Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians and Their Families Book

Brilliant piece of writing. See Chastity (as she was named at birth) go through several huge life changes. As her mother Cher asked her once, "are you gay Chastity or are you just pro-gay?" Chastity answered "pro-gay" but it was not way at all. She thought she was gay, but in the end was quite different. Read it with an open mind. Chastity/Chaz has a bold, clear, and honest way of telling a story. She sometimes paints Cher as a non-caring, career-driven mother. Cher would leave Chastity alone with weird baby sitters when she was doing a Broadway play. Just any old warm body would do for watching her child. That part was sad. Also the parts where Chastity was able to wander New York City and ride the bus and subways at quite a young age--alone and unchaperoned. That stuff really creeped me out. And she spoke with much love and affetion to her step-mother, Sonny's second wife. She was a loving and accepting woman who always listened to Chastitiy's problems, wants, and desires. Eyeopening.