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Camille Paglia disses Chaz Bono

Says trans man is 'mutilating her body'

By Xtra Staff • May 3, 2011 8:00 pm EDT

Author and academic Camille Paglia says Chaz Bono is mutilating his body by going through a sex-change operation and fears that Bono is bringing the procedure into the mainstream. Bono is the subject of a new documentary, Becoming Chaz, which will premiere on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Read more about Becoming Chaz here.


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