Cher children: Meet Chaz Bono, Elijah Blue Allman

Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian is an American singer, actress and television personality often hailed in the media as the “Goddess of Pop.” She is the mother of two children – Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.

Chaz and Elijah were born to Sonny Bono, her first husband and George Allman, her second husband respectively.

Chaz Bono

Chaz Salvatore Bono, born Chastity Sun Bono on March 4, 1969 is an American writer, musician and actor best known for his appearances as a child on his parents’ television show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.

Chaz was named after the film Chastity, which was produced by Sonny and in which Cher (in her first solo role in a feature film) played a bisexual woman.

Chaz was enrolled at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and reportedly opened up to both parents as a lesbian at age 18.

Of the decision to be lesbian, Chaz wrote;

“As a child, I always felt there was something different about me. I’d look at other girls my age and feel perplexed by their obvious interest in the latest fashion, which boy in class was the cutest, and who looked the most like cover girl Christie Brinkley. When I was 13, I finally found a name for exactly how I was different. I realized I was gay.

A timeline of his gender transition is below:

• Between 2008 and 2010, Chaz underwent female-to-male gender transition.
• A two-part Entertainment Tonight feature in June 2009 explained that his transition had started a year before.
• In May 2010, he legally changed his gender and name.
• A documentary on Bono’s experience, Becoming Chaz, was screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and later made its television debut on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Elijah Blue Allman

Elijah Blue Allman, known professionally as P. Exeter Blue (Phillips Exeter Blue), is an American musician and the half-brother of Chaz Bono, Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman, and Devon Allman.

He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of the industrial metal band Deadsy.

Born on July 10, 1976, Elijah attended the Hyde School in Bath, Maine, and graduated in 1994.

He has dated Bijou Phillips, Heather Graham, Kate Hudson, and Paris Hilton.

He was married to Marieangela King, “Queenie”, an English singer, of the band KING and sister of Jazzy and Ruby King from the British pop duo Blonde Electra.

The couple broke up on April 20, 2020, and Allman filed for divorce the following year.

A singer and guitarist, Elijah has worked with Thirty Seconds to Mars for the band’s self-titled debut album and has also provided guest vocals on a variety of songs for other bands including Orgy, Coal Chamber and Sugar Ray.