Ricky Mart on g out as gay: 'I've been super happy ever sce'

Contents:

• RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
• RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
• RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID
• RICKY MART FELT 'VLATED' WHEN BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM TO CLEAR UP GAY MORS ON NATNAL TV

RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'

”“I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, ‘Am I gay? Am I gay?

And then I said, ‘Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man. You are gay. “Many years I dreamt of beg a father, and many, many, many tim I went through this grievg procs of I am gay, I am a closeted gay man, and I’m not gog to be able to be a daddy, ” he said.

After years of sisteppg qutns about his sexual orientatn, sger Ricky Mart reveals a heartfelt postg onle that he is gay.

RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY

“I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, ” Mart, 38, said Monday on “I am very blsed to be who I am. After Mart’s announcement Monday, the Gay, Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn issued a statement support of the sger.

“When someone like Ricky Mart out, hundreds of lns of people now have a cultural nnectn wh an artist, a celebry and, perhaps most importantly, a father who happens to be gay, ” said Jarrett Barrs, Print of GLAAD. “His cisn to mol this kd of openns and honty n lead to greater acceptance for untls gay people U. I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

Fue entonc que cidió "poner todo en orn" en su vida y se tomó un año sabáti, pero n así no taba listo para admir su homosexualidad ente al públi nque ya lo había hecho lante las personas más cernas.

RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID

Al termar su reflexión pirual, tuvo que cidir si era homosexual o bisexual y no mentirse así mismo. "Y ahí dije: 'Rick', er bien afortunado, un hombre homosexual.

RICKY MART FELT 'VLATED' WHEN BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM TO CLEAR UP GAY MORS ON NATNAL TV

Er homosexual", ahondó, para entonc enzar a cribir su tobgrafía, "Yo", y al culmarla, "enloquecer en llanto". He will also wre about his early experienc of tryg to prove himself as a songwrer while navigatg the super-macho world of Eighti rock as a Lato gay man. Everyone knows you don't have to be a gay man to know that love is plited.

"Am I gay? "You uld say, 'Y I am gay or no I'm not.

In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on natnal televisn if he was gay.