The congressman — an out gay man — was identified by a longtime local performer who says Santos went by the name Kitara Ravache. On January 12, performer Eula Rochards posted a picture …
The congressman — an out gay man — was identified by a longtime local performer who says Santos went by the name Kitara Ravache. On January 12, performer Eula Rochards posted a picture of herself with another person in drag who she alleged was Santos at a Rio de Janeiro-area parade.
The photo is from a newspaper clipping from 2008 and identifies the person Rochards says is Santos as Kitara Revache. Rochards also provided to CNN another, clearer image of the person she claims is Santos, in addition to the clipping.In an interview with CNN, Rochards said that it’s Santos in the pictures, adding that she knew him from LGBTQ events he attended in the town of Niterói, near Rio de Janeiro, where she said he was well known in the gay community.
Rochards said she recognized Santos from a recent news report and dug up the old pictures but was surprised to learn that Santos was a Republican.“But if [Jair] Bolsonaro can win here, why wouldn’t Santos win there?” she added, referring to the“It’s marvelous work [to be a drag queen]. He can’t discriminate against what he himself did, and if he does he is discriminating against me,” she said.in a previous interview that he has “never experienced discrimination in the Republican Party.
Santos has voiced support in the past for policies seen as discriminatory against LGBTQ individuals. In April 2022, he posted a video on Facebook vocalizing his support for Republican Gov.
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