"Amerin Idol" nner-up Adam Lambert opens up about beg gay, explorg his sexualy, his strategy for "Amerin Idol," his loss to Kris Allen and what the future holds, an exclive TV terview wh ABC News' "20/20."
Contents:
- ADAM LAMBERT'S GAY KISS AND HOMOPHOBIA
- ADAM LAMBERT'S GAY KISS ON STAGE GETS 1,500 PLATS
- ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'
- ADAM LAMBERT SLAMS GENE SIMMONS FOR HIS OFFENSIVE COMMENT ON BEG GAY
ADAM LAMBERT'S GAY KISS AND HOMOPHOBIA
Amerin Idol star Adam Lambert has revealed how his gay kiss at the 2009 Amerin Mic Awards nearly saw him slapped wh a lawsu. * adam lambert gay kiss *
Was a le crossed or do he get a pass bee he's gay?
Lambert, who is openly gay, said is "a form of discrimatn and a double standard" for anyone to object sce "women performers have been phg the envelope" for s. '"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. 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.
ADAM LAMBERT'S GAY KISS ON STAGE GETS 1,500 PLATS
And not jt among straight people, but gays too. What kd of gay was Adam Lambert? Was he gay enough?
ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'
This was an openly gay man kissg another man on televisn. Even daytime soap operas have featured gay and lbian kiss.
What do people thk gay men actually do when they like each other? I know, homophobia exists and is easily whipped up by overt, public monstratns of same-sexualy. In a Gallup poll taken May this year, 18 percent of Amerins said they felt unfortable around someone gay or lbian.
ADAM LAMBERT SLAMS GENE SIMMONS FOR HIS OFFENSIVE COMMENT ON BEG GAY
Almost a quarter said they would not like to see a gay person as a member of the print's bet, and more than a third said homosexuals should not be employed as high-school this whole episo is surely another illtratn of the generatnal divi attus to homosexualy. Poll found 58 percent of people aged 18–34 thought gay marriage should be legal, pared to 24 percent of those over 65. And young people were very cranky Tuday: on Twter, the hashtag "#ShameOnYouABC" started by blogger and gay activist Perez Hilton, was receivg roughly 3, 000 ments per hour all afternoon.
(Article ntued below…) It is temptg to wre the whole thg off as lame and overblown, a fight over the ut sensibili of a middle-Amerin TV dience agast the need of a gay pop sger to garner attentn, enterta, and ph back on shame. But then I thk of the self-loathg and stctive behavr of many young gay people g to terms wh their inty and the vlence of ignorant people toward them.