Though he never me out, Gabriel—who died Sunday—was an in Mexi's gay subculture.
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- JUAN GABRIEL WAS MEXI’S GAY IN — BUT HE NEVER SPOKE OF HIS SEXUALY
- SUPERSTAR MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL ON HIS SEXUALY: "YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE SEEN"GABRIEL DIED ON SUNDAY AT AGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 30, 2016/8:27 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 30, 2016 / 8:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SUPERSTAR MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL ON HIS SEXUALY: \"YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE SEEN\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-31T00:27:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-31T00:27:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGENDARY MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL, WHO PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF 66, WAS BELOVED BY LNS. AND WHILE HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS FLASHY STYLE, SMOOTH MOV AND ROMANTIC LYRICS, HE NEVER DISCSED HIS SEXUALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WR THE L.A. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUAN GABRIEL, THE STAGE NAME HE PREFERRED TO HIS GIVEN NAME, ALBERTO AGUILERA VALAZ, REMAED Y ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE OM THE 1960S, WHEN HE STARTED HIS REER SGG ON THE STREETS OF JUAREZ. HE MATAED THAT POSTURE TO HIS LATER YEARS SPE A SHIFT PUBLIC OPN ON GAY AND TRANSGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NEVER MARRIED, NCEIVED FOUR CHILDREN VIA ARTIFICIAL SEMATN WH A FEMALE IEND AND REPEATEDLY REFED TO ANSWER QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, EVEN AFTER A MALE FORMER PERSONAL SECRETARY WROTE A BOOK ALLEGG THEY HAD A ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, HE WAS AN IN MEXI'S GAY SUBCULTURE. MANY VIEWED HIS SILENCE AS A BS CISN TO REMA SILENT, GIVEN MEXI'S ULTRA-MACHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK HE MA A EP CULTURAL CHANGE—NOT BY TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT BY LIVG OUT ON STAGE," SAID ALEJANDRO MADRAZO, A LAW PROFSOR BATTLG FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY MEXI. “JUAN GABRIEL TGHT HOW TO BE FEME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUMORS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HIS REER, AND, A TELL ALL, A MALE SECRETARY CLAIMED THEY HAD AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED POT BLANK IF HE WAS GAY 2002, GABRIEL SIMPLY REPLIED, "YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT N BE SEEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
JUAN GABRIEL WAS MEXI’S GAY IN — BUT HE NEVER SPOKE OF HIS SEXUALY
"If you're handsome and betiful, well, people are always gog to say that you're gay." * was juan gabriel gay *
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SUPERSTAR MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL ON HIS SEXUALY: "YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE SEEN"GABRIEL DIED ON SUNDAY AT AGE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 30, 2016/8:27 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 30, 2016 / 8:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SUPERSTAR MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL ON HIS SEXUALY: \"YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE SEEN\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-31T00:27:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-31T00:27:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEGENDARY MEXIN SGER JUAN GABRIEL, WHO PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF 66, WAS BELOVED BY LNS. AND WHILE HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS FLASHY STYLE, SMOOTH MOV AND ROMANTIC LYRICS, HE NEVER DISCSED HIS SEXUALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WR THE L.A. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUAN GABRIEL, THE STAGE NAME HE PREFERRED TO HIS GIVEN NAME, ALBERTO AGUILERA VALAZ, REMAED Y ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE OM THE 1960S, WHEN HE STARTED HIS REER SGG ON THE STREETS OF JUAREZ. HE MATAED THAT POSTURE TO HIS LATER YEARS SPE A SHIFT PUBLIC OPN ON GAY AND TRANSGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NEVER MARRIED, NCEIVED FOUR CHILDREN VIA ARTIFICIAL SEMATN WH A FEMALE IEND AND REPEATEDLY REFED TO ANSWER QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, EVEN AFTER A MALE FORMER PERSONAL SECRETARY WROTE A BOOK ALLEGG THEY HAD A ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, HE WAS AN IN MEXI'S GAY SUBCULTURE. MANY VIEWED HIS SILENCE AS A BS CISN TO REMA SILENT, GIVEN MEXI'S ULTRA-MACHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK HE MA A EP CULTURAL CHANGE—NOT BY TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, BUT BY LIVG OUT ON STAGE," SAID ALEJANDRO MADRAZO, A LAW PROFSOR BATTLG FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY MEXI. “JUAN GABRIEL TGHT HOW TO BE FEME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUMORS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HIS REER, AND, A TELL ALL, A MALE SECRETARY CLAIMED THEY HAD AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED POT BLANK IF HE WAS GAY 2002, GABRIEL SIMPLY REPLIED, "YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT WHAT N BE SEEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* was juan gabriel gay *
He mataed that posture to his later years spe a shift public opn on gay and transgenr never married, nceived four children via artificial sematn wh a female iend and repeatedly refed to answer qutns about his sexualy, even after a male former personal secretary wrote a book allegg they had a romantic 2002, a few years years before Mexi Cy legalized gay marriage, the famoly effemate sger shut down a journalist who asked if he was gay.
Although Gabriel never publicly claimed the gay muny, that muny certaly claimed him, wh his romantic Spanish-language ballads belted late to the night drag bars on both sis of the borr. Many gay fans saw d msag the lyrics of Juan Gabriel’s songs, such as “Es Mi Vida” (“It’s My Life.