The Puerto Rican star said: “I have a boyfriend and two sons, yet women still try to get me into bed.

“They say very beautiful, very erotic things to me about what they want to do with me, which is nice, but I’m not interested.”

Martin, who said recently that he hopes to have a daughter one day, also discussed his boyfriend, stockbroker Carlos Gonzalez Abella.

He said: “My partner, my boyfriend is very sexy, very smart, very compassionate, but the most important thing [is] he loves my children. It’s very beautiful. Super cool. I am very happy.”

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To all the experiences that accompany any stay with us, now we add this new and exclusively social network that will be at your disposal whenever you come to stay at any of our hotels. AxelPeople has been created to share unique, exciting and positive experiences, following the heterofriendly philosophy that prevails in  Axel Hotels … where “anything can happen”.

“Walls will be an option” for those who choose Axel. To access the network you just have to make a reservation through the Axel Hotels web site, or by phone or via e-mail. After due confirmation, you will receive a code with which you can access Axel People, define your profile (you can define the degree of privacy that you want to have), and begin to interact on the net from that moment on.

Among its areas, we can highlight the Lobby, which is a wall in the “Facebook” style in which users can publish their contents and even show their global position. Or the Events category, where the hotel maintains their clients updated on the most important parties and events in the city.

The most important feature can be found in the section called Rooms, where you can see who is staying in the room next door (only if the client whishes to publish that information), and begin an interaction that, who knows, might be the start of a wonderful story, or simply a new way of making friends and getting to know people. But the you won’t be the only one present in Axel People, the different hotel areas will also be part of the experience in a personalized way. In this way, the Sky Bar Terrace, the wellness area and even the Kitchen Restaurant will offer exclusive promotions that will offer the clients the possibility of interacting with the services offered.

What are you waiting for? Come to Axel Hotels and start joining Axel People!

Minimum 3 nights> 16% off Best Available Rate
Minimum 4 nights> 20% off Best Available Rate
Minimum 5 nights> 22% off Best Available Rate

CONDITIONS:

Offer subject to availability.
Booking period until 30/12/2011.
100% cancellation fee. Cancellations or changes will entail penalty of 100% of the total.
Reservations are not refundable.
Offer valid for rooms Axel City Doble Estándar y Axel Premium, prices only
accommodation and included VAT.

First of all, let us introduce you the newest starlett on the NYC drag scene. Epiphany is sure to wow you with her stunning voice and incomparable beauty. In addition to performing many weekly shows she has sung for the British Consulate, Rufus Wainright, and the Hilton Sisters. Not only a talented performer Epiphany is a fabulous comic and can work with and audience.

1- It is the first time for you as a guest in the Axel Hotel Berlin, what do you like most from the hotel?

Yes it is my first time! I love it! The location in Berlin is perfect, right in the center of the best gay neighborhood, close to the subways, so many bars and cafes. I love the atmosphere in the hotel, it’s both classy and cruisey! The gym is perfect for me too. I can get a good work out and then hit the sauna and steam room to relax. I also love the sun deck up on the roof with it’s beautiful views and lovely music! And the amazing breakfast starts right around the time I get back from working the Berlin nightclubs!

2- You know  Berlin already a bit, so what would you recommend to do here for those who come for the first time?

Well definitely check out this neighborhood. It’s got the Ka De Ve right down the street, tons of shopping and great gay bars. The bars range from fancy cocktails and sparkling conversation to beer and dark rooms. There are some amazing cafes just steps from the hotel too, some with traditional German fare, some with new fusion cuisine, and many international places. Also check out museum island. For just a few euros, you can tour all the collections my favorite of with is the Collection National. It houses only German artists and has the most impressive 18th and 19th century oil paintings I have ever seen. Not to mention and extensive collection of marble sculpture that rivals any in the world. And we all know I love the night life so I’d have to recommend the club scene which I really adore in Berlin. GMF, Goya, Berghain just to name the biggest and best are all great clubs with fantastic dance music keeping me up till the sunrise!!

3- What kind of shows are you running nowadays? Why should someone come to see them?

Well I sing live, I really rock on the microphone and people love that. I am the only live singing drag queen. I work international but my home base is NYC. I sing many pop artists like Lady Gaga, Adele, Rihanna, but I also have roots in cabaret and theatre so I can quickly transition into musical theatre. People love to see my shows because I’m not a typical lip-sync queen. They appreciate my talent and they can still dance to a beat they’re familiar with. I also have the privilege of working in the best clubs in the world, so if I’m there I can promise you the club is amazing and the guys are hot!

4- What do you think about the Gay Pride Events around the world? Do you think it’s just a big party or has any “social” purpose in order to make an approach between LGTB and straight people?

I think “Gay Pride” has evolved over the decades. Being Miss Stonewall Inn 2011 I have intimate knowledge of the origins of the gay pride movement that started in NYC at the Stonewall Riots. I know people who were at the riots in 1969 and I know the struggles they endured to create the gay rights movement of today. Tragically though it started in America the U.S. is far behind in its willingness to give equal rights. I do like that people can be recognized as queer, transgendered, gay, lesbian internationally and that people want to celebrate it. Any big event which promotes good human values is a good thing. It has turned into more of a party over time, but it increases gay visibility and shows the world that we are here and happy about it. I think the celebration is different in every country and city, some are parties some are more serious. Having a gay pride party in Warsaw is wrong it needs to be a serious march for equality, not a showy display. In Berlin it can be a party because the Berlin social system is so accepting and rare. Without a victory there is no reason to celebrate yet. I want to remind everyone though that it started as a march for equality similar to the civil rights movement. Thousands of people have died to create a world for us where we are safe and revered and the beautiful, artistic, free thinking people we are. Those who gave their lives would want us to celebrate our new freedoms, but it all happened with a cost of human lives, we must never forget that.

