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1156268032 Shonda Belknap

    Let him dance!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3804508 Chanel GoonerGurl Trader

    First let me say, Dancing With The Stars sucks and always has!

    On the subject of Chaz Bono: If you’re against him competing, you really need to pull the stick outta your ass! Its 2011 FFS!!!!

  • Mama2Jude1112

    What ignorance!!! I think it’s awesome that they have asked HIM to be on the show. It’s about time!

  • Guest

    I don’t watch DWtS, but there shouldn’t even be a debate. Too bad there are so many closed-minded people in this country who can’t live by what they preach. They seem to forget that Jesus was always most receptive to the poor and downtrodden who were true than the people who preached falsely.

  • Evie

    i honestly do not have a problem with Chaz Bono being on DWTS…i watch DWTS for the dancing and yes i will admit for Maks’ sexy abs!! LOL…if someone has a problem you can either change the channel, use your fast forward button, or just not watch!! I have been on the ABC comments and I even commented on it!! there were some downright DISGUSTING things people have said!! It blows my mind how people can be so narrow minded and hide behind their faith like that. ok im done ranting now..bring on DWTS!!! Im soooo rooting for David Arquette…he just gets better looking with age y’all!!

    Evie

  • Danny

    People are just ignorant, he’s human, and he’s now legally a man so being paired with a female partner is normal.

  • http://twitter.com/carito891129med carolina giraldo

    OMG THIS IS HOMOFOBIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lulu

    It’s called transphobia but yes, it’s still distrubingly narrowminded.

  • Moosegirlmama

    When I saw he was going to me on the show, I didn’t give it a second thought! I absolutely cannot believe how narrow minded and ignorant some people are!

  • Bigfish

    Dance you fat turd; dance and maybe you’ll have a heart attack.

  • Regina1180

    I’m outraged, but it’s not for the same reasons as most people. I think it’s terrible that Dancing With the “Stars” is having Chaz Bono on the show simply of who he was born to. But, there are a few women in my office that are very much against having Chaz Bono on the show because he is transgendered. Unfortunately, there are going to be TONS of people who feel this way. I think DWTS is going to feel a huge backlash from this.

  • http://twitter.com/monroemk Mary Kay

    He is NOT even a STAR so why is he on a show called Dancing w/The Stars? Neither is George Clooney’s ext gal pal…where in the hell do they get these people they consider stars?

  • Regina1180

    They are the only ones that will sign on the for the show.

  • Anonymous

    It’s just hard for me to get my head around that cute little blonde headed girl that belonged to Sonny and Cher now has a penis.

  • DRB

    Good for him!

  • J_lyn

    Wow, I really don’t understand how this has an effect on anyone. It really does shock me that people would feel so strongly about watching someone dance. People really need to get over themselves. Everyone has a right to be who they want to be, male, female, gay, straight. I don’t know how it is in America but in my country once a person has a sex change they are legally classed as what ever they transitioned into. So I don’t see the issue, its just a dancing show! Its not going to change lives and honestly if dancing with the stars has that much of an effect on you then maybe you should consider getting out and getting a life of your own. I don’t know, maybe take some dance lessons of your own and stop living your life through other people.

  • brenda

    First off, DWTS has never really had any stars on their show. It’s a bunch of has-beens or B-list “celebrities” trying to get another 15 minutes of fame, so get over the fact that Chaz isn’t a star. No one who goes on that show is (I mean really they had the Situation on there *barf*) and second who cares if he will be paired with a female? I can’t understand how that bothers anyone’s life. How does it affect you personally? Give me a break. Instead of crying about something so ridiculous, how about you pick up a book or do something productive. Jeez people.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lily-Bop/100001384562717 Lily Bop

    Chaz has said he has not had that surgery, because the options are not great yet. He talks about it with David Letterman here: http://aol.it/qOtWsJ

    Chaz is a celebrity in his own right as an out and proud LGBT advocate and author. I think it’s brave of Chaz to join the cast. I don’t have high regard for ABC (cancel Adam Lambert for a kiss and replace him with extreme batterer Chris Brown?) but I’m glad they took this step and invited Chaz to dance. I might actually tune in this season.

  • Holly

    Way to go! Good for him. Deserves alot of credit for being so open. Dance on, man!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5XIOJ5RNGF3YTGYW6FN7HRSSDI gandy

    I think it’s great that he has so much confidence in himself to put himself out there. I say good for him. Let the guy strut his stuff. Many of the past dancing stars have really gotten in shape with all the exercise they get and I hope the same happens to Chaz. Live and let live. There are much bigger problems in this world without worrying about someone who has obviously had to make some very tough choices about his life. He has my vote. You go Chaz.

  • KG

    Who really cares, but SHE is welcome to dance with another woman if she wants I guess.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Irene-Botfeld-Sigmund/1142573730 Irene Botfeld-Sigmund

    Is she wants to be on the show and dance fine, but she is a she. Not a he. Just because a doctor took advantage of her for money and butchered her does not make her a male. Cutting off parts and pumping someone full of hormones doesn’t make you another gender. I’ve heard of cases of people having the surgery and then regretting it later. Then the doctors wash their hands and their patients’ lives are ruined.

  • jae

    He just happens to be Cher’s son.

  • jae

    What a totally ignorant statement. I suppose you are one of those kind of folks that think like Bachmann’s husband, that you can “pray the gay away.”

