Clay Aiken: I'm a Gay Dad

Contents:

• CLAY AIKEN: I'M A GAY DAD
• CLAY AIKEN OUT: ‘Y, I’M GAY’
• OPENLY GAY CLAY AIKEN CAME OUT AFTER SON'S BIRTH — WHAT'S HE DOG NOW?
• CLAY AIKEN TELLS RUBEN STUDDARD HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY ON ‘AMERIN IDOL’
• CLAY AIKEN COM OUT OF CLOSET, CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
• CLAY AIKEN TO ‘PEOPLE’: ‘Y, I’M GAY’
• CLAY AIKEN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ME OUT AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON – WHAT IS HE DOG NOW?
• CLAY AIKEN, AN OPENLY GAY MAN, CAME OUT AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON — WHAT IS HE DOG NOW?
• CLAY AIKEN TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY, FATHERHOOD ON 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'
• CLAY AIKEN TO REVEAL HE IS GAY

CLAY AIKEN: I'M A GAY DAD

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. 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.

CLAY AIKEN OUT: ‘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.

OPENLY GAY CLAY AIKEN CAME OUT AFTER SON'S BIRTH — WHAT'S HE DOG NOW?

“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.

Amerin Idol Season 7 nner-up David Archuleta has discsed the journey he went on wh his sexualy a recent social media Instagram June (aka Pri Month), the sger and Mormon revealed that he discsed g out as gay to his fay 2014, six years after beg on post scrib how Archuleta stggled to fd a better scriptn of his sexualy than simply "gay. I me out 2014 as gay to my fay. Amerin Idol had s first gay nttant way back s first season wh Jim Verraros, who ma the top his public life, he has sce said that Fox ma him lete an onle journal post where he talked about his sexualy, wh the work claimg he was not able to "self-promote" as a told The Advote: "Lookg back, [the work's policy] uld be terpreted a bunch of different ways.

Shortly after his n on the show, Aiken told Rollg Stone: "One thg I've found of people the public eye, eher you're a womanizer or you've got to be gay. He me out as gay 2016. That's why I wanted to share my own story as a gay man.

CLAY AIKEN TELLS RUBEN STUDDARD HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY ON ‘AMERIN IDOL’

He said, "I don't thk should be a surprise for anyone to hear I'm gay.

I've been livg Los Angel for eight years as a gay man.

"Nathaniel MarshallAfter makg to the top 36 of Season 8, Marshall first starred MTV realy show The Gay Real World.

CLAY AIKEN COM OUT OF CLOSET, CONFIRMS HE'S GAY

He then went on to a reer gay porn unr the name Jadyn told The Sword magaze: "I have always been a very sexual human beg. I am not this gay, feme boy.

CLAY AIKEN TO ‘PEOPLE’: ‘Y, I’M GAY’

Amerin sger and televisn personaly Clay Aiken never addrsed the gay mors public. Though nfed, his mother supported and forted Aiken wh his son, Parker Foster Aiken Ramsr, North Carola (Photo: Clay Aiken's Instagram) A year after, he me out as gay to his brother as well.

He never acknowledged the gay mors that were swirlg after his name.

He tak part  philanthropy, volvg UNICEF ntributns, and fights for gay rights.

CLAY AIKEN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ME OUT AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON – WHAT IS HE DOG NOW?

"I had never really realized that I was gay until I met someone who worked on the show and who, you know, [kd of told me]  one way or another, " he says, pair break down their favore moments wh the origal judgg panel, reflectg on Simon Cowell's harsh, yet hont feedback and Pla Abdul's gentler approach. Aiken revealed that was durg the filmg of Idol that he realized he was gay. Clay Aiken Says He Realized He Was Gay on Amerin Idol.

CLAY AIKEN, AN OPENLY GAY MAN, CAME OUT AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON — WHAT IS HE DOG NOW?

” That turned out to be wrong, as Aiken later me out as gay.

In fact, Aiken shared that he “me out on Idol, to myself, ” explag, “I had never really realized that I was gay, until I met someone who worked on the show, and who…”. Clay Aiken is openly gay. As he spoke wh People Magaze and nfirmed his inty as gay for the first time the year 2008.

CLAY AIKEN TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY, FATHERHOOD ON 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'

He publicly me out as gay 2008 and has been three public relatnships.

CLAY AIKEN TO REVEAL HE IS GAY

Sce revealg his sexualy, he has been a strong advote of LGBTQ+ rights and has spoken about anti-gay bullyg on Capol Hill on behalf of the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network.

NEW YORK – 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 subject of mors and tabloid fodr that he was gay, but ually refed to acknowledge them.