Gay Mic Ins: Gee Michael, Lil Nas X, Troye Sivan, Adam Lambert – Rollg Stone

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.

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WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?

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. They might feel that [I am] ‘too gay. What do gay pri mean to you?

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GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME

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.

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