Meet Lucas Santos, the handsome son of Brazilian gospel singer Eyshila and nephew of popular televangelist Silas Malafaia. Santos just came out as a gay drag queen on Instagram.
His drag alter-ego, Periodt, has already attracted more than 43,000 followers on Instagram for her lipsync covers of songs like Lana Del Rey‘s “Love.” Santos began posting videos as Periodt on April 20.
In response to fan questions, Santos also opened up about his complex relationship with his religious mother.
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“If she could choose, would she have a gay son? No. If I could choose, would I have an evangelical pastor mother? No,” he confessed. “But it happened…We continue to love and respect each other.”
Eyshila, for her part, echoed Santos evaluation of the situation.
“They are our children, not our trophies,” Eyshila wrote on Instagram. “They are ours, but they are independent beings. They are not our continuation, but they have their own history, with their choices and their experiences. Parents, love your children! Love and express it in words and attitudes. If what you give is still not enough for them for some reason, don’t blame yourself for it. Parents can only give what they have.”
Eyshila and Santos’ proclamation of mutual love might first seem benign, but it sends a powerful statement to fans familiar with their family. Eyshila is the sister-in-law of Silas Malafaia, one of Brazil’s most notorious anti-gay ministers. As pastor of the Assembly of God Victory in Christ Pentecostal Church, Malafaia has long targeted LGBTQ people, labeling them corrosive to society. He’s considered a staunch ally of President Jair Bolsonaro and has long opposed marriage equality in Brazil.
Here’s some more from Santos’ Insta:
jayceecook
“Santos just came out as a gay drag queen on Instagram.”
What the phuck is that supposed to mean? Is Periodt a lesbian then?
Let me do some free editing for you Q.
“Santos just came out as a gay and a drag queen on Instagram.”
RyanMBecker
“Santos just came out as a gay and a drag queen on Instagram.”
Let me do some editing for YOU: “Santos just came out as gay and a drag queen on Instagram.” “A gay” is awake since “gay” is generally not used as a noun unless pluralized, “gays.”
More importantly, you’re wrong. The original sentence was correct. Drag queens don’t have to be gay but in this case, he is gay, so he just came out as “a gay drag queen.”
jayceecook
@RyanMBecker Part of that comment was a joke. Have you never heard of somebody being called “a gay” or “agay”? Somewhat similar to “teh gay”. I guess you could compare it to when people say “a transgender” but that is usually a pejorative phrase whereas the former usually isn’t.
Second, while the sentence might be correct in that yes not all drag performers are gay (I’ve known some straight ones) it is confusing because it can be read as the drag queen persona Periodt is gay. Do you understand? It’s called syntactic ambiguity. For example the sentence, “Call me a taxi”. That can be read as “Can you procure a ride for me?” or as “Okay taxi”, “How’s it going taxi”.
jayceecook
Also, what does ““A gay” is awake since…” mean?
ScottOnEarth
Don’t you have better things to do than write meaningless, nonsensical comments? There was nothing wrong with the descriptive sentence. He’s a gay drag queen. Seems like a simple concept.
jayceecook
@ScottOnEarth Don’t you have better things to do than write meaningless, nonsensical comments? Do you not understand what syntactic ambiguity is? Seems like a simple concept.
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Vince
He’s very handsome and brave. A homophobic family in a very homophobic country.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
VERY handsome!
LumpyPillows
Apparently less homophobic than it could be based on his mother’s response.
ScottOnEarth
What his mother wrote is very profound and sweet.
LumpyPillows
She had a choice and she made the right one. I agree.
CityguyUSA
Hard to know what’s real anymore or what’s just a ruse to get a large number of followers to get bucks.
Bob LaBlah
He looks much better without the cartoonish drag but if thats how he gets even with his folks then who am I to judge.
GayEGO
Tee hee! Silas gets a slap in the face from his nephew Lucas! Let’s face it anti-gays, we are everywhere!