Lluís Guilera is a Spanish journalist and TV presenter.
Last week was Father’s Day in Spain and the 44-year-old shared a photo of himself and his husband along with images of their two children.
“Feliz día del padre,” he wrote, which translates to “Happy Father’s Day.”
Feliz día del padre ??????? pic.twitter.com/NJzBkyg9kC
— Lluís Guilera (@lluis_guilera) March 19, 2021
Cute, right?
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Guilera was quickly attacked by homophobes who criticized him and his husband for being gay dads and for using a surrogate to build their family.
“Poor children!” one troll commented. “The effects will be seen over time.”
“Adopted or bought?” another troll wondered.
To which, a third troll responded, “If they are bought, how will you explain to them that you rented the uterus from their biological mother/s?”
“I do not understand how the law can allow two men or two women to adopt,” a fourth troll wrote. “Children need a paternal and maternal reference.”
The comments were truly vile. But Guilera didn’t give into his homophobic bullies. Instead, he took the high road and issued a graceful yet strongly-worded response:
I do not want to get into controversy because it was not the objective of the photo of my family. I just want to ask for respect please. Everyone can say what they want … But with respect. Without prejudice or taking for granted things they do not know. We will be better as a society.
No quiero entrar en polémicas porque no era el objetivo de la foto de mi familia. Solo quiero pedir por favor respeto. Cada uno puede opinar lo que quiera, faltaría más. Pero con respeto. Sin prejuicios ni dando por hecho cosas que desconocen. Seremos mejores como sociedad.
— Lluís Guilera (@lluis_guilera) March 20, 2021
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it’s done!
Scroll down for some pics from Guilera’s Instagram page…
Fahd
He used to co-host the weekend news program on la una; I enjoyed him on that, but then he left the show and got his own talk show, which I haven’t seen yet. I was surprised to see the story here, because I didn’t know he was gay or that he had a family. Good for him! Don’t like to generalize, but I just think the Spanish are much better at not letting the right wing wackos get under their skin; as exemplified by his response here. Great story!
Catholicslutbox
Husband or brother??? Hmmm. Twinsies
Max
wardrobe doublers. smh.
novadude
So these wing nuts are claiming that surrogacy is “buying a child” or “renting a uterus” when two men are the parents but not when a straight couple does the same thing?
Not only are their arguments bigoted and offensive, they are inconsistent and illogical as well.
Why am I not surprised.
Openminded
My thoughts exactly.
Manrico Jimenez
UNF! Zamn Zaddies
charlie_jackpot
Su esposo es muy guapo
AnthonyS23
Very classy, and very sexy!
darklight413
Nice pictures but, there was nothing about “handling trolls” in the article. He basically said, “Don’t be assholes!” That ALWAYS works! Lol. Stop with the clickbait titles.
RyanMBecker
It’s disappointing that homophobia is still so overt in Spain. For those who don’t know, Spain was the 3rd country to legalize gay marriage (beating our neighbor, Canada, by just months, who in turn, beat the US by an entire decade).
Spain is very gay friendly. Operación Triunfo, an intensive version of American Idol and the Voice, featured two hot twinks with incredible voices who became a couple on the show. Search Youtube for Agoney Hernandez and Raoul Vasquez. And viewers, including straight males, squealed with delight. Their duet, Manos Vacias (Empty Hands), became an anthem against homophobia. Youtube has many versions of them singing the song, often with a kiss at the end. Also search for Agoney doing an incredible version of And I’m Telling You (I’m not Going) from Dreamgirls. And search for Raoul’s audition. His emotional reaction to getting accepted gets to me everytime.