PS: I will link to Hicklin's letter as soon as I get my grubby paws on it.

I believe it... Which makes his "acceptance has come a long way" bit in the Out interview even funnier.

It really hasn't.

He gave a great interview, so...how is this his fault?

PPS:

Quotes from Lambert in the Out 100 issue:

"One of things that I don't like about the gay community is that people define themselves by their sexuality-and that's bullshit. It should't be about that. It should be that it just so happens that you're this or that, and that's your sexuality.

"It doesn't mean that that should dictate what your social group is or where you go out or who you talk to or what your interests are. That's bullshit. That's outdated. The segregation [from straight people]...is outdated. At a time, it was necessary because we weren't accepted. And now that acceptance is moving way forward, over the past 10 years. I think that we need to move forward too and I think we need to kind of like, stop being so segregated and just be."

"I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

What the hell does that even mean? Because the gay guy has draconian old-guard management you should shoot him in the gay foot? That is self-loathing freeper talk if I've ever seen it. "The gay guy has too hard of a battle ahead for his freedom of expression, I might as well just stick with the safe, straight vote." No wonder we don't have any fucking rights in this country.

Perhaps you should actually read the article itself before condemning Lambert based on what his marketing people seem to want. He's been consistently open about exactly who he is to the point of being criticized for it by both fans and non-fans.

Also, I truly can't understand what mentioning that you voted for "the other guy" does in the context of this article other than undermine your credibility and show your already existent bias against Lambert. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the story you are "attempting" to report on.

The people at Sony may be homophobic jerks, but your analysis is more than a little unfair to Adam.

He's 100% up front, and the Out interview is no exception. He talked about every subject they wanted him to talk about, and with far greater sophistication than I was expecting.

I'm mostly disappointed that apparently Out didn't include any of the best sound clips in the print edition. The online interview is far more provocative and compelling.

Yeah, He looks really butch on cover shot, no one would ever guess his sexual preference , not in million years.....

His management may be dithering but I doubt they'll be able to contain Adam. If they get too restrictive he'll blow them off. Hallopeen, anybody? Oh, and have you listened to Master Plan or Fever yet? :D That's our boy!!! Muah!!!

Not sure why you others are aways so bothered by this kind of thing. He' s admitted being gay.... What more do you want??

can't he now just be himself now. Jee wiz....

Ok. I have no small amount of rage toward his marketing people if this is true. (And I don't see why it wouldn't be - we know the industry is homophobic).

But I am actually as irate about YOUR editorial spin here: this is obviously something that ANY out gay musician at this point in his career would be struggling with and you're crazy if you think otherwise. Instead of critiquing the label and the marketing team, you're using it as an opportunity to try to shoot down Adam. Shame on you.

Really Musto, you're glad you voted for the other guy because Adam's management is squeamish about shutting out sales to the ignorant masses? That's really a stupid statement.

Adam is doing his best to be honest and is doing his best to entertain us (and hopefully make boatloads of money doing it). His handlers aside, he sure did a wonderful job of being completely forthright in this interview, didn't he?

I never dreamed that Adam would face such resistance from the lgbt community at large. Nowhere do I see attacks on him like I do from other gay men - nowhere. That's grotesque.

Also, now that I ticked you off, can you help me out and explain where we can find this "sharp-penned" letter from Aaron Hicklin? Is it printed in the Out issue?

Yea, the other guy is much more openly gay!!

Why are gay publications the absolute most viscious Adam Lambert critics? I don't get it.

He's either too gay or too straight and can never win. They let him have the glam album cover and people complained that he was "too gay". His management try to closet him and now he's "not gay enough".

Honestly, why not look at the positive things here. He came out right at the beginning of his career even though it led to him dealing with bullshit from all sorts of people as a result. Do you know what it's like to have that much noise come at you just b/c of who u want to sleep with? I don't think so.

"Just be and go play" >>>>>what adam says in the article. Why so much drama?

Hey, the "voted for the other guy" thing was a joke. I apologize if it backfired.

I honestly don't watch American idol and call in at the end of the show! I'm too cheap!

I don't hold what happened against Adam--though he's obviously gone along with the Details thing and now with these other parameters.

Granted I know little about the music industry, but I'm pretty sure an artist doesn't control everything their management does. If they've really done that, that's frustrating and worth talking about.

But it's not his fault, and thus your blaming Adam -- who has always been open and honest, even if he's not perfect -- for what his HANDLERS have done and smugly claiming now you feel even better about voting for the other guy seems to be nothing than a pretty obvious pre-existing bias. Great job.

Why is anyone surprised by this? Adam may talk about being gay but then he goes on cover shoots with naked women. His "people" know exactly what they're doing - trying to convince delusional women out there that they've got a chance and that it's okay to fantasize about a gay man because he's willing to sleep with women.

You closet defenders are coming out in full force!!!

I agree with all the comments above, this "article" is bullshit pretty much.

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

LOL Wow. This comment here makes me realize I shouldn't care at all about what you say about Adam Lambert ever. Or any gay person ever again for that matter.

JFC.

Dude. That must also be why they made him look so butch for his album cover. The nerve!

Why does the gay media have so much against Adam? He's been very open. What does he need to do to please you? Great you voted for the other guy. Keep up with hiding in the closet and banishing anyone who is too gay for your comfort level.

