Carlos Santana, 76, Apologizes for Speculating That a Woman 'Is a Woman'

Carlos Santana, 76, Apologizes for Speculating That a Woman 'Is a Woman' - By Alex Parker

"...At a New Jersey concert in late July, Santana felt compelled to comment on biology....

"When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are. Later on, when you grow up and you see things, and you start believing that you could be something that, it sounds good, but you know it ain’t right. Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s it. Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that’s your business. I’m okay with that.”...

A sampling of trauma-tainted tweets:

• "[C]arlos Santana is a transphobe? No more of his music for me."
• "[Forget] him and every transphobe. Wish you hadn't been such [a jerk], Santana."
• "[N]ot Carlos...being a transphobe. ... Learning he’s a [cruddy] person [stinks]. Anyway, [forget] you, Carlos. You can’t be about love and activism and hate people for being who they are."...

...Across media, a few headlines:

• Carlos Santana Goes on an Anti-Trans Rant Onstage... 
• Carlos Santana Goes on ‘Most Insane’ Anti-Transgender Rant During Concert
• Carlos Santana Slammed for Bizarre Transphobic Speech in NJ...

As for that last one, on Thursday, the repentant rocker took to Facebook:

I am sorry for my insensitive comments. They don’t reflect that I want to honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs. I realize that what I said hurt people and that was not my intent. I sincerely apologize to the transgender community and everyone I offended...