Adam Lambert talks to Variety about how thgs have changed for gay artists sce his stt on "Amerin Idol" 10 years ago.
Contents:
- ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN
- WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
- GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME
ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN
While many blamed homophobia for his nner-up showg, Lambert took his fame and ran wh , helpg to promote LGBTQ tolerance to middle Ameri, which paved the way for future openly gay artists such as Troye Sivan.
Talk to me about beg an openly gay artist 2019 vers 2009. Is safe to assume that the days, you no longer experience any homophobia the mic dtry?
There are always gog to be shas of homophobia — sometim ternalized homophobia that I’ve enuntered om other gay people the dtry.
WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
They might feel that [I am] ‘too gay.
What do gay pri mean to you? ’ Then I slowly learned that even wh the gay muny there are lots of different subsets. This month is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts — and the ath of Judy Garland, who was the ultimate gay in to that generatn.
GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME
So when I learned later that they were like the qutsential gay ins, I was like, ‘Oh, well, I got my tn already. Do you still stggle wh any ternalized homophobia?
What Mak a ‘Gay In’? ” For the openly gay rapper/sger, Montero — spired by his birth name — is a place where one is ee to be who they are. Ricky Mart — who announced he was a “proud homosexual” 2010 after years of speculatn, cludg an famo terview wh Barbara Walters that Mart recently said still hnts him — ro a wave of succs driven largely by a loyal female fanbase eager to watch him shake is “bon-bon.