Nice job.

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

This sounded way to childish and bitter. what does who you voted for have to do with the guy or his management?.He gave one of the best interviews in OUT and obviously with a more matured interviewer who was able to bring to the fans some interesting bits abt Adam.

and if his mgt is really like u say, the song master plan wld never be released and his album cover wld never have seen the light of day. so it cld all be in your head.

They didn't care about his album cover being too gay...but they care about him looking too gay on a gay magazine? That's interesting.

Well this little writeup is pointless...

I was so happy with Out's interview with Adam today, and this little blurb is tainting it. Blech, I'll just go read it again and forget about this.

IKR, his album cover (the cover that really matters) just screams white bread, straight boy.

Why are you faulting Adam for his management's ALLEGED restrictions??
You feel better that you voted for the other guy? Sorry for your life that you voted for factors other than vocal ability in a singing competiton. Sounds like YOU are the one stuck in the dark ages.

What "Details thing"? Are you seriously still pissy about the naked chick? Did you read that article at all? Clearly not.

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."
"I honestly don't watch American idol and call in at the end of the show! I'm too cheap!"

Oh! You didn't really watch or vote for American Idol?
Well that makes it easier for me to believe you are not telling the truth in the rest of the article then. Thanks for that.

You sound like some of those Kris Allen fans that are so bitter about all the attention Adam is getting.

I LOVED what Adam had to say. He wants all people to act and be treated equally, despite their sexuality. Isn't that the ideal? He's way ahead of his time; as a writer perhaps it's time you entered the 21st century yourself.

It's so gross that Adam's people are so wishy washy!! Why can't they just let him be gay and let people deal with it?

"though he did also manage to get in the fact that he's gay"

Don't you think you're glossing over, oh, I don't know, the entire ~point of what he said in the Details article? Let alone the interview he did for Out? The guy can't win, can he? He's either "too gay" or "not gay enough", and much of that is coming from people in his own community.

One more thing...

IF this is true, this is something Adam is going to have to deal with and struggle with.
We know he got the album cover he wanted, we know the lyrics to some of his songs reference male love interests. He's obviously not rolling over and letting them straighten him up. Discounting HIM for perhaps "choosing his battles" will do nothing by way of progress.

Musto quoted from the Out interview. Hardly glossing over. And he said Adam gave a great interview in Out.

But the photo spread in details was hard to overlook. It really had an agenda to it.

Update: Hicklin's lettter has now been linked in the above post.

It's good that we can count on guys like Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen) to give an unbiased opinion of Lambert's talent - which talent, after all, is the only reason all the big guns of the music industry are backing him to the hilt. Lambert looks set to fulfil Brian May's prediction that he is going to be a world star.

As for him being "gay".

Q: Have many gay artists in the music industry made the cross over into mainstream music without having to make concessions that obfuscate their sexual orientation? Have any?

A: No. Adam Lambert is the first.

Semi-closeted - what bollocks! Read the interview, for goodness sake, and stop waffling rubbish about the Out cover.

I think it's really sad the lack of support the gay community has for Adam. This isn't his fault if his management insists on being old-school about his publicity. Look at his album cover, has there ever been anything more gay than that? He clearly had total control over that and ultimately isn't how he's immortalized on his album 10x more important than a magazine cover or two?

Adam's a big boy, he can call his shots. No one's giving E19 credit for the music he comes up with. He's playing the game, free will still exists, it's just a matter of how much money it's worth.

Michael, shame on you -- you are proud that you voted for the less talented person on a reality TV show because of how 19 Management is run. That is completely ignorant because 19 Management also manages "the other guy".

After reading that letter from the editor, I think it is safe to say that Adam will not be appearing on the magazine cover anytime soon-by HIS choice. Adam sells magazines and I think your editor just shot himself in the foot big time.

Just let him live his life! It is ridiculous. I don't run around shouting from the rooftops that I am straight. Why should Adam be held to a different standard?

what ya want from him?. I think that song is directed at the gay community.There's no pleasing u people.

when is this OUT function?. cld it be that he is really busy with AMA performance and maybe promoting his album after that.he has not even had time for one radio promo for his single FYE. but no the only logical conclusion is his management wants to de-gay him.

also maybe if u had asked as nice as details people u wld have gotten the cover but just ur attitude from this bit reads entitlement and that's probably why u didn't get it..

Please don't call him a "world star" before he actually has released an album. His first two singles flopped big time.

Brian May predicted that "Time For Miracles" would become a worldwide hit. Well, it didn't, and Lambert's first single from his album didn't even chart on Billboard.

Let me see you are glad you voted for someone with a kareoke talent ove Lambert's exceptional mega talent because he is gay? Or because his handlers are stifling him? READ the interview. I have never read anyones who is so open and excepting of themself in my frigin life. Maybe Adam should hide behind his mommies skirts and everyone elses tails and then you will accept him? What a hypocrite and jerk you are. Adam is about music, entertainment, everything else is his own damn business. You just admitted that you didnt vote for talent but for your nations acceptance.

All you media guys are a bunch of hypocrites seeking readers. Nobody is perfect. You should be focusing on his music not his sexual preferences or personal life.

