After a seven-day battle with respiratory problems, the legendary openly lesbian singer Chavela Vargas passed away Sunday, August 5, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The world-renowned Costa Rican-born Mexican singer came out as a lesbian at the age of 81.
In her decades-long career, she produced 80 albums and appeared in films such as Pedro Almodovar’s “The Flower of My Secret” and Julie Tymor’s “Frida.”
At 14, Vargas left her native Costa Rica and moved to Mexico to pursue musical career opportunities. There she challenged mainstream gender norms and was famous for her public liaisons with women, including a brief affair with painter Frida Kahlo. Notably, she purposely did not change the gender in songs written by Mexico’s most famous male songwriters.
As Andrés Duque reported in Blabbeando, for this year’s Latin America and Spain’s Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26 , Vargas tweeted an image of herself along with a caption that said “Proud to be the way I am,” and also “Lets raise our voices since we’re not invisible.”
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R.I.P.
Rip
RIP
Rest in Peace
May her Memory be Eternal
Prayers are with Her Family…. Rest in Peace Dear Lady…..
she is amazing Mexico has lost and angel… although not Mexican born she was Mexican at heart
RIP
She was simply amazing!
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RIP
May she rest in peace
En Paz descanse.
RIP dear may your soul rest in peace
RIP
R I P
thank you for all you gave and god bless you
93 wow……. now she will sing up in the heavens…. with angels as backup singers….. ROCKIN HEAVEN OUT…