Ricky Mart on the moment he cid to e out as gay: ‘I’ve been super happy ever sce’

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

"Am I gay? In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on natnal televisn if he was gay. "You uld say, 'Y I am gay or no I'm not.

"Mart officially me out via a statement on his webse 2010, statg: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

"Mart said, " jt felt amazg" when he eventually share wh the world that he was gay, but he knows everyone do so their own time and when they feel fortable.

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 REVEALS HE'S GAY

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