  • Bnb1488

    Seriously these people need to stop the homophobia. What difference does it make in your life? Are you homophobs scared you might catch the gay?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dawn-Koprowski/100000232418644 Dawn Koprowski

    In the world today we are trying to teach our kids that bullying will not be tolerated. Its not only among kids but apparently adults will do it to, but if those adults had a child being bullied they would be the first ones screaming about it. Not one person can say they have not altered themselves in some way to make them feel better about themselves, hair cut, hair dye, piercings, plastic surgery, diets etc. Chaz Bono has every right to live the way he wants to. People who dont understand something fear it and with that fear they will bash instead of becoming educated. Some people need to look at their own pathetic lives and w3hats making them miserable enough to find joy in hurting someone else and someone else who they dont know personally. All Chaz wants to do is dance, its not like hes taking off his clothes and running around yelling look at me. He wants to dance! I think its wonderful that Cher is sticking up for her son. I support them both and so does my mother, daughters and yes, my husband. If you dont like whos on the show, just dont watch, remotes have buttons to change the channel. I never watched the show before but just for Chaz and Nancy Grace ( who is doing it for a wonderful charity), I wont miss a second.

  • Jwyatt111

    Shame on you judgmental people, don’t you have anything else to do? According to the Bible, Matthew 7:1-6 ESV

    “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. ..

  • Tdjs_perea

    Bigfish is disgusting with his coment, I wish people like this commentor would stop with their stupidity and complete ignorance, anyone who believes this are horible people who more then likely come from horrible family, It’s times like thise where I am ashamed to be a human being.

  • Anonymous

    She is a woman, with no breasts, no penis, still has a vagina, dress like a man and take hormones so she can now grow a beard, THAT IS A TOTAL MESS, SORRY…….

  • Elmo

    DWTS is just another freak show!
    Oh Lydia oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
    Oh Lydia the Tattooed Lady
    Lydia oh Lydia, that encyclopedia,
    oh Lydia the queen of them all!

  • Elmo

    @Jwyatt111
    The Bible says a lot of things.
    Romans 1:26-27 – “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”
    Leviticus 18:22 – “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.”
    1 Corinthians 6:9-10 – “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
    There’s a lot more…………………….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HAQHBLA5TW355TGP4HOS4WITM Irene

    You’re not getting my point. If she’s gay it’s fine with me. But a doctor butchering her is cruel to her.
    And shooting hormones into her might cause health problems later. Isn’t the idea of coming out that you’re
    showing who you are as opposed to changing yourself entirely to be someone else?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HAQHBLA5TW355TGP4HOS4WITM Irene

    Seriously you need to read what I posted before you throw up the homophobia jargon. What I said was that
    a doctor did something to her that is not reversible. It’s just like what Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeons
    did to him, which was butchering someone for money instead of doing what was best for the patient.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HAQHBLA5TW355TGP4HOS4WITM Irene

    Anoerxic women look in the mirror and see themselves as fat no matter how thin they actually are.Would you support a doctor doing liposuction on an anoerexic because of their self perception? The doctor would be a quack, just like doctors who butcher people who are confused about their gender. If they’re gay they
    need counseling so they can be proud of who they are and not feel they have to be cut up to be accepted.
    And don’t even try to tell me that having your breasts cut off and a penis attached is like dying your hair,
    which BTW is reversible unlike these surgeries.

  • Brenda

    Hey! Irene! You certainly seem to be on a tear about doctors. Doctors are like any other professional, they went to school for a very long time at great expense so they can do their JOB. It is a JOB! Their patients are ADULTS who are responsible for their own bodies. If these same people want the surgery, they must first go through intensive counseling and be approved by their therapist before a surgeon will touch them. Bottom line is, it’s none of our business what another adult chooses to do with their body. Get over it, take a pill, CHILL.

  • jerz

    what bible are you reading spaz? there is only one true bible and its the St. Joseph edition

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3HAQHBLA5TW355TGP4HOS4WITM Irene

    I’m on a tear about doctors who take the Hippocratic Oath in order to enter that profession and disregard it. That means they are supposed to do their best to help and not harm their patients. They can make money and pay off their student loans being plastic surgeons(lots of $$$ there), brain surgeons, cardiologists,etc. Any number of career choices that don’t involve preying on confused people. I’ve heard that patients go through counseling and an interview process, but largely this is to avoid lawsuits. Would you go through counseling to buy expensive jewelry if the counselor worked for the jewelry store? I don’t put much stock in it when making money depends on approval of surgery.And it is our business to care about patients being preyed upon this way.That’s why Michael Jackson’s doctor is in jail.That’s what can happen when a patient gets confused and needs help and a doctor leeches off him.

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    good god, it’s a fucking dance show…why not make your own show if you have a problem when transgenders on it…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001453184338 Paul Poag

    It’s amazing that 90% of the people who have commented are obviously gay or transgender!….You have found a forum that you can voice your opioin on that makes you feel good!!…Fine!! But DON”T ridicule others that don’t have the same opinions on the subject that you do!!…It’s the US of America!! Free speech!..All the names that you are calling the ones who disagree with you are just as bad as the ones towards Chaz(Chasity) that offend you!…So look at yourself..

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    it’s amazing how you assume 90% of people who comment HAVE to be gay or transgender..O.O

  • Lucabrodc

    Chaz does not have a penis so she is not a transgender.
    I don’t know what you call her,maybe preop.

  • whatanick

    I wonder if Chaz has done any kind of work in her/his life. I wonder if he will ever have a job. DWTS maybe help to pay the bills, but then? I dislike when transgendered people work as transgendered people, specially if in the showbiz: he should wake up to life and get a real masculine job ( and a penis, of course: no penis, no man).

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