Ricky Martin tweets a virtual high-five to Puerto Rican LGBT activist Pedro Julio Serrano. Andrés Duque translates with backstory:
"@PJ_Serrano: kid thanks to you for all you do for Puerto Rico and for the community. Strength and always push forward" [Serrano] said that he'd noticed Ricky Martin had added him to his Twitter feed and could hardly believe it. So he sent the singer a message telling him how proud he was of him and, in response, Ricky posted the message.
You may recall that PJ Serrano lead the charge against ugly anti-gay slurs describing Martin's that were broadcast on Puerto Rican television. Adds Duque: "I often wondered if Ricky Martin was paying attention to Pedro Julio's efforts to fight the homophobic comments that his coming out had elicited on Spanish-language media and, if he was, whether he approved or saw it as a side-show. Now we have the answer. "
Got to love Ricky!
Posted by: MM | 04 May 2010 at 04:34
Either Ricky deleted his message, since it's nowhere to be found, or this is an unfortunate hoax. Hoax? The Tweet is still there and clearly linked above. -RM
Posted by: KAO | 06 May 2010 at 08:39