5- You know many celebrities. In your opinion, who do you think could be the most famous heterofriendly person you’ve ever met?

Haha, the most heterofriendly would have to be Janice Dickinson. She is very “friendly” with the straights. I think she is a leather cum pig gay man inside a flawless woman’s body. But because she is a beautiful wealthy famous woman she can have any man she wants. She does a lot to show straight men how “friendly” she can be, God I love it. If I get reincarnated I want to come back as her. But as far as gays being heterofriendly I would have to say RuPaul. Ru’s show Drag Race has really given straight people the opportunity to view the lives of gay people (drag queens) really closely. I think she has educated the American audience and doesn’t really get the credit she deserves yet. Her show is viewed widely in America by straight people and they are watching a show about drag queens that is very honest and entertaining. This helps them be more comfortable with the gays in their own lives!

You can see some other pictures about Epiphany in Axel Hotel Berlin in our Flickr album. Click here!

There were still some room for this special weekend. Are you going to stay at home can join? This offer includes:

• 20% discount on room rate
• Prosecco bottle

This offer will be available only for bookings made via mail (berlin@axelhotels.com) enclosing this newsletter until the 15th. June.

Subjected to availability

Valid until June 15

The march, in the town of Split, attracted 200 LGBT people and their allies, but police said thousands of people lined the streets in protest.

Extremists then began throwing bottles, stones and firecrackers at the marchers, Associated Press reports. Police had to use barriers to separate the two sides, although gay campaigners said they were not protected properly.

It is not clear how many people were injured, although Amnesty International cited reports which said five people needed treatment, including one for a head injury.

More than 100 people were arrested.

The violence came just one day after Croatia was given the go-ahead to join the European Union.

Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International’s director for Europe and Central Asia, accused police of not protecting marchers.

She said: “The authorities must hold an immediate investigation into what happened. The police have to make absolutely clear that discriminatory violence is a criminal offence and will not be tolerated.

“The Croatian authorities need to act to stop this happening in future. A first step would be for all political leaders to state unequivocally that everyone has the right to peacefully demonstrate and express their identity.”

And if you want to make a marriage proposal, just do it in the most original way. Symposia can also help you with your Commitment Circuit. On this occasion, a personal assistant will accompany each of you for a day full of surprises and details, until you meet the perfect environment to make the great proposition. The spell of the entire journey will ensure success.

In addition, the Axel Hotel Barcelona can be an ideal stop on any tour of these two Circuits: the cozy Kitchen for breakfast, the soothing treatments at the Wellness, cool environment of the Sky Bar and Ground Bar for a cocktail, the sexiest room for the night … And the best part is that all these great services will have a 20% discount for all our Axel lovers. Just contact Symposia to get advise from the best professionals.

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In Argentina, when the thermometer low, the Axel Hotel Buenos Aires temperature rises. In June we have two actions that you can not miss to enjoy the warmer climate and atmosphere of the city. On June 9th  beats will accompany you with Rumba, Samba and Mambo, and 23th. we’ll offer you a concert of Ultratango.

Do not hesitate and come to visit us with the special package Hot Winter Pack in Buenos Aires that we have prepared for you:

• Stay
• Dinner
• Access to wellness
• Late check out

Cheer up! You wait a month full of activities to keep warm!

Contact us – Tel. (+54) 11 4136 93 93 • buenosaires@axelhotels.com

The tapes originally belonged to Public Broadcasting Service WNET New York, which broadcast them after they had been shown in the UK on BBC or ITV. In the scene, which appeared in the 1960 BBC drama Colombe, Connery kisses Richard Pasco, who plays his brother.

Connery’s character suspects his brother is sleeping with his wife, played by Dorothy Tutin. In an attempt to understand what his brother has that he lacks, he kisses him.

The footage, which was found at the US Library of Congress and given to the BFI, has led to questions over how it came to be screened.

Dick Fiddy, TV consultant at the British Film Institute said: “Sadly nobody around here now seems to recall it.

“But it might have been accepted because of the context and because it was a television version of a classic play by a great French dramatist.”

He added: “It was, we are pretty sure, the first male-to-male kiss on TV.”

In this exhibition you can enjoy pictures of musical instruments, especially those belonging to the family of wind, one of his favorites, as expressed by the painter. The elements of his pieces, applied decision, prompting state and join a variety of textures. ” The Way of Energy ” shows the construction of an image born of balance between the force of matter and energy of the personality of the artist.

Patricia has received the “Ring of Art, Notable Women” because of her TV show: Culture A Day. This cultural news space includes both the visual arts such as theater, music, film and literature. The program also offers equal opportunities for both established artists and to the novice.

We’ll be looking forward to your visit to hear the inspiring work of Patricia! It will be open to the public in an exhibition in different rooms of the hotel until July 31th.