Posted on 12/16/2022 11:04:18 AM PST by nickcarraway
Gloria Estefan is opening up about why she didn't want her daughter, Emily Estefan, 27, to come out as a lesbian to her mom, Emily’s grandmother Gloria Fajardo, before Fajardo's death in 2017.
"In the Latin community, a lot of these subjects aren't touched, they're taboo," Estefan, 65, said in a sit-down interview with CNN's Chris Wallace. "People see, but they don’t want to talk about it. They don’t want to see it."
"I have all these people that have loved me through the years and supported, and I want them to realize that we’re all just families trying to get through the difficult moments in life," the queen of Latin pop added, before explaining the reasoning for wanting to shield her elderly mother from Emily's sexual identity.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Sexual deviancy has been taboo across most cultures for most of human history. So Latinos may have been a little slow to conform to our new post-modern, woke narrative. Globohomo is working 24/7 to address that.
Chris Wallace is relegated to doing entertainment news at CNN. Every fitting. I hope CNN’s handful of viewers enjoy.
My grandmother was terrified of motorcycles. As a very young child, she had witnessed a fatal motorcycle accident in which the rider was beheaded. It traumatized her for life.
I used to visit her in a Nursing Home, and always left my helmet at the nursing station so that Nana never knew that I was a biker. This was 50 years ago, and I still ride.
It’s all about kindness and respect. Why upset a dear elderly relative with news that would be traumatizing? That’s just selfish. Why would Dear Old Abuela need to know her granddaughter’s sexual preference?
I agree with Gloria.
Very true.
I'm not going to comment directly on Estefan, but I will say that plenty of average Americans are just trying to get through the difficult moments in life.
But if someone were to say, "Look, this is difficult for me ..." they will often be met with screams of: "Bigot! Why are you so filled with hate! You are so intolerant!"
As far as I'm concerned the whole tolerance thing is almost always a one-way street, and I expect the OTHER side to tolerate my views on the matter of homosexuality and transgenderism (I'm against 'em). I don't need to make a big deal out of it, but I won't change: so don't you make a big deal out of it.
I don’t recall it bothering Ricky Martin
That's crazy. I can see why she was traumatized.
any white person who said the same thing as her would be completely shredded as a worthless bigot.
Me too. That’s why I respected her fear of bikes.
She was a brave woman though, raised three children during the Depression after being paralyzed with Polio.
She was a special hero to me.
I believe that the majority of lesbians are women who were either traumatized or dehumanized by a male at some point in their lives.
Highly likely.
She’s 100% Iberian by ancestry and her husband is Lebanese.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.