José Christian Chávez Garza (simly known as Christian Chavez) was born on August 7, 1983 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a Mexican singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group RBD and for his role as Giovanni Mendez Lopez in Rebelde as a money crazy teen that comes from a new rich family. From this telenovela came the band RBD. In early March 2007, a magazine published pictures of Chávez signing documents and exchanging rings with another man, allegedly his Canadian boyfriend, outing Chávez with them. The pictures had been taken in 2005, the year in which gay marriages became legal in Canada. Chávez declared in March 2007, that the photos showed a part of him that he had not been willing to discuss previously for fear of rejection, of criticism, and especially because of his family and the consequences that being gay would bring. On 30 March 2007, after Chávez's announcement of being gay, 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." Though he is outspoken in supporting gay rights and opposing homophobia, he has said that he doesn't want to be seen as the representative of the gay community. However in June 2008, he appeared in the front page of a new Mexican gay magazine (OHM), where he exposed a more relaxed and mature position about those subjects in an interview. He is a big fan of S.L. Benfica of Portugal and has been seen at all the games on television with his husband.