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.
RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’
You are gay. " "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
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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.