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JUAN GABRIEL WAS MEXI’S GAY IN — BUT HE NEVER SPOKE OF HIS SEXUALY
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Gay and lbian characters now appear on Mexin ss and soap operas. And public opn polls show Mexin people are warmg toward gay marriage, which is legal several stat and Mexi Cy. “Homosexualy kd of me out of the closet, but Juan Gabriel never did.
Juan Gabriel transcend the fear of ridicule and exposure and somehow, he was and is still Gabriel — or Juanga — never officially me out as a gay man.