"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote in a blog posting at www.rickymartinmusic.com

　　"This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day. To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with," Martin wrote。

　　Martin, 38, became a father to twin sons via a surrogate in 2008 and at the time no details were given about the birth or the mother。

　　The Puerto Rican singer of hits such as "Livin' la Vida Loca," has long been the subject of speculation about his sexuality. In 2000, TV journalist Barbara Walters grilled him about whether he was gay, but he refused to disclose it。

　　In his posting on Monday, Martin said a few months ago he had decided to write a memoir and doing so brought him closer to what he called "an amazing turning point in my life"。

　　"Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating," he wrote。

　　The singer began his career with boy band Menudo and broke out as a solo artist and teen idol in the 1990s in Spanish-speaking countries。

　　He released his first, English-language album in 1999, the self-titled "Ricky Martin," which saw two major hits, "Livin' la Vida Loca" and "She's All I Ever Had." Since then, Martin has been a star in both North America and South America。

　　拉丁流行歌星瑞奇马丁(Ricky Martin)周一在其博客中宣布自己是同性恋，结束了外界多年对他性取向的猜测。

　　马丁在他的博客(www.rickymartinmusic.com) 中写道：“我要骄傲地说，我是一名幸运的同性恋。”

　　“现在我已经是两个儿子的父亲，他们是那麽漂亮、阳光，每天都能教会我新的东西，这就是我现在所需要的。”

　　现年38岁的马丁2008年通过代孕成为了一对双胞胎男孩的父亲，但当时未披露孩子出生的任何细节或关于孩子母亲的消息。

　　外界一直在猜测马丁的性取向。2000年，电视记者芭芭拉・沃尔特斯(Barbara Walters)曾盘问他是否是同志，但他拒绝透露。

　　这位波多黎各歌手的热门金曲包括1998年世界杯主题曲《生命之杯》、《疯狂的生活》(Livin' la Vida Loca)等。

　　马丁周一在博客中写道，他在数月前决定写一本回忆录，这让他回忆起了他“人生中重要的转折点”。

　　“在书写我的生活时，我找到了真实的自己，这是值得庆祝的一件事。”

　　马丁最初是作为男孩组合梅努多(Menudo)的成员出道，随後在1990年代成为风靡西语国家的独唱歌手兼青春偶像。

　　他于1999年发行了自己首张英文专辑《Ricky Martin》，其中包括两支热门单曲《Livin' la Vida Loca》和《She's All I Ever Had》。此後，马丁成为了红遍南、北美洲的巨星。