Garcia talked to The Advocate about the Ricky rumors, dancing to pay for college, and what he hopes life will be like as an out pop star. In the 12 years before his next release - during which he put himself through college as a stripper in Florida and, later, New York - he lived what he calls a “very out life.” Now, as he readies his latest album (due later this year), he says he’s looking forward to doing it on him terms: completely open, completely out. Professionally, his first solo CD came out when he was just 16. But Garcia, who left Menudo in 1990 when he was just 14 to pursue a solo career, says he’s been out to his mother since before he graduated from high school. The 34-year-old Brooklyn-born singer was instantly dubbed “the other gay member of Menudo,” with most outlets claiming he’d come out after Martin and was simply riding his coattails. Then Ricky came out, and suddenly news outlets Googling “Ricky Martin gay” found Garcia’s interview. The interview with Angelo Garcia came and went and didn’t get much attention. in an interview that accompanied a provocative underwear shoot for the magazine Paragon Men. Two months before Ricky Martin announced on his website that he’s a “proud homosexual man,” one of his former Menudo band mates came out.
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