Ricky Mart, who me out as gay 2010, says he has "a ltle PTSD" after Barbara Walters prsed him 2000 for an answer he wasn't ready to give.
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- RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
- RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’
- RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
- RICKY MART RELEAS HIS FIRST ALBUM AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN
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.
RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E 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? And then I said, 'Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man.
A before he cid to e out as gay, sger Ricky Mart was put on the spot by journalist Barbara Walters a 2000 televisn terview which she told him he uld “stop the mors” about his sexualy wh a simple y or no. ”The “Liv’ la Vida Lo” sger eventually me out March 2010, announcg an open letter on his webse that he was “proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.
“Jt say y, y, I’m gay, who r? 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.
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RICKY MART RELEAS HIS FIRST ALBUM AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN
Lady Gaga, the biggt sellg female pop act of the past few years, followed up months of support for gay rights wh the song Born This Way, which she sgs: "No matter gay, straight, or bi, lbian, transgenred life, I'm on the right track baby. "Last year, she walked the red rpet at MTV awards wh a group of discharged gay soldiers to prott at the US ary's policy of don't ask, don't Perry and Ke$ha have also released songs which purport to show support for gay rights. Perry shot to fame 2008 wh the song I Kissed a Girl and also had a h wh Ur So Gay, which the word "gay" is ed as a her most recent h, Firework, preach the msage that there is nothg wrong wh beg different, and was acpanied by a vio showg two boys me out an emotnal msage posted on his webse March of last year, which he said: "The word 'happs' tak on a new meang for me as of today.