If you read between the lines it seems Aaron Hicklin is really MOSTLY annoyed that Details got the cover before them. The print addition shows only highly provocative one liners when Adam really gave a very honest, insightful interview that can only be viewed online. The writer of this little blurb also shows questionable intent with his ignorant last sentence. OK Fine, let's all pack it in and only vote for safe since the world is so cruel. gah.

It is so sad to see the gay community attacking Adam in this way, he has not been anything but OPEN and UPFRONT and he is not receiving any support from you, your little write-up reads like a whining session about Details getting the cover with Adam and not you.. we were all looking forward to this interview and cover but now you have tainted it

So Adam insisted on a straight on the cover with him because he doesn't believe in segregation?

But it's a gay magazine!

If he was on the cover of a singers' magazine, would he insist there also be a banjo player??

Err...You voted for the OTHER guy????
I know you definitely don't want to hear from this straight female right here, but you're going to. I don't appreciate your venomous lies you tell about Adam or us fans. I haven't even bought the Details Magazine, I planned on it...Didn't feel like running the same rat race as I did to acquire his RS cover. Getting to the point...What does fantasies matter anyway? NOBODY THINKS WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO ADAM'S PANTS. No wait a minute. You mean he's not going to let us all line up like Brad Pitt does. I thought all stars offered that service. Not.

Well, thanks for the link Musto. That is a really hard letter to read and I'm not happy about it at all.

It doesn't change the fact that Adam is recording music that represents who he is, and covering his album in a way that represents who he is. So your statement about voting for the other guy (although perhaps in jest) seems to be punishing Adam for what his management did.

I've been hearing rumors about Adam appearing in Out for months, and reading the linked letter, Out had been talking to Adam's people during his run on Idol. As you can read in the Out interview, Adam was really worried about the whole focus of the contest being about the gay than about the music, so he was upset when those pics of him kissing his bf were leaked. While in the competition, I can sort of understand why the powers that be were reluctant to have Adam participate in this issue. Not excusing it, but understanding it. Adam really, really wanted to be judged on his voice and talent, and not dismissed summarily because of his sexuality.

Anyway, the tone of your article implies that, in some way, Adam is allowing himself to be pushed back into the closet. I don't see that at all. I guess he just didn't get pissy with his management's fence-sitting tactics soon enough.

Thinking that he is being closeted at this point is ridiculous thought. He admitted his gay on print and national TV. What more is there to admit. Isn't it enough to say it, to live it?

And you saying that you feel better voting for the right guy and saying that you don't really watch AI. You just want to start trouble. You are so envious of Adam that you don't want him to succeed. Why are you like that? Can't you be happy for him. Should you shoot him down because you are not happy with you life.

Now that people are reacting negatively to your write-up , you hide behind the editor's note. LMAO! What asshat you are!!

Wow. Talk about animals in the wild eating their young! I have never in my life been more disgusted than I am by cannibalistic, self-righteous gay publications such as Out, IVoice and Gawker who instead of supporting Lambert decide to harass and malign him while he struggles to be a successful recording artist because he doesn't live up to their standards of how a gay star should behave. Let's see:

Gay album cover - check.
Male pro-nouns in songs on album - check
Public boy kissing - check
Interviews in Details and Out that intelligently discuss his sexuality - check.

His management company couldn't reign him in if they tried and it's obvious that Adam isn't going to let them. Instead of treating this major talent like a pariah why not celebrate his talent and unique perspective? It's a wonder he hasn't caved from all the pressure put on him from both sides by now.

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

Are you serious? You blame Adam for his handlers? How ridiculous is that?
Perhaps you and his handlers should get a grip on what Adam and his fans already know: That his sexual preference is his own thing and it shouldn't matter. Period.

The whole post was about the editor's comments and the editor's letter. I made one jesty comment at the end, reflecting my displeasure with the process behind Adam. (I mentioned his "people" and "handlers" so many times in the post it was very clear who the target was.)

I then clarified that the one line was a joke, though I'm still not happy with the marketing process he's gone along with.

The second I got a link to Hicklin's letter, I posted it.

You can twist all that however you like.

This is so sadly typical of the perspective I have seen from so much of the "gay media". Nowhere has there been more consistent Adam-bashing for his being too queeny or not gay enough. What's up with this?

I have never read more open interviews about a subject's sexuality than the interviews Adam grants. I guess he should keep quiet, so as to please his gay audience (if he even has one). All the queers I read seem to like sweet little Kris Allen so much more. Maybe it's because of the music, but maybe it's just because you think he's cuter and less threatening. There have been more than a few such cracks about why straight women might prefer Adam Lambert.

I think it's time for the comparisons to stop and for the gay community to celebrate that someone new to the celebrity biz is openly proclaiming his homosexuality in spite of the threat that poses to his potential success--instead of consistently slamming him.

Finally we get an out from the start super-talented gay performer - and the gay press and much of the gay community can do nothing but bash him. He's too effeminate, a big queen, not butch enough. Everyone wanted him to be more straight looking, less fem. Now he's also not gay enough for you. What the hell? My cat could tell he's gay! My 90-year old aunt in Iowa could tell he's gay!

Can you stop seeing him as some iconic bullwark you need to shape to suit you and start noticing that his management team is trying to - you know - make him a success so that he can be out there for years to come?

PS: I didn't say I was above the act of calling in a vote. I said I was cheap, remember?

