In commenting on the acquisition of the
Chaz Bono documentary Becoming Chaz by Oprah Winfrey's nascent
cabler OWN, gay rights foe Peter LaBarbera called Bono's story 'sad.'
The film focuses on Bono's gender
reassignment and will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park
City, Utah on Sunday, January 23. Bono, whose entire female to male
transition is expected to take four to five years, will be on hand at
the premiere.
The 41-year-old Bono, who was born
Chastity Bono to gay idol Cher and the late entertainer-politician
Sonny Bono, announced last June that he was eight months into gender
reassignment.
Winfrey's OWN will broadcast the film
in May.
“Oprah can't redeem the Chastity/Chaz
Bono story – one of the saddest spectacles of our rebellious,
gender-confused age,” LaBarbera, founder of the anti-gay group
Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, messaged his 114 followers
along with a link to On Top Magazine's story about the
acquisition.
Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy
Barbato also produced The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Party Monster
and Inside Deep Throat.