From Hollywood to Capitol Hill, here are 12 trailblazing queer Latinos From gay Afro Latino lawmaker Ritchie Torres to transgender “Pose” star Mj Rodriguez, queer Latinos are making both history and waves in a number of fields. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, here are just 12 trailblazers you should know from both the LGBTQ and Latino communities . Ricky Martin The Puerto Rican pop star shared his truth in a 2010 blog post on his official website. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,” he wrote. “I am very blessed to be who I am.” In a July 2020 interview on Apple Music’s Proud Radio, Martin said he struggled with whether to come out as gay or bisexual. “And then I said, ‘Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man. You are gay.’ And I wrote it and I pressed send, and then I cried like crazy. And I’ve been super happy ever since,” he said. Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Go Link For Amazing Martin, 49, is married to artist Jwan Yosef and has four children. Demi Lovato The 29-year-old singer and former Disney star, whose father is of Mexican descent, came out earlier this year as nonbinary and announced their pronouns are they/them. “Over the past year and a half I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,” Lovato said on the first episode of their podcast, 4D With Demi Lovato, in May. “And through this work, I’ve had the revelation that I identify as nonbinary.” Indya Moore The transgender actor and activist was a breakout star on the hit FX series “Pose.” Moore, who is of Haitian, Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, told NBC News last year they use their advocacy work to highlight the pervasive injustices and inequality in Black and brown trans and queer communities. “I’m really happy that people love me for my work, but it’s also important for people to connect with the fact that they love an artist who is also a Black trans person that is part of a community who is being targeted every day with violence,” they said. Manuel 'Manny Mua' Gutierrez The Latino beauty influencer, known by his YouTube name Manny Mua, was ranked the most well-liked beauty guru in a recent Insider poll. With over 4.8 million subscribers, the Mexican American YouTuber is “consistently blurring the lines of gender in cosmetics,” according to his website.