Adam Lambert: Jewish and gay

Contents:

• ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'
• ADAM LAMBERT SAYS EARLY CAREER HOMOPHOBIA INSPIRED HIM TO ‘BE AS GAY AS I F-CKG CAN BE’
• ADAM LAMBERT SAYS FACG HOMOPHOBIA EARLY REER PHED HIM TO BE 'AS GAY AS I F---G N BE'
• ADAM LAMBERT IN THE ADVOTE: SGER DISH ON NEW ALBUM, BOYIEND AND BEG GAY
• IS ADAM LAMBERT GAY OR BISEXUAL? WHO’S HIS DATG PARTNER?
• ADAM LAMBERT ON ‘BEHD THE MIC’: ‘I WAS ASHAMED OF’ BEG GAY
• ‘AMERIN IDOL’ ALUM ADAM LAMBERT: BEG GAY ‘A’T A DISABILY’
• IS ADAM LAMBERT GAY?
• ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN
• ADAM LAMBERT: JEWISH AND GAY

ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'

"I am gay, and I'm very fortable wh , " 27-year-old Lambert revealed. "Lambert first revealed that he was gay a ver story Rollg Stone magaze weeks after the May "Amerin Idol" asked by "20/20" why the season-long favore cid not to publicly acknowledge his sexualy until after the show, Lambert said that he didn't want beg gay to upstage him. "While Lambert now proudly talks about beg gay, he said he's also openly explorg his sexualy.

"Growg Up GayGrowg up, the San Diego native loved mil theater, dancg, playg drs up and was obssed wh glter -- all terts that Lambert said highlighted his sexual preference om a young age. Instead of the stereotypil "g out" rual homosexual teens have wh parents, Lambert said his mother actually "outed" him, askg him on a r ri home if he wanted a girliend or a boyiend. "Lambert excelled on stage, performg untls mil theater performanc throughout his teens and early graduatg om high school 2000, Lambert has lived an openly gay liftyle Los Angel -- datg, and stumblg through relatnships like everyone else.

ADAM LAMBERT SAYS EARLY CAREER HOMOPHOBIA INSPIRED HIM TO ‘BE AS GAY AS I F-CKG CAN BE’

Adam Lambert Says Early Career Homophobia Inspired Him to ‘Be as Gay as I F-ckg Can Be’. Inspired, rather than cshed, unr the weight of rponsibily, the mician ma a vow to “be as gay as I fuckg n be, and be flamboyant and be wild.

I’m the gay guy.

There was an Entertament Weekly article that was like, ‘Oh, this guy’s excg, and may or not be bee he might be gay. In the 14 years sce his Idol n, Lambert has taken pri the reprentatn he’s been able to provi for other people the LGBTQ muny — om occupyg rol both mic and film to teractg wh young people sharg the sentiment, “You helped me talk to my parents about beg gay. ” Lambert currently stars bi Cody Fern the g-of-age film Fairyland about a teenage girl growg up wh gay dads.

ADAM LAMBERT SAYS FACG HOMOPHOBIA EARLY REER PHED HIM TO BE 'AS GAY AS I F---G N BE'

I'm the gay guy.

There was an Entertament Weekly article that was like, 'Oh, this guy's excg, and may or not be bee he might be gay.

(Photo by Arturo Holm/Getty Imag) Cred: Arturo Holm/Getty "There were no gay guys.

ADAM LAMBERT IN THE ADVOTE: SGER DISH ON NEW ALBUM, BOYIEND AND BEG GAY

" From there, Lambert felt the bt way to effect change was to "be as gay as I f---g n be. 'You helped me talk to my parents about beg gay. | Cred: Noam Galai/Getty Imag Now, Lambert believ the mic dtry nsirs a "viable bs move to sign gay talent.

IS ADAM LAMBERT GAY OR BISEXUAL? WHO’S HIS DATG PARTNER?

" Lambert was honored at the Creative Coaln's annual Sundance Film Ftival gala by Cody Fern, who stars wh him Fairyland, a 1970s/80s g-of-age drama about a teen girl wh gay dads.

ADAM LAMBERT ON ‘BEHD THE MIC’: ‘I WAS ASHAMED OF’ BEG GAY

'"Adam Lambert on g out: 'The door flung open'Lambert has regularly discsed his g out experience and homophobia surroundg his Season 8 stt on "Idol.

"Lambert lucked out wh supportive parents; his mom qutned him about his sexualy after their fay saw a performance where the subject matter was about a gay man g out to his parents and all hell breakg loose. "Lambert says the real 'gay agenda' is tellg people 'don't be miserable'A "different ballgame" ed, but one wh s own share of backlash. When they say the gay agenda, which always gets unr my sk that they say stuff like that, I thk to myself, the only agenda I thk I and my muny have is to try to help people feel OK to be themselv, " he says.

‘AMERIN IDOL’ ALUM ADAM LAMBERT: BEG GAY ‘A’T A DISABILY’

He wonrs whether homophobia ed st him the got Lambert 'to trouble' – and what's next for LGBTQ munyEven after he me out publicly, prsur grew like weeds for the new celebry. And not jt among straight people, but gays too.

What kd of gay was Adam Lambert? Was he gay enough?

Early sgl om the album, Duran Duran’s “Ordary World” and Bonnie Tyler’s “Holdg Out For A Hero, ” have met wh high praise, and other standout tracks feature vers of songs by Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey, and a song penned by ​​gay playwright Noël Coward, who Lambert c as a longtime favore. ” His sophomore effort, Trpassg, went to No. 1 2012, makg him the first-ever openly gay sger to top the Billboard album charts.

IS ADAM LAMBERT GAY?

From filmmaker Andrew Durham and produced by Lost In Translatn’s Sofia Coppola, Fairyland is an adaptatn of Alysia Abbott’s memoir, which reunts her childhood San Francis the 1970s and ’80s, livg wh her sgle gay father agast the backdrop of a rapidly changg queer scene, om the boomg growth of the historic Castro district to the height of the HIV/AIDS epimic. Seeg a universal story of a father — who happens to be gay — a sgle father raisg a ltle girl, I thk ’s really important right now.

ADAM LAMBERT ON WHAT’S CHANGED FOR GAY ARTISTS SCE HIS ‘AMERIN IDOL’ RUN

’ And I thk seeg a universal story of a father — who happens to be gay — a sgle father raisg a ltle girl, I thk ’s really important right now. You’ve got to start givg people opportuni so that we do have big gay movie stars.

While Fairlyand boasts a queer-clive st and crew, ’s notable that the film’s leadg gay role — Alysia’s father, Steve — is played by McNairy, who is straight. “Yay another straight man playg a gay in, ” Lambert wrote at the time — accented wh an eye roll emoji.

ADAM LAMBERT: JEWISH AND GAY

“My ment no way suggts that I feel straight actors n’t play gay rol, ” Lambert clarifi, “bee I thk they do really well. Lambert has sce said was “probably” homophobia that st him that Idol w.

Lambert had been livg openly as a gay man Los Angel for eight years prr to appearg on Idol — ’s jt that his queerns was never explicly addrsed on the show.

“When [Adam] me out … was one of the first tim I saw reprentatn om someone who was gay and beg discsed, ” says Archuleta, who me out as part of the LGBTQ+ muny 2021 after years of stgglg to rencile his sexualy wh his Mormon upbrgg. It’s sometim challengg, sometim tratg — pecially back then, you know, beg a queer guy gog to the mic dtry, which at the time was not necsarily open arms for gay men.