Chaz Bono engaged Chaz Bono Engaged, Chaz Bono marry ‘within a year. The star of 42 years old – born of a woman named Chastity and began gender reassignment surgery about three years ago – said he and Jennifer Elia long-term partners have devoted much time and are hoping to marry soon. Chaz said: “We have actually been engaged for two years and – somehow had to put things on hold a bit. “I would say within a year, definitely. Do not make excuses, but we went through a lot. I transition. She went to graduate school. So you know, we were making the movie. And I wrote the book. “It was a lot. Now I feel like once this is over, we sit down and plan a wedding.” The couple can marry legally because Chaz is officially regarded as a man, but he insists he would not have felt comfortable with a civil partnership when briefly legalized in California in 2008. Asked if he considered a civil partnership, Chaz – whose parents are the singer Cher and her late former husband Sonny Bono – told televisi...