“I’m sorry for my insensitive comments”
“I want to honor and respect the ideals and beliefs of all people,” the “Maria Maria” musician said in a now-deleted statement
Carlos Santana apologized to the LGBTQ community after making derogatory remarks during a recent show, then was deleted quickly became known.
“I’m sorry for my insensitive comments. They do not reflect my desire to honor and respect everyone’s ideals and beliefs. I realize that what I said hurt people and that was not my intention. “I sincerely apologize to the transgender community and anyone I have offended,” the “Maria Maria” singer said in a statement posted on his Facebook page Removed Thursday and then Friday.
Santana, 76, continued: “Here is my personal goal that I want to achieve every day. I want to honor and respect the ideals and beliefs of all people, whether they are.” LGBTQ or not. This is the planet of free will and we have all received this gift. I will now pursue this goal of being happy and having fun and for everyone to believe what they want without fear and follow it in their hearts. It takes courage to grow and shine in the light that you are and to be true, genuine and authentic. We grow and learn to shine our light with love and compliments. Live a glorious existence. Peace.”
On Friday, a Replacement Facebook post Read: “The energy of consciousness breeds its own kind. Hate breeds hate, love breeds love.”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer issued an apology after he was filmed onstage during a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey in June, telling his audience that certain gender expressions and identities were “not correct”. Footage of Santana’s comments, which many publicly labeled anti-trans comments, began to circulate on social media on Thursday.
“When God created you and me, before we came out of the womb, you knew who you were and what you were,” he said at the time. “Later on, when you grow up, you see things and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it’s not right. Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s all.” . Whatever you want to do in the closet, that’s up to you. I agree.”
Santana’s controversial comments come as LGBTQ+ people continue to face discrimination in the United States. At least 13 US states have enacted anti-LGBTQ laws, and another 23 states have introduced such bills in 2022 alone. according to the human rights campaignwith many of these laws targeting transgender youth and gender equitable care.
Governor of Texas. Greg Abbott has stepped up attacks on trans youth and directed the Department of Family and Protection Services to do so Investigations against parents for child abuse after they had given their children gender-equitable care. Florida And Alabama have since taken similar action.
In March 2022 and 2023, President Joe Biden pledged his support to trans citizens while Transgender Visibility Dayand he continues to urge Congress to do so pass the Equality Act.
Last August, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion stating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of the 1990s extends to those suffering from gender dysphoriaa potentially groundbreaking judgment that could guarantee access to gender-responsive care.
In June, Santana told PEOPLE: “Love is unconditional‘ as he discussed how he met his wife, jazz drummer Cindy Blackman Santana. “I meditated and talked to God and said, ‘I need a queen to come home to share this. Love is unconditional and I need someone to love me and grow with me,'” he shared. “And the next thing I know, Cindy is here. The way Cindy walked like a New Yorker, full of confidence. I thought, ‘Damn’.”
The “Black Magic Woman” artist and Cindy, 63, got engaged onstage in July 2010 and married in December at the Ritz-Carlton in Maui, Hawaii.
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