Cher and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack
surprised Chaz Bono Saturday night at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation's (GLAAD) 23rd annual Media Awards in
Los Angeles.
Cher and Bono Mack presented Bono with
the group's Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is given to a gay,
lesbian, bisexual or transgender member of the entertainment
community.
Bono is the child of Cher and the late
entertainer-turned-politician Sonny Bono, who married Bono Mack in
1986.
“So much fun at Glaad awards! I
really surprised Chaz!” Cher tweeted to her more than 576,000
followers. “HE was adorable, said wow mom I was surprised I forgot
what I was going 2say! FRO.”
Previous Stephen F. Kolzak Award
honorees include Wanda Sykes, Rufus Wainwright, Melissa Etheridge,
Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Alan Ball, Ellen DeGeneres, Sir Ian
McKellen and Robert Greenblatt.
Bono also shared GLAAD's outstanding
documentary prize with directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato for
Becoming Chaz, the film that chronicles Bono's female to male
transition.
(Related: Josh
Hutcherson, Chaz Bono win GLAAD Media Awards.)