@Anonymous, don't you think it's a little early in the game to call his two singles a flop? Duh, his album hasn't even been released yet. BTW, Adam is ahead of Kris on iTunes at least, last time I checked.

FYI Musto(for when you would like vote based on things that have no relevance to the competition) It is FREE to vote for American Idol.

Wow, so Adam's handlers are behaving a certain way, you admit that Adam gave a great interview, but you STILL take a pot-shot at him in the end. How is any of this Adam's fault? What a nasty article.

The letter from the Out Editor was the most patronizing piece of garbage I've ever read.

Perhaps he's still suffering a bit of butt hurt over Adam being on the cover of Details? Because of course we all realize that Lambert should only do covers for gay publications! It's amazing how many seemingly intelligent people miss the point of the Details story, that Lambert is attractive to members of the opposite sex who fantasize about him regardless of his sexuality, and instead they decide to focus on, "OMG! No! Tell me it isn't so! Gay man! Female flesh!!!!!" It's kind of hysterical actually, especially in an interview that discusses Lambert's boyfriend. God forbid he actually tries to have a career and appeal to everybody and not just gays!

As for the Editor making mention of offering covers to Lambert before Idol was finished, I hope this dweeb realizes Lambert couldn't accept anything until after the finale. The Entertainment Tonight story used a stock photo.

Wow. I have news for the Hicks. No way could he get Kris Allen on the cover, alone, either. His management is busy trying to keep him in the closet as well!

19E,RCA,JIVE -- they should just let them be. What happens, happens -- but at least it would happen on their own terms.

Correction: Hicklin, not Hicks. My apologies hicks everywhere. :D

@staciegirlie: No, it's not too early. "Time for Miracles" charted for one week at #50 and then disappeared completely from the charts.

"For Your Entertainment" sold only 18,000 copies in its first week and failed to chart on Billboard. This is one of weakest first-week results in the history of American Idol, by a wide margin. Theoretically, the song could still chart, but it's not getting any radio play.

iTunes pre-order album charts are meaningless. If you have a look at the singles chart, you can see that Lambert is not doing well at all, even though he's being promoted to death.

@FYEFTW Are you insightful? Or inciteful? LOL.

WOW. I made my comment before even reading that nasty letter from the editor addressed to ADAM. That letter is really over the line and brutal. I think Aaron Hicklin needs to chill. Everyone everywhere seems to think they have the RIGHT to dictate Adam's career. He's not your poster boy or anyone else's. He's just a man who sings really well and is trying to make a living out of it. GIVE the guy a GD break.

Musto I accept your apology for your dumb remark. No one is twisting anything, it was just dumb.

No wonder so many celebrities stay in the closet. I have never seen more vindictive, jealous and hard to please people than I've witnessed in the gay media while curiously following Lambert's career.

The person above who likened them to cannibals was right on target.

@Anonymous those single sales numbers did not include the single sales for the first three days that were only sold via Adam's web site. Sorry about your bitter life.

And yeah, album sales mean something last time I checked.

I see the Glamberts - Skanks have made their way here (as usual) -ready and on the attack - I'm embarrased to be an Adam fan.... God knows they are all experts about the gay community

I would enjoy seeing Kris Allen on the cover of Out.

Preferably shirtless. Get on it!

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.
Freddie Mercury

He wasn't out from the start. He was outed by the kissing his boyfriend pictures and then he played it coy until the contest was over. He wasn't out or honest.

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

wow. Him coming out a few *months* into his career, publicly shown w/ boyfriend, him using "he" in lyrics, cover and candid article in OUT (and everywhere else he's been candid about his sexuality) are not gay enough for you? But then of course, there's the people who wish he were less "queeny" and more "straight-acting" (no makeup, cover too "campy/femme", why can't he change himself so he's got less in common w/ a stereotype you dislike etc etc)--mostly gay sites. Way to be part of a supportive community.

If you just liked "the other guy's" music better, no harm, no foul, but seriously you seem to be punishing Adam for not being 1000% your ideal (though who knows how he could fulfill it). It seems like the real problem is that you think Kris is **cuter** and more **safely straight-acting** and he doesn't threaten your old guard notions of what gay "should be"... which is easy because, even though he's a sweet, cute guy HE'S NOT GAY.

Pretty pathetic, and embarrassing that someone who makes a living thinking and writing thoughtfully on these topics seems to have such huge logic failure/ugly biases.

@Nevermore: The first-week numbers include all sales, also those from his website.

Album sales mean a lot, but not iTunes pre-orders. Almost 70 percent of album sales are still physical CD sales.

@LJSmith

By all means, move along then. "Go buy the other guy's record" as Adam would say. We wouldn't want you to be embarassed.

Why does everyone think Kris is so straight? Everyone's got a little bit of bi in them. I'm not usually wrong about these things, and that boy is curious.

@LJSmith I sincerely doubt you are an Adam fan my friend. If so you'd see that posters on this blog are not attacking anyone but rather defending Adam Lambert by mentioning issues that many in the gay community, myself included, have had problems with in the past.

The Editor of Out could have easily addressed his letter to Adam's management instead of assuming his complacency and calling Adam out in a rude, self-entitled grand standing piece of crap.

I hate the internet. God Bless Adam Lambert for daring to try and sing songs and perform.

