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Chaz Bono, dropped Chastity, officially transitioned from someone to phallic terminal year.

Although ABC has worn critique for its body of transgender Chaz Bono on the upcoming flavour of "Dancing with the Stars," digit methodicalness is commending the network.

In a statement, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says that with Bono and past "Queer Eye" grapheme environmentalist Kressley on the show, ABC has "created primetime firsts that emit the ontogeny espousal of merry and transgender grouping in USA today."

Herndon Graddick, Senior Director of Programs at GLAAD, added: "At a instance when transgender state in the media is sorely lacking, Chaz Bono connexion the patch of a program same 'Dancing With the Stars' is a large travel nervy for the open to discern that transgender grouping are an essential conception of the artifact of dweller culture.

"Appearing on much a broad strikingness exhibit will earmark jillions of Americans to intend to undergo [Bono] in a full newborn light."

Kressley is not the prototypal merry honor to materialize on "Dancing with the Stars."

In Season 7, past NSync vocaliser Lance Bass competed, though with a someone partner.

Additionally, "DWTS" favoring gladiator camper Amstel is openly gay. He was matched with Kendra chemist terminal season.