Ricky Martin has publicly come out as gay! I don’t know why this is so exciting to me, but it is! I still remember that awed, sexual excitement at seeing Ricky stun everyone when he performed out of nowhere at the Grammy’s in 1999.
I first saw the news yesterday on Towleroad, the source of all relevant news to my life. Now the announcement is everywhere. Ricky posted online that, as he’s preparing a memoir, he decided to let himself be freed from baggage and come out.
I probably don’t have anything unique to offer to the analysis of Ricky’s announcement. Has it already been noted that he’s a hunky daddy? He’s beautifully tattooed? He’s smooth as butter?
So perhaps it isn’t such a mystery why this makes me so excited. On pretty much every count, he’s my sort of Latin lover (spread the word).
I know that not everyone is safe or able to come out publicly, so I think anytime one of us says it out loud and proud, he deserves plenty of support and encouragement. When he’s a gorgeous hunk of a man, all the better!
Sidelineland 
I like Ricky.
Me, too. A lot.