I never expected an attack on Adam from you and your magazine. Did you realize that you could hurt his career with statements like yours? Voting for American Idol is free, unless you text votes and yet you claim to have voted for the "other guy". Which is it? Adam was by far the best singer, yet he lost because of his sexuality.

Thanks for your wonderful critique, NOT. You and your magazine should be ashamed, did you not realize that you could hurt his career by these statements? It is one thing to say that his management is behind the times, but you went further and attacked Adam. I am disgusted.

Mark, that seems unnecessary. If you actually read the OUT magazine I can't imagine why you'd feel the need to say anything negative about Kris Allen. Adam might be breaking down barriers, but someone like Kris is doing his damn best to show a different kind of Southern, straight man--an incredibly accepting one.

And this gay man voted for Kris because he liked his voice and music the best. Stop making American Idol out to be an election. It's not. Find another way to defend Adam.

Make up your fcking mind, gay media, blogger, whatever. One day you're all bashing Adam being too gay are hurting gay's image, the next day, you're whining about Adam not being gay enough.

@anonymous...You say that only physical album sales count? Why do you talk in such loops? Adam's album hasn't even been released yet. Again, too early to call if it's a flop or not. No, I'm stuck with Kris Allen's album being released on my birthday. Talk about insult to injury.

And Mark, you're so right about this writer hurting Adam with his article. I can't believe that some in the gay community want to tear a bridge such as Adam down. I'm really beginning to suspect the person harrassing Adam on youtube is one of his own hating on him.

Why do hetero people claim to understand a single thing about queers? I've experimented with several gay boys in my straight life. IT'S NOTHING SHOCKING OR UNUSUAL PEOPLE. Leave the boy alone and if you don't want to know how the sausage is made or tasted, don't ask.

And don't pretend that women are so lovely after drinking, partying, and hanging out for 12 hours or whatever. Reality much?

Arionne, he's been out since he got out of high school. Everyone knew he was gay. He did not answer the "gay" question until after AI because he wanted to avoid the press frenzy until after the AI run - he preferred to get it all said in Rolling Stone.

The pix of him kissing Brad are nothing - there are dozens of pix of him all over the Internet in which he is obviously gay. There are videos that have been on youtube for YEARS in which he is obviously gay - a few where he actually mentions it in banter to the audience. Check your facts - stop relying solely on USA Today and Fox News. Use your brain and do a little checking elsewhere.

So, Out Magazine kisses butt with Adam's management in order to have him on the cover (because they know he sells issues) and then turns around and slams him in the Editor's column? Very classy indeed. This guy made it sound like they offered Adam the cover and he refused to be on it by himself which is very curious considering Out's Top 100 issue usually features more than one individual.

My 19 year old gay son was thrilled to read Adam's interview on line this morning. Lambert is someone my son looks up to, someone who makes my child feel better about himself. Now after checking out the Editor's remarks we both decided we will be not be purchasing. The entire brilliance of the interview was tainted by some sour man's remarks.

Sorry for leaving all this on your blog Mark, but do you know of an online way I can address this issue with this Hicklin person other than writing a "letter to the Editor?"

@staciegirlie: No, I'm saying that all sales count. I was talking about market shares.

You brought up iTunes, and I pointed out that you cannot make predictions based on album pre-orders on iTunes, because their market share in album sales is small, and so is Amazon's.

I didn't call Adam's album a flop. I was talking about his first two singles.

I find this totally unbelievable! It just never stops! Just let Adam sing and do his thing. Why can't you media just give him a break? He can do nothing right for you - especially the gays. Why can't you just let him be already? Obviously you gays don't like him but there are plenty of people that adore him and just want to see him succeed. He is so talented and such a sweetie! Why place roadblocks in every corner for him? Why is it coming from "his" people? All I know is that I love every bit of him. He is so real and candid in his interviews and doesn't try to be anything but himself. It should be about the fact that he can sing his ass off but you just won't let that happen. Shame on you!!!

Geez, Musto, doncha know enough about Adam to know that he doesn't want to be painted into anybody's preconceived "box"??? I guess he'll never be "gay" enough for the gay community or he'll be "too gay" for the straight community. Maybe some of us, no matter what our sexuality is, just enjoy the fact that Adam offers us a real adult choice to fun music & attitude instead of the tweeny, Swift Taylor, Miley Cyrus crap! And, he does possess incredible vocal skills that few can claim to have.

and when his video comes out and it's called completely OTT gay will you then condemn him for "being too gay" and ruining his shot at mainstream acceptance?

WTF? Adam isn't the poster child for gay america. He's a singer who happens to be gay. He's been up front about it and as open as any celebrity I've ever seen. He can't control the business side of what his management does. All he can do is make the music he loves and hope that the fans enjoy it.

However, with the continue and pervasive insults, even from within the gay community, he clearly has an uphill battle ahead of him.

I think his pollyanna outlook about acceptance being around the corner is obviously naive and I'm sad to think that he's about to get a dose of reality and perhaps have some of that spirit crushed...

I have to say the gay community's lack of support for this amazingly talented OUT AND PROUD GAY SINGER disgusts me!

"though I'm still not happy with the marketing process he's gone along with."

