The singer Ramero Mendes, 27 years old, was surprised on Sunday (5) by a homophobic comment from a customer's son before entering the scene at Via Verde Shopping, in Rio Branco, Acre. The comment was for him to "sing like a man".
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According to the artist, in an interview with G1, he was doing sound tests when he was approached and discriminated against because of his high voice.
"I was hired by the theater to do all the musical part. In this show, I also perform the songs. So, I had to do the sound check. This man told his son to say: 'My father told you to sing like a man'. I went to the father and we started arguing", he declared.
After the riot, the singer staged the show, but says the performance was not completely satisfactory. "With the whole situation, the play was done. I came back, sang, but it wasn't one of my best performances. I was very sad, because I had never experienced that."
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He reported the case to the Human Rights Service in Domino. And on Monday (6) he opened a complaint with the Rio Branco Civil Police. "I filed a police report so I can ask for the footage from the mall's cameras. I'm going to sue him. Because of what happened, I was in bad shape emotionally. I didn't even sleep that night because I kept remembering it. I want people to respect me."
The man who verbally attacked the singer said he will only speak out after being notified. Shopping has declined to comment on the case so far.
