The increasingly powerful Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) this week condemned telenovela actress Niurka Marcos’ use of defamatory anti-gay comments during interviews aired last week on Univision, Televisa, Telefutura, Telemundo and Azteca América.
In an interview with a popular Mexico City-based gossip show, the Cuban vedette simply said about her former husband: “I don’t know what he did with his body, his soul, his feelings. At that time when I left him, he was normal.”
As it turns out, Niurka’s former man, Bobby Larios is starring in Descarados, a play in which he will portray a gay man who struggles with his sexual orientation before finally coming out to his friends.
This is by no means the first time GLAAD comes out after Spanish-language media. The organization has been behind some of the most successful efforts to “educate” U.S.-based Hispanic TV anchors about their use –and misuse– of derogatory terms (i.e. mariquita) widely used in hugely popular shows such as Cristina, Don Francisco, El Chavo del Ocho, etc.
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