Contents:
- ROMEO SANTOS ACLARA SI GAY EN REVISTA BILLBOARD
- LA BACHATA DEL GAY VOLADOR: EL DESAFÍO A LA (HOMO)SEXUALIDAD Y LA IDENTIDAD DOMINICANA EN LA MÚSICA DE ANDY PEÑA Y EN BACHATA DEL ÁNGEL CAÍDO (1999) DE PEDRO ANTONIO VALDEZ/LA BACHATA L GAY VOLADOR: CHALLENGG (HOMO)SEXUALY AND DOMIN INTY ANDY PEñA'S MIC AND PEDRO ANTON VALZ'S BACHATA L áNGEL íDO
ROMEO SANTOS ACLARA SI GAY EN REVISTA BILLBOARD
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It is noteworthy, then, that wh such a highly mascule doma, which reflects the Domin Republic’s tradnally patriarchal society, the issue of homophobia is beg addrsed this mic. In 2007, Andy Peña, a not wily known merengue mician, released a bachata entled “Quiero Volar, ” which n be technilly translated as “I want to fly, ” although the verb volar is popularly ed as a word for “flighty” homosexual behavr. Not surprisgly, Peña began to be nicknamed el bachatero volador, or el bachatero gay.
LA BACHATA DEL GAY VOLADOR: EL DESAFÍO A LA (HOMO)SEXUALIDAD Y LA IDENTIDAD DOMINICANA EN LA MÚSICA DE ANDY PEÑA Y EN BACHATA DEL ÁNGEL CAÍDO (1999) DE PEDRO ANTONIO VALDEZ/LA BACHATA L GAY VOLADOR: CHALLENGG (HOMO)SEXUALY AND DOMIN INTY ANDY PEñA'S MIC AND PEDRO ANTON VALZ'S BACHATA L áNGEL íDO
The novelty of a bachatero gay led to televisn appearanc which Peña prented himself wearg make up, a pk head band, and sgg wh an exaggeratedly feme voice and mannerisms. In terviews, however, he refed to explicly intify as gay—or to ny that he was—sistg that shouldn’t matter.
This ambiguy creased the public’s fascatn wh Peña, pecially sce he admted that he had a wife and three children—which led many to speculate that he was performg his gayns orr to attract attentn and advance his reer, or perhaps even as a piece of performance art. In 2014 Peña released a bachata entled “Solo le pido a Ds, ” prentg himself the vio as emotnally vulnerable but not nspicuoly gay. So perhaps “Quiero Volar” was an act, but regardls, Peña stimulated a much-need public dialogue about genr rol and homophobia.