CHRISTIAN CHáVEZ

'Christian Chávez' (born José Christian Chávez Garza on August 11, 1983 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a Mexican singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in ''Rebelde''.

Contents

Career

Personal life

Discography

With RBD

References

External links

Career

The success of Mexican telenovela ''Rebelde'' led to the band RBD, which is gaining success in the United States. Although Chávez became famous with Rebelde, he appeared in another popular telenovela, Clase 406 as Fercho along with his ''Rebelde'' co-stars Dulce María, Anahí, and Alfonso Herrera.

Personal life

He sees his bandmates as his siblings and is considered to be the most loved and favorite of all six; not only by his fellow band members, but by the fans. He is the clown of them all, and is said by the rest of the group that he is the first to lift spirits up when something has gone wrong.
In the beginning of March 2007, Chávez was pictured signing documents and exchanging rings with a man (the pictures had been taken in 2005, the year in which gay marriages became legal in Canada). Chávez said in March 2007, the photos showed a part of him that he had not been willing to discuss previously for fear of rejection, of criticism, but especially because of his family and the consequences being gay would bring.^[1][2]
On 30 March 2007, after Chávez's announcement, Ricky Martín told The Associated Press of his solidarity with Chávez's public declaration, saying, "Life is too short to live closed up, guarding what you say...(Chávez) has to be free in many aspects. I wish him much strength."^[3]

Discography

With RBD

★ ''Rebelde'' (2004)

★ ''Rebelde (Edição Brasil)'' (2005)

★ ''Tour Generación RBD en Vivo'' (2005)

★ ''Nuestro Amor'' (2005)

★ ''Live in Hollywood '' (2006)

★ ''Nosso Amor'' (2006)

★ ''Celestial'' (2006)

★ ''Rebels'' (2006)

★ ''Live in Rio'' (2007)

References

1. Mexico rocked by gay pop-star
2. Message from Christian Chavez on March 1st, 2007
3. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-People-Ricky-Martin.html "Ricky Martin Defends Gay Musicians"

External links

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★ Official RBD Website