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NEW YORK (Reuters) - dweller pop grapheme Ricky histrion was honored by media group GLAAD for his work as a persona help at a festivity held on Saturday where he urged grouping to spread merry rights throughout dweller America.

"I meet want to be free. I can say, today I am free," the Puerto Rican vocaliser said at New York's Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards, which discern the best portrayals of merry community members in film, television, radio, music, newspapers and blogs.

Martin, the 39 year-old vocaliser of hits such as his 1999 azygos "Livin' la Vida Loca" who has sold more than 60 meg albums worldwide, revealed he was merry in 2010 after more than a decennium in the international spotlight.

His coming-out included a TV interview with Oprah Winfrey and since then, he has been heralded as a merry persona model, especially for dweller Americans.

Martin thanked his parents and boyfriend before urged the audience to "let's go dweller USA and let's share the love."

U.S. comic Tina Fey accepted the unpaid individual program honor for a program on her TV exhibit "30 Rock," and music mogul writer Simmons received an excellence honor for breaking boundaries in the world of hip-hop music.

Vampire TV exhibit "True Blood" won unpaid episode series, while "The Oprah Winfrey Show" claimed best speech exhibit program for "Ricky histrion Coming Out as a Gay Man and a New Dad."

Martin, who became the ascendant of match boys with a substitute mother in 2008, was given the Vito Russo Award, titled for the late merry activist and flick historian.

Among other winners were U.S. band Scissor Sisters and initiate endeavor "The Pride." CNN's Anderson Cooper, newspapers The Star-Ledger and The Denver Post and online magazine Essence.com were singled discover for their coverage of merry and gay issues.

GLAAD, which promotes positive images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender grouping in the media, module present additional media awards in Los Angeles on April 10 and San Francisco in May 14.

(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Bob Tourtellotte)