Maestro Joao announces his gender transition and reveals the name he has chosen

Maestro Joao announces his gender transition and reveals the name he has chosen
Maestro Joao announces his gender transition and reveals the name he has chosen

Master Joao in an archive image. (Europa Press)

The TVE program dance as you can It has become a great opportunity to see different well-known faces demonstrate their skills in the world of dance and acting, but also to get to know them more closely. The long days of rehearsals, the galas and having to perform a different song every week is causing many of them to make great reflections on their lives.

The last one to do so was Master Joaowho after his performance has shared the important decision you have made regarding his future. Before that she has danced My Wayby Frank Sinatra, accompanied by his choreographer, Sandra Lee, with a very special result, because while she played the man, Joao played the woman.

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The meaning of this choice was revealed by himself below. “I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity because my mother will be watching me, and she knows what she gave birth to. I I have adapted to the circumstances of life knowing who I was”, he began by saying.

“I have decided transition and truly be who I am, which was what my mother gave birth to and she is proud, because she knows what was inside, and with one look she knew what was there. And now I have been able to take that step,” continued the futurologist. “Thanks to dance as you canto all of you and to the support of the public that accepts me so well, I have decided take this step and I will be who I am”.

Maestro Joao in the program 'Dance as you can'. (RTVE)
Maestro Joao in the program ‘Dance as you can’. (RTVE)

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“I am very sure, very sure. I carry inside me, in my soul, a woman, which is how I feel, what I feel and what I am,” he explained to the Thursdays and the public, proud of his decision. Then, the host of the program, Anne Igartiburu, asked her if she had decided what her name was going to be, to which she without hesitation stated that “I will be called Benita, like my mother.”.

“Benita, there you have your daughter,” the Basque woman gave way, offering her one of the cameras so she could send her a direct message. “Mom, I adore you. Thank you for fighting, thank you for traveling millions of kilometers on the subway to get us ahead. I know you’re going to be very proud. And I have had the best mother, the one who, in the years when she couldn’t, put everything as your flag and you said ‘this is my son and I support him in whatever way’. Well for you, mom“, term.

In the absence of knowing more details, what is clear is that it is the best ending for Joao, who for years has performed drag shows, opting especially for Rocío Jurado, of whom he is a great admirer.

 
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