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Writer and editor Diana Cage shares a piece of her memoir with SheWired. A renowned chronicler of dyke culture, Diana recalls losing her virginity to an oil rigger with a slight women's underwear fetish. Never have a Kmart thong and a pair of red pumps been so fascinating.

Cher, who graces the December cover of Vanity Fair, tells the magazine that she struggles with her son Chaz Bono’s gender transition, saying, “I still don’t remember to call her ‘him.’” offers a preview of the icon’s interview with West Coast editor Krista Smith. Cher talked about her late ex-husband Sonny Bono, staying in the spotlight, and Chaz.

“I’ve learned that if you don’t tell your own story, someone else will, and they’ll do a bad job of it,” Bono explains. In a new in-depth, emotional cover story for Advocate, Bono discusses in detail his road to transformation, his feelings, and his inspiring journey that enabled him to become the man he always knew he was inside.