Chaz Bono and his girlfriend Jennifer Elia attended last night’s Outfest Opening Night Gala of “La Mission” at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.
This was Chaz Bono’s first public appearance since he began his gender transformation earlier this year.
Chaz, the son of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, changed his name from Chastity while undergoing the sex change. See new photos and video of mother and son here.
Outfest is the largest film festival for LGBT-themed movies in the country.
Jennifer and Chaz are longtime partners and live in West Hollywood.
UPDATE: March 30, 2010: Chaz Bono gender-change status update here.
More photos of Chaz Bono and Jennifer Elia and view video from Nov 19, 2009 GMA interview:
photos: WENN