You're not happy with it?! We know his GAY! Would I rather see him kissing a dude on a magazine cover? HELL YES! But do I have a problem with him French kissing a girl on a magazine cover? No. Because those pics had EVERYTHING to do with that article. Read it and maybe you'll get it. And hey, if I was him, I'd get the money (and support) where it comes from! It's as simple as that! Maybe if/when he actually has had success in the business, he can do whatever the ef he wants!

The most of GAY community has never really supported him. Since day one they were behind the OTHER GUY, but now they expect Adam to market himself according to their standards? That's funny!

And you're saying that as if he was FORCED to do the Details cover? lol Have you actually read any of his interviews?

Ho many hits has this little blog article got so far? I'm already sensing a follow-up story coming after they see how "succesful" this one was.

I am horrified by your article,Musto, and even more upset over the editor of Out's editorial. I was so thinking I loved Adams honest and inciteful answers in the interview and was ready to purchase a number of copies of OUT . Now I have my doubts as to whether I want to support that magazine at all.

What makes you better than Perez Hilton in your bashing members of your own gay community who only seek to be themselves?
Adam is walking a fine line in order to try to be real. Mostly because of the catty ,jealous gay community ,who have not shown any support for his talent or honesty.

You and the editor of Out are no better than the straight community who you accuse of bigotry. You both only want to use Adam for your own self serving interests. Adam Lambert has done more for gay rights ,just by being the wonderful human being that he is than you,OUT magazine or all your whinners.

If I were Adam I would have nothing to do with the lot of you.

After reading this and the editor's letter, OMG you guys are really cray cray and weird. After Adam giving tha wonderful interview sayin how his sexuality dont define yourself. You guys forget that adam is a person and being gay dont define him as a person!! OMG I'm really upset and I am a lesbian myself. I'm not saying that what adam's handlers did isnt true but you guys callin HIM out like it was his fault is just as ridiculous! This is way I like RS they would never betray adam like that!!
Really pissed.

I love the way people say FYE the album has failed. It has not been released yet!

TFM is a soundtrack single, and it charted but was not a blockbuster, but it is on the soundtrack for the movie, which is selling well. The single FYE has been out for one week and is gaining on the major stations and moving up steadily. This is a brand new artist - it takes a few weeks to get full airplay and sales to get onto the Top 40. People like Britney get instant airplay - Adam Lambert will - just not in his first week.

oh and adam himself said that he didnt want to be the civil rights leader. SO GTFO

Wow, Michael, I just looked up "passive-aggressive" in the dictionary and guess what? There's a picture of you!

Fortunately, Adam Lambert was not put on this earth to live up or down to your expectations of what his life or career should look like. Stop trying to put the man in a box. He is a beautiful human being, inside and out, and an extraordinarily gifted singer and performer.

I've seen probably every interview he's done, and if you had done any research at all, you'd know that Adam is his own person, likes to push the envelope, and says a resounding 'yes' to life. For someone so young, he is remarkably centered and in touch with who he is. He's open and refreshingly honest and doesn't appear to have a hurtful bone in his body. This should be something all of us celebrate in a fellow human being.

I consider people like Adam a gift. Next time, maybe a simple thank you would be nice.

I love how the gay community supports the closeted gay boy from Arkansas just because they like his looks better that the guy who's just trying to live his life openly and honestly. Hypocrites.

This eat-your-own-young mentality in the gay community probably keeps more influential and potentially game changing people in the closet than the straights ever have.

What Mr Hecklin and you did to Adam Lambert, who has been nothing but "gracious and frank" is almost frightening.
Enjoy the extra sales of your magazine this month that will come from Adam's fans. Some of these fans may look like "six-foot Barbie"s - an eloquent quote from Mr. Hecklin about a beautiful woman who was featured in the Detail magazine. Here is the letter in full: http://vvoice.vo.llnwd.net/e12/4111109.0.pdf

I agree with Leah: If ADAM isn't living his life ... both professional & personal ... the way you want him to then feel free to find some Casper Milktoast who's lyrics & persona make you feel safe. ADAM doesn't need people who question his every move. After all it's his talent that has gotten him through life thus far and I for one think that this young artist has a VISION for himself ... so if you disagree (both the straights & the gays) MOVE along to someone else. I'm sure there are enough of US (his UNBIASED fans) to support him in his long awaited & fought for CAREER!!! JMO

HaHa, and you thought the claymates were bad. These are not regular readers or they wouldn't be so surprised that you don't support gay American Idols. In or Out.

the real irony about that letter to the editor is that they say they hope ADAM doesn't mess it up. ADAM? Adam is doing everything he can to be successful and tools like the one who wrote that letter are doing everything they can to sabotage him.

I'd laugh at the idea that Adam's management is trying to "straight" him if I hadn't seen his recent album cover and video preview pictures.

Perhaps the problem is that OUT asked for Adam to be on their cover during Idol and NONE of the idols are permitted to be on the cover of magazines during the show. You could've done what EW did and run more of an editorial issue on him and gotten around the issue of favoritism but you didn't. I think the problem OUT really has is that they wanted to be Adam's first cover. Instead they are fourth, following EW, RS and then Details.

Adam has said he doesn't want to be the leader of the movement. Let him just be an entertainer. Him being gay is beside the point. It's not what defines him, as he said so eloquently himself.

OK, I'm a straight girl. So I won't pretend knowing the real gay community. Someone enlighten me please, why among all the Adam bashing I've read online, the harshest, the most persistent ones are coming from gay media, and gays themselves? Is Adam really the worst gay celeb to you out there?

