As the only child of world renowned pop duo Sonny and Cher Bono, many of us remember Chaz as their cherub-faced daughter Chastity, blowing kisses to the audience of her parents top-rated variety TV show "Sonny & Cher."

In 1995, Chaz was outed as a lesbian.

But this time Chaz is in control, and on his own volition has announced that he’s legally a man, and will now appear on the 13th season of "Dancing With The Stars" (DWTS), premiering Sept. 19 on ABC.

But not everyone is cheering, and ABC is catching some of the fallout.

Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you've seen publicity about Chaz Bono's gender transition - lots of it.

All the attention was organized to promote the premiere of "Becoming Chaz," a documentary by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato of World of Wonder productions, which debuted this month on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), as well as Chaz's new book, "Transition - The story of how I became a man," released by Dutton Books (Penguin) at the same time.

(This post was originally published at GLAAD Blog.)

This Thursday, look for Chaz Bono to make the media rounds including a stop on the couches of The View, followed by new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, and Bones later that evening.

LOS ANGELES -- Chaz Bono has been known most of his life as Chastity Bono; many of us first got to know Chastity as the cherubic, adorable little girl in frilly dresses, paraded out at the very end of every Sonny and Cher show during the mid 70's.

Through the media, the world then followed Chastity after her parents divorce, her travels growing up with her superstar mother, through her very public outing as a lesbian, her mother's surprising reaction, and her father's very tragic death.