Ricky Martin mourns Orlando massacre victims in powerful essay

June 15, 2016 23:25

Ricky Martin mourned the victims of Sundays Orlando, Florida massacre where a single gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 at a gay nightclub during its Latin Night in an essay titled I Will Never Cease to Fight for Love.

The tragedy that occurred in Orlando hurts me in so many ways, Martin wrote. It hurts me as a man, as a human being, and as a gay person, because so many of the victims were brothers and sisters of the LGBT community.

Martin came out as gay in a letter that he posted on his official website in 2010. I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, he said in that note. I am very blessed to be who I am. In this recent essay, he mentions how the media is describing this act as a hate crime and an act of terrorism, and how he feels the purpose of this senseless act seems clear: to strike terror in the LGBT community.

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