I’m an unabashed fan of Ricky’s music,but I disagree with his decision to endorse Clinton. Sanders has the interests of most Latinos at heartI’m coming out of the closet: I love Ricky Martin. I’m a little bashful about my Ricky love because I hang out with a lot of Seattle hipsters, and he’s probably the artist least likely to ever have his work bumped through overdriven speakers at Burning Man or played on our local taste-making indie radio station, or KEXP. I guarantee you that at least one person I’ve been to Burning Man with is going to compose fun of me for writing this article,but I suppose that’s OK.
I’m also generally a fan of Ricky’s politics. I judge that it’s wonderful that he came out so publicly as a homosexual man. In our mostly Catholic and often machismo-driven Latino cultures, homosexuality (particularly among men) can be tough to discuss. Having someone like Ricky come out changed the conversation; I personally know more than one guy whose mom started to come around about his sexual orientation when Ricky announced his.
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Source: theguardian.com