Adam Lambert: People Aren't Used to Seeg a Sexual "Gay Man" on TV - Us Weekly

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• 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'
• IS ADAM LAMBERT GAY OR BISEXUAL? WHO’S HIS DATG PARTNER?
• ADAM LAMBERT SAYS HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH POST-'AMERIN IDOL' INSPIRED HIM TO 'BE AS GAY' AS POSSIBLE
• ADAM LAMBERT ON ‘BEHD THE MIC’: ‘I WAS ASHAMED OF’ BEG GAY
• ADAM LAMBERT: A GAY ‘IDOL’ HS NO. 1
• COULD ADAM LAMBERT BEE THE FIRST GAY OR BISEXUAL 'AMERIN IDOL'?
• ADAM LAMBERT: PEOPLE AREN’T USED TO SEEG A SEXUAL “GAY MAN” ON TV
• ADAM LAMBERT SAYS FACG HOMOPHOBIA EARLY REER PHED HIM TO BE 'AS GAY AS I F---G N BE'
• ADAM LAMBERT SAYS HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH POST-'AMERIN IDOL' INSPIRED HIM TO 'BE AS GAY' AS POSSIBLE
• ADAM LAMBERT ON ‘BEHD THE MIC’: ‘I WAS ASHAMED OF’ BEG 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.

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

"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’. 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.

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

” Lambert currently stars bi Cody Fern the g-of-age film Fairyland about a teenage girl growg up wh gay dads. Lambert, who is openly gay, me out publicly June 2009, a month after his Idol season wrapped.

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

"I don't thk should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay, " he told Rollg Stone. He's sce paved the way for other openly gay artists the mic biz.

"Up until my season, anytime someone me on the show that was perceived to be gay or was obv enough that they were gay, they were a joke; They were ma fun of, " Lambert said. But 2020, acrdg to New York Post, Idol found s first openly gay wner Samantha Diaz, who go by the stage name Jt Sam.

The sger openly intifi as gay and is an advote for the LGBTQ muny. I remember before beg on the mic scene, LA gay clubs, the only people who wore makp were drag queens. '"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.

ADAM LAMBERT SAYS HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH POST-'AMERIN IDOL' INSPIRED HIM TO 'BE AS GAY' AS POSSIBLE

"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.

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.

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

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

ADAM LAMBERT: A GAY ‘IDOL’ HS NO. 1

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.

" 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.

COULD ADAM LAMBERT BEE THE FIRST GAY OR BISEXUAL 'AMERIN IDOL'?

| Cred: Noam Galai/Getty Imag Now, Lambert believ the mic dtry nsirs a "viable bs move to sign gay talent. " 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.

Wh the moment, he also stated the fact public that he is gay. Adam Lambert participated the 8th season of Amerin Idol as gay. Lambert answered, “I am gay, and I’m very fortable wh .

ADAM LAMBERT: PEOPLE AREN’T USED TO SEEG A SEXUAL “GAY MAN” ON TV

The sger don’t want to thk about for the send time whether the cisn to e out as gay was a good one or bad. He always wanted to get acknowledged as a sger and not as a gay. Adam Lambert ed to exprs his homosexualy after graduatg high school openly.

The first time g out as gay, Adam was volved an affair wh Sli Kosken. Adam Lambert is gay, and there is nothg to doubt or ny. The sger is open about thgs, and he shar his gay liftyle on social media.

The gay sger also dated other gay men. He is one of the few sgers who exprsed that he is gay whout hatg.

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

Durg season 8 of Amerin Idol 2009, the "Whataya Want om Me" performer was outed and faced homophobic ments om viewers across the untry.

"I thk he is fely like the gay pop star that is 2021 — he’s bold, he’s ntroversial, he’s phg boundari, " he said. It’s jt taken this long to have be a gay one. Adam Lambert is lookg back on the homophobia he endured after fishg as nner-up on Amerin Idol 2009 — and how sparked nfince wh him.

Dcribg the "very tertg journey" throughout the entertament dtry that followed his experience on the sgg petn show, Lambert said, "There were no gay guys. I'm gog to lean and I'm gog to be as gay as I f---g n be, and be flamboyant, and be wild. You helped me talk to my parents about beg gay.

ADAM LAMBERT SAYS HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH POST-'AMERIN IDOL' INSPIRED HIM TO 'BE AS GAY' AS POSSIBLE

He then regnized that the entertament field has "e so far terms of LGBTQ+ muni, " notg that " is now a viable bs move" for mic pani "to sign gay talent.

"It's a story about a father raisg his dghter on his own San Francis the 1970s, and 's the Gay Liberatn Movement and then to the 1980s wh the AIDS epimic, " tailed the mician.

Speakg to PEOPLE at the event, he elaborated on Fairyland as well as the potential impact of s story: "I'm really exced that I'm part of a film that looks at a grown gay man parentg a ltle girl, pecially a time where so much of the toxic rhetoric around anti-gay legislatn is like, 'What about the children? Gays shouldn't be around children, ' all this terrible BS...

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

As an out gay man who has always been unapologetilly himself, billowy sleev and all, the multalented mician now mat on how much attus and perceptns have changed sce his twk Idol days, when even his wearg makp on mastream TV was nsired a big al. His but, For Your Entertament, clud the Grammy-nomated track "Whataya Want From Me, " and his crilly acclaimed send effort, Trpassg, beme the first album by an out gay artist to reach the number 1 spot the U. As one of the few openly gay mastream pop artists on a major label, Adam Lambert has served as an spiratn to young people everywhere.