Not make the photo too gay! Has Mr. Editor seen the album cover?! What an unprofessional letter and slap in the face to someone who just gave an open and honest and somewhat controversial interview.Someone who has "come out" at the beginning of his career and did not wait until he was established. has anyone ever done that before? Someone who just wants to "sing his face off" for us. And, if you think being openly gay isn't going to affect Adam's record sales, you are delusional, sir. The one place I would have expected support though, is from the gay community. This letter is sad and I will not be buying Out magazine ever!

Michael, I am so pissed right now I could scream! First of all just the fact that everything in the magazine biz is always a month behind real time, all of this is just much ado about nothing. Adam's behavior, his music, and his album cover make it very clear who he is, his manangement couldn't put that genie back in the bottle if they wanted to. No need to.

The gay community seems it wants Adam to wave a flag, and just walk around with a t-shirt that says I love Dick and women repulse me. Then and only then will you be happy. It doesn't matter that he tweets about 'peen', and had a boyfriend that he held hands with and kissed in public. All that matters to you is that he also had a semi-naked woman on his lap. Somehow that scares you. It scares those folks at OUT too.

How can a man who talks so honestly about his life ungay himself? I as a female fan also am insulted at you and alot of your commenters that you fucking imply that because I like Adam, that I wanna fuck him. That I am so stupid to think that because he will kiss a woman, he might wanna hit it too. While I am sure there are alot of women that might feel that way, there are just as many gay men such as yourself lusting over Kris Allen. What's the difference? Hell he said he had a crush on Adam too. Wtf does that mean? What is his game? Is he trying to unstraight himself?

I only brought Kris up because you did. I usually don't give two flying figs about him, he's a non-entity to me, as are the anonymous posters suppying the numbers proporting Adam's failure. This article had nothing to do with that. So it's irrelevant as are they. Now I would not be surprised if he does fail. Some straights won't even listen to him because he's gay, some gay's are upset because he's not gay enough. He's caught between that rock and hard place, and it's unfortunately that although it might sound sexy, it ain't.

I feel you are all a bunch of hypocrites. It seems the Details photos ruffled alot of feathers, and it's obvious that he's not gay enough for you. I find the notion old fashioned and out of step with who Adam so plainly said he is. I am so insulted with you, the letter from the editor of OUT, and most of your ignorant commenters. This is just so bad, on so many levels. Where is the acceptance for being who you are? I guess only on certain people's terms?

It's good you voted for someone else. Adam was definitely not going to make it worth your while.

Adam's RS issue was their most sold issue in a long time. Why? mostly because of his fans. I thought this was the best interview he's ever had, and so did many other people. I was gonna buy the mag, but now? NO THANK YOU! Thanks Mr EDITOR for ruining his wonderful interview with your BS.

Regarding the numbers, someone called him a "world star." I simply pointed out that he's not.

oh lord adam lambert fans are annoying.

Oh dear.
Look at what you have wrought MM.
I for one stand by your post/comments.
That oddly ambiguous Details editorial was nonsense. And you're entitled to make your jokes about "voting for the other guy". Lambert is not infallible. He has a mind of his own and he willingly cooperated with his management's despicable tactics. I suppose, in an era of betrayed capitalism, that behavior is expected.

F*ck Adam Lambert.

Although the Out cover is fine by me, the obsessive fanaticism of American Idol is not. It seems as though any criticism leveled against their, well, idol, is not allowed. Stand tall MM, you've done well.

you feel "better that you voted for the other guy"? That comment literally made me sick

@Anonymous: Annoying? Maybe. But so are Adam Lambert detractors like yourself who seemingly have nothing better to do than spend their evening reading comments on a blog and actually respond to them! I honestly believe that people who dislike Adam Lambert are more obsessed with him than those that enjoy him. LOL.

er Michae..have you seen his album cover? gayest most flaming thing ever. he is a total QUEEN !

A letter to Mr. Hicklin:
Dear Mr. Hicklin,so you also adds to the bashing of Adam Lambert. Do not fault him for the antiquated minds of his management company. Your quote "we're all counting on you not to mess this up" is ridiculous. There have been many Gay stars that came before Adam and the way should have already half way been paved.

Why should this fall totally to him because others were afraid of what society might think or how their careers would be affected. I applaud him for being open and out at the beginning of his career as so many did not dare.

Adam will be criticize no matter what he does. I hope people that are not of the fan base will give him a chance as he is a wonderful singer and performer. If Adam decides to take up any political agendas, I hope it is on his own terms and when he is ready. Right now it is about his music.

Oh crap the delusional Glamberts have arrived.

The picture that surfaced yesterday of the video shoot for FYE don't look at all safe and faimily friendly to me, male and female dancers in bondage gear LOL That video is going to be fun. Adam is an actor too remember, a lot of his aim is to channel fantasy, and that has everything and nothing to do with his sexuality.

Aaron Hicklin,

What a disgusting letter you wrote to Adam. And this was printed in the magazine as your editorial? HOW RUDE. I hope he never saw it, I'm sure if he did he would have thought "WTF Gay Community - Where is the Support?". But I think he pretty much stated that in the excellent interview he gave you - the gay community does not support him.

What a shame you couldn't let go of your massive ego and congratulate him for being such a sensational singer, brave enough to face the criticism of Middle America - or is that the criticism of the gay community?

Of course it would be easier to get Kris Allen to do a cover shot with, he's boring and not in demand from the media.

What an ignorant self-centered idiot you are.

I was so proud of Out for that wonderful article and for putting Adam on the cover. I am literally in shock at what they did to him. Can we just for once support someone who is out and proud?

"Right now it is about his music."

No, right now it's about attention. Any kind of attention. Adam Lambert will do anything for attention.

Really, Anonymous at 8:04 p.m.? Lo siento, pobrecito! How about magazine editors whining about Adam Lambert? Are THEY "boring", too? (That would be a "yes".)

Disingenous much, Messers Hicklin and Musto? What would you have preferred Adam do? E.g., what should he have worn on your cover, so as to be obviously gay but not stereotypically so, but just right, kind of like a gay Goldilocks?
"Details" apparently agreed to an article and cover post-AI; did "OUT" want and expect Adam to give them some scoop during the show? What were your terms, because PR negotiations aren't one-sided, are they?

"No, right now it's about attention. Any kind of attention. Adam Lambert will do anything for attention"

For this article the statement was that Out went to his management company for the cover which brings attention. Adam didn't seek them out. For me it is about his music. I don't give a darn what it is about for you.

My advice to Adam: Don't let anyone tell you who you are or what you should be doing. Be true to yourself. You'll be fine.

JoseC what is wrong with you? I said Adam Lambert FANS are annoying. And I read the Village Voice regularly, I don't go searching out Adam articles on the internet to comment on them unlike the people going on and on about his sales in the comments.

I actually like the guy a lot, but even he thinks his fans are annoying as hell.

a sure sign that Ronald Reagan destroyed America's mind, giving the whole country his Alzheimer's -- the previous blog posting about a horrific worse-than-Matthew Shepard hate crime murder of a young gay boy gets 8 comments whereas hundreds of imbeciles seem all het up about whethe rLa Daily M., who clearly states she never watched Idol, never votes for anyone because she is too cheap, etc etc makes these shitheads "vomit" -- they have no problem with gays being beheaded, but a vote for American Idol one way or the other makes them puke -- why don';t all Adam Lambert fans volunteer to go to Afghanistant and get mutilated immediately -- pretty please?

Amen carlottina!

Again, regarding the sales numbers, someone called him a "world star," and I simply pointed out that he's not.

Here's a riddle! What happens to an editor whose ego causes a drop in sales of the magazine he works for, in a bad economy?

He is stupid to antagonize Adam Lambert's fanbase that made the Rolling Stone Adam cover issue sell out and have gobbled up the Details Adam cover issue but who will now boycott this issue of Out. The letter is also going to piss off the other four people on the Out 100 cover - another bad business decision. And fwiw, Lambert can now add the editor to his Dick list, right under Gene Simmons.

Come on, give Musto a break for the "I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy." comment. He's not the only one who voted for the other guy, obviously. I personally have never second guessed my voting for Kris, the most deserving IMO. If I had voted for Adam, I would now be starting to second guess my vote, however. Famewhore extraordinaire, that's Adam.

you're such a hypocrite.

This kerfuffle isn't about looking too gay or too straight, it's about sales and sour grapes. OUT saw how Adam's RS cover flew off the shelves and wanted him on the cover regardless of 19E's terms.

Then I guess after Mr. Hicklin bent over for 19E they didn't send roses, because now he's all in a snit and blaming his cover boy.

What a great article it would be to track how 19E wends it way through the year of the out Idol. In June 2010. But our boy's on the cover NOW, so let's stir the pot and be even bigger attention whores rather than journalists.

Don't fret Editor. These comments that are blasting you for OMG saying anything against Adam their RAWK GOD is just the sparkle cows. Whole herd is here it seems. They trash every article if there is anything at all they don't like whilst they fantasize about doing Adam. A sick bunch. Notice how many Idol references there are. These are not your regular readers. Stick to your guns. Lambert is a sell out and panders his sexuality whichever way is more lucrative. Bi-curious my ass.

Leave his record company alone, they are running a business and facing the reality of the current market. The reality is cruel, but don't worry, I think Adam is someone who will unwittingly play a major role in changing it just by being himself. Let his record company help build his fan base, he'll do his thing, and don't worry, you'll get a beautiful poster boy who will provide years of entertainment for us!

Where were you guys when he came out with his album cover? Yeah that's a mngt. company trying to make their client straight. You're looking for controversy with your leading questions to get more hits to your sight. I'd say you and Out Magazine fucked Adam pretty good, hope it was as good for him as it was for you.

You voted for the other guy then you are an idiot!

and Uhmmm Adam has a lot of people like you and some idiots writing comments in here, that are not going to let him succeed easily.

Boy he has it tough! HE IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL GAY FLAG! GET OVER IT. He is a singer! A HOt singer.

Wow, Adam gives Out a great interview and this is what he gets? Unfortunately this is not unusual from what I have seen on gay websites and blogs. I am straight and completely for gay rights but I am baffled at the attitude of hostility from other gays toward Mr. Lambert. You are your own worst enemy gay "community".

Ha ha, these comments from the bat sh*t crazy Glamberts are hilarious! The OUT editorial