By now I guess you know the iconic Frida Kahlo, an exceptional artist who was bisexual, you know details about her life, her strong ideals and her incredible art, but not a lot of people outside Mexico know about Chavela Vargas, who was not only the most famous lover of the painter but also a woman and artist who clearly marked a before and after in the mexican and latin music scene and culture. Chavela Vargas was born in 1919 in Costa Rica, at the age of 14 she abandoned her homeland and went to seek refuge in Mexico. From Ava Gardner to Maria Felix to ELizabeth Taylor, the amount of women who couldn’t resist her is long and has created fascination and scandalized conservative minds. A woman so unapologetic, she was proud of being lesbian, she always shared the stories of her love and sexual conquests, her music was so raw and emotional, her music was so brutally honest, she always sang about the love between women, she was passionate and very intense, she threw herself out of a window once ‘cause she couldn’t stand a heart break, she declined a grammy once ‘cause she was not interested in thanking the music industry, an industry she had to fight with all her career due to her preferences. She is an iconic musician and one of the most important representatives of Mexican traditional music, Mexico embraced her as one of her daughters and few musicians have put the name of Mexico and its music so high. Her romance with Frida Kahlo is probably the most famous lesbian romance in Mexican Culture, Frida once stated she only lived for her and Diego, their love has inspired and fascinated generations, but Chavela’s legacy goes beyond that, she was a femminist, an outspoken defensor of gay rights, she reigned in a genre that was supposed to be reserved for men, a woman who lived way beyond her time.
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