When Ricky Mart recently me out, many jad observers reacted wh yawns and sarsm. After all, hadn't his sexualy been an open secret? Perhaps, but he is one of the biggt ternatnal stars—the biggt?—to formally e out. The nnectn he has wh so many fans who have followed his story om the time he was a kid the group Menudo is ep; 's extra tricky for a heartthrob like Mart to e out bee so many of his fans were girls who had csh on him durg their formative years, and acknowledgg he's been gay all along ns the risk of alienatg them. So far, so good for the most part for Mart. But Mart was not the only gay member of Menudo, nor was he even the first to e out. His bandmate Angelo Garcia acknowledged he is gay two months earlier, even before a subsequent TV Notas terview that received much more attentn. And while he's not the hoehold name that Mart is, Garcia was once a beloved heartthrob his own right as the youngt member ever asked to jo Menudo—word that he's gay was huge news Lat Ameri. Through the years I asked the newsmaker for an terview and found him to be more than forthg about his unique reer path (he once stripped at New York's famo Gaiety but is now workg on a new album), his votn to bodybuildg, what his sexualy means to him and whether or not he's hopg to rennect wh Ricky Mart the future.
Contents:
- ANOTHER MEMBER OF MENUDO IS GAY!
- MENUDO WAS OFF THE CHARTS ON THE GAY SLE
- WHICH MEMBER OF MENUDO IS GAY?
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
ANOTHER MEMBER OF MENUDO IS GAY!
The episo as rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the untry, where homosexualy is a crime. * gay menudo members *
Angelo has e forward to reveal himself to the world, lerally, by posg nu a gay magaze!!!
Abr said he knew he was gay his early teens and was difficult keepg secret while beg a star. "He didn't miss a beat as he moved to Miami at age 14, the same year he me out as gay.
Two months before Ricky Mart announced on his webse that he's a "proud homosexual man, " one of his former Menudo band mat me out...
MENUDO WAS OFF THE CHARTS ON THE GAY SLE
Then Ricky me out, and sudnly news outlets Googlg "Ricky Mart gay" found Garcia's 34-year-old Brooklyn-born sger was stantly dubbed "the other gay member of Menudo, " wh most outlets claimg he'd e out after Mart and was simply ridg his attails.
Angelo Garcia: You know what is -- I've been an openly gay man sce my late teens, so havg been out for so long, I've never tried to hi anythg om anyone. " I don't look at as me g out, bee I've been openly gay for so long. I might not have been the most famo member to e out, and maybe Ricky g out is why the media took an tert my story bee there isn't only one "ex-Menudo" who is openly gay now.
This might have explod my face bee Ricky has the fame he has and I'm not the famo one, but the tth is, I spoke publicly about my homosexualy two months before Ricky posted whatever is he posted.
WHICH MEMBER OF MENUDO IS GAY?
For me, beg gay is as nonissue as a heterosexual person sayg they're straight.
I never felt beg gay would take away any opportuni I might you thk you'd feel differently if you had that level of fame? You don't have to be a nelly, flamboyant gay guy, which is the way media and ss like to portray gays. Gay uld be right next to you, and you wouldn't even realize .
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
If more gay people stepped forward, society would get over their gay hang-ups.
I rried a lot of guilt my heart for beg gay and a lot of fear bee of the wrath of God. She'll go to the gay clubs, dance wh the boys.