Clay Aiken out: ‘Y, I’m gay’

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Clay Aiken appears on the ver of the latt People magaze holdg his fant son, Parker Foster Aiken, wh the headle: “Y, I’m Gay.”The 29-year-old former “Amerin Idol” nner-up, multiplatum rerdg artist and Broadway star creds his son, nceived by -vro fertilizatn wh iend and producer Jaym Foster, wh makg him realize that he uld no longer hi his

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CLAY AIKEN: I'M A GAY DAD

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Inspired by his newborn son, the sger acknowledg what has long been mored: He's gay.

8 birth of his son Parker, sger Clay Aiken is followg through on a promise he ma to himself as a new dad: to publicly acknowledge that he’s gay. “Whether be havg a child out of wedlock, or whether be simply beg a homosexual, ’s gog to be a lot, ” said Aiken, who returned to Broadway last week as Sir Rob Monty Python’s Spamalot. The born-aga Christian sger also reveals how he told his mother Faye he’s gay four years ago.

CLAY AIKEN OUT: ‘Y, I’M GAY’

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Says Aiken: “I have no ia if he’ll be gay or straight. Clay Aiken appears on the ver of the latt People magaze holdg his fant son, Parker Foster Aiken, wh the headle: “Y, I’m Gay.

”The 29-year-old former “Amerin Idol” nner-up, multiplatum rerdg artist and Broadway star creds his son, nceived by -vro fertilizatn wh iend and producer Jaym Foster, wh makg him realize that he uld no longer hi his homosexualy om the world.

”Aiken, who rose to fame on “Idol” 2003, has long been the subject of mors and tabloid fodr that he was gay, but ually refed to acknowledge them. ”Aiken said he only told his fay that he was gay four years ago. ”Gay groups appld Aiken’s public admissn.

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“We ngratulate Clay for makg this cisn and for settg an example for others and his fay, ” said Neil Giuliano, print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. As we’re seeg, more and more gay people, cludg celebri, are livg openly and hontly, and this has tremendo impact terms of creatg awarens, unrstandg and acceptance. “This is really shockg news as I had no ia he was gay, ” read a ment posted by “Sheridansq.

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For example, when I was growg up the 1990s, I thought I was the only black gay man on the pla. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.

His directorial work on Love, Simon marked the first major stud movie to center on a gay teen romance.

After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori. It was a gay Gus Who's Comg to Dner.

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Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge  Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. I'VE FOUND COMMUNITY DURING QUARANTINE BY "Watchg gay guys dog home workouts on Instagram. Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual.

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I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate. Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight. Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon.

Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen. But was erased om much of history bee he was gay.

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