Carlos Santana of Santana performs on stage at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre.Photo:Daniel Knighton/Getty
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Carlos Santanaissued, then deleted, an apology to the LGBTQ community after disparaging remarks he made during a recent showwent viral.
Santana, 76, continued, “Here is my personal goal that I strive to achieve every day. I want to honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs whether they areLGBTQor not. This is the planet of free will and we have all been given this gift. I will now pursue this goal to be happy and have fun, and for everyone to believe what they want and follow in your hearts without fear. It takes courage to grow and glow 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. Have a glorious existence. Peace.”
On Friday, areplacement Facebook postread, “the energy of consciousness generates its own kind. hate begets hate love begets love.”
“When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are,” 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 ain’t right. Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s it. Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that’s your business. I’m OK with that.”
Carlos Santana performs in October 2018 in California.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty
Texas Gov.Greg Abbotthas ramped up attacks on trans youth, directing the Department of Family and Protective Services toinvestigate parents for child abuseafter they provided gender-affirming care for their children.FloridaandAlabamahave since adopted similar policies.
Carlos Santana.Laura Cavanaugh/Getty
In March 2022 and 2023, PresidentJoe Bidenpledged his support to trans citizensduringTransgender Day of Visibility, and he’s continued to urge Congress topass the Equality Act.
Last August, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals published an opinion that 1990’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)extends to those suffering from gender dysphoria, a potential landmark ruling that could guarantee access to gender-affirming care.
In June, Santana told PEOPLE that “love is unconditional” when he discussed how he met his wife jazz drummer Cindy Blackman Santana. “I was meditating and talking to God, and I said, ‘I need a queen to come home to share this. Love is unconditional, and I need someone who loves me and grows with me,'” he shared. “And next thing I know, here comes Cindy. The way Cindy walked like a New York woman, filled with confidence. I was like, ‘Damn.'”
The “Black Magic Woman” artist and Cindy, 63, got engaged onstage in July 2010, and married that December at the Ritz-Carlton in Maui, Hawaii.
source: people.com
