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6:43 pm - 07/18/2012

Miss Peru makes homophobic comments, Ricky Martin calls her out on them

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In a recent interview with Peru21 -- a Spanish-language media company -- Cindy Mejia, Miss Peru, had some controversial things to say about gay children and if she would have an issue if her own child was gay. Shortly after the article was posted, Ricky Martin quickly responded to Mejia via Twitter.


Miss Peru said, "In my case, the day that God permits me to have children, it wouldn't happen because these things happen perhaps because a child grew up without a father or was molested or lived with his mother and sisters became effeminate." Then she continued to say, "I'm not too keen on the subject. The day I have my children I will entrust them to God completely, will raise them with care with a father and mother and support them completely, because there should always be communication."

It seems unclear how the subject of communication made its way into the conversation but it is clear that Mejia did express strong and wayward views as to the causes of homosexuality.

Ricky Martin quickly reacted via Twitter where he said, "What a shame! Such foolish comments. Complete ignorance."

Martin proudly came out in 2010 as a fortunate homosexual man who was very blessed. He has since been a visible advocate for the LGBT community, and in particular within the Latino community, where his name recognition and popularity have been powerful megaphones for his advocacy.

Although Mejia initially claimed that Peru21 misquoted her, their website has audio of her declarations and proves otherwise.

Subsequently, in an effort to avoid being bashed by the media, Miss Peru apologized to the LGBT community and said, "Due to my lack of knowledge of this topic, I made an error and it won't happen again. I apologize if these comments contributed to discrimination or violence against the LGBT community. As a representative of Peruvian beauty, I promise to devote myself to fight against homophobia and 'machismo'."



She then tweeted at Ricky Martin to let him know she had asked for forgiveness, she stated, "Ricky Martin is talking about what I said. I already apologized. Enough."


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no puedo con esta estupida tbh.
natalitabonita 18th-Jul-2012 11:00 pm (UTC)
not really, since puta is the short word for prostituta, wich is prostitute, or whore, so:
perra: bitch
prostituta: prostitute
puta: whore
mikeblitzz 18th-Jul-2012 11:03 pm (UTC)
hmm I must have had the meaning of puta confused for all this time then. I know perra translates to "female dog" literally but I always thought of puta as the absolutely inappropriate word for bitch.
rare_lj 18th-Jul-2012 11:05 pm (UTC)
Only in the "shut up, bitch" kind of meaning, not in the way of a bitchy attitude.
mikeblitzz 18th-Jul-2012 11:07 pm (UTC)
noted! I am sure I will be able to practice my new usage of this soon! :D
xbellaxmiax 18th-Jul-2012 11:07 pm (UTC)
you're right, i never even thought about it before
natalitabonita 18th-Jul-2012 11:08 pm (UTC)
the thing is, the true meaning of bitch is female dog, which is perra,. BUT if you wanna get offensive, you should say puta, since is a stronger word in spanish..
it's like, you guys say "stupid" in so many ways, and the meaning is more "light" like, bob sponge says that word all the time, and in spanish it translates to: estupida which is a very strong word for us, it's offensive actually
mikeblitzz 18th-Jul-2012 11:11 pm (UTC)
ik boo i'm hispanic lol. the radical difference in offense between english 'stupid' and spanish 'stupid' is just too much for me sometimes lol.
natalitabonita 18th-Jul-2012 11:13 pm (UTC)
LMAO you're hispanic!! and here I am trying to explain it!! LOL but yeah, stupid or idiot is just too much for me too!
mikeblitzz 18th-Jul-2012 11:15 pm (UTC)
omg like I never really thought about it in english, but 'stupid' in spanish really gets at some hispanics! My aunt told me straight up that she would rather be called a 'puta' than 'estupida' and I just didn't get it lmao.
fromyourashes 19th-Jul-2012 12:19 pm (UTC)
I'd rather be called estupida than hispanic, tbh. Then again, I'm not a Spaniard.
exiledprincess 19th-Jul-2012 06:17 pm (UTC)
obvs identify yourself however you want, but hispanic =/= Spaniard, and refers more to language/ancestry than nationality. sry to butt in with this late comment, I'm just sick of the attitude I get from some people bc I don't identify as latina.
xbellaxmiax 18th-Jul-2012 11:04 pm (UTC)
i speak spanish and now even i'm confused lol
natalitabonita 18th-Jul-2012 11:11 pm (UTC)
LOL you can say whatever you want, if the thing is get offensive, use as many words you can imo LOL
hardy1234 18th-Jul-2012 11:14 pm (UTC)
Let's not even get started on words like "conchuda" , "carrancha" which also can connotate being "bitch" in deeds. :o)
natalitabonita 20th-Jul-2012 06:09 pm (UTC)
lol never heard of those, but i will use them!!
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