Editing Ricky Martin (section)

===Sexual orientation and early relationships===
In his early life, Martin had relationships with both men and women.<ref name="rickybook" /><ref name="RS Nancy" /><ref>{{cite news |date=December 13, 2010 |title=Ricky Martin: My mother helped me come out |work=[[PinkNews]] |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/12/13/ricky-martin-my-mother-helped-me-come-out/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191103/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/12/13/ricky-martin-my-mother-helped-me-come-out/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> In 2000, American broadcast journalist [[Barbara Walters]] asked Martin about his sexuality on national television: "You could stop these rumors. You could say, 'Yes I am gay or no I'm not.{{'"}} Martin, who answered with "I just don't feel like it" at the time, later revealed that her question had made him feel "violated", since he "was just not ready to come out" and was "very afraid"; he said that it resulted in "a little fake [[PTSD]]" that "still haunts him".<ref name="People No Secrets" />

In August 2008, Martin became a father to twin boys born via [[gestational surrogacy]]. He explained that he chose surrogacy to become a parent for being "intriguing and faster" than adoption, which was complicated and could take a long time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-welcomes-twin-boys/|title=Ricky Martin Welcomes Twin Boys|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|last=Laudadio|first=Marisa|date=August 20, 2008|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191557/https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-welcomes-twin-boys/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/first-photo-of-ricky-martins-twins/|title=First Photo of Ricky Martin's Twins!|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191603/https://people.com/parents/first-photo-of-ricky-martins-twins/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2010, Martin publicly [[came out]] as gay via a message on his website, stating: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am."<ref name="People Reveal">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ricky-martin-reveals-hes-gay/|title=Ricky Martin Reveals He's Gay|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|last=Donaldson-evans|first=Catherine|date=March 29, 2010|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191826/https://people.com/celebrity/ricky-martin-reveals-hes-gay/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', he declared: "There was love, passion. I do not regret anything, any of the relationships I lived, they taught me a lot, both men and women."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/la-revista/articulos/exclusiva-ricky-martin-su-novio-y-sus-hijos-en-una-sesio-n-de-fotos-u-nica/16297|title=La nueva vida de Ricky|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=es|last=Riego|first=Marta del|date=March 21, 2012|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191811/https://www.revistavanityfair.es/la-revista/articulos/exclusiva-ricky-martin-su-novio-y-sus-hijos-en-una-sesio-n-de-fotos-u-nica/16297|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin also told ''Fama!'': "I know that I like both men and women, I'm against sexual labels, we are simply human beings with emotional and sexual needs. I like to enjoy sex in total freedom, so I'm open to having sex with a woman if I feel desire." Despite this, he expressed that he would not be interested in "an ongoing relationship with a woman", stating: "Men are my thing".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.advocate.com/people/2016/1/19/ricky-martin-open-sex-women-doesnt-call-himself-bi|title=Ricky Martin 'Open' to Sex With Women, But Doesn't Call Himself Bi|work=[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]|last=Ring|first=Trudy|date=January 19, 2016|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191905/https://www.advocate.com/people/2016/1/19/ricky-martin-open-sex-women-doesnt-call-himself-bi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/1/25/ricky-martin-bi-closet|title=Is Ricky Martin in the Bi Closet?|work=[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]|last=Szymanski|first=Mike|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191838/https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/1/25/ricky-martin-bi-closet|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin dated Puerto Rican economist Carlos González Abella from 2010 to 2014, as his first relationship with a man after coming out as gay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-wants-more-kids-girls-wwhl/|title=Ricky Martin Reveals He Wants More Kids — and He's Picking Girls This Time|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|last=Quinn|first=Dave|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191735/https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-wants-more-kids-girls-wwhl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latintimes.com/ricky-martin-back-ex-carlos-gonzalez-abella-or-are-they-just-friends-291215|title=Is Ricky Martin Back With Ex Carlos González Abella Or Are They Just Friends?|work=Latin Times|date=January 27, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121191750/https://www.latintimes.com/ricky-martin-back-ex-carlos-gonzalez-abella-or-are-they-just-friends-291215|url-status=live}}</ref>