We have always been careful parents to convey respect for differences but when my 16-year-old daughter informed us that she is a lesbian, I fell into anguish. I am writing to you, mine is a reaction that I did not expect and of which I am ashamed: was I homophobic without knowing it? – Signed letter
You may already know Cher but you will discover thanks to your daughter that she is also considered the patron saint of the lgbt + community. Among the reasons that earned her the title is the fact that she has a trans child.
In his autobiography (The first time, 1998) tells of when she discovered that Chas, still a girl at the time, was a lesbian: “I was beside myself! In addition to the injury there was the insult that everyone knew it except me: my assistant, my sister, the gardener! I called her out of anger and then we didn’t talk to each other for two weeks. When I calmed down, I asked her to come to Los Angeles with her girlfriend and in those days I began to get used to the idea. His girlfriend was very nice and Chastity was happy. I had always known deep down that she was a lesbian, but I hoped it wasn’t true. I’ve always been surrounded by gay friends and yet I didn’t want my daughter to be too: until it happens to you you can’t know how you will react. And although after a while I felt like I accepted it, it actually took a long time to actually do it. It is a path in which you cannot skip the stages and you must give yourself the time necessary to change. I had to realize that Chas had a right to live the way that made her happy. And that it was always Chas, she was always my little girl ”.
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