Chavela Vargas, defiant lesbian singer, dies at age 93
“What hurt was not being homosexual, but when they throw it in my face as if it were the plague.”
Famed singer Chavela Vargas writing in her autobiography, Y si quieres sabre de mi pasado (If You Want to Know About My Past). The Costa Rican-born Mexican icon, famous for breaking gender stereotypes as well as for her talent, died of natural causes Aug. 5 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She was 93. (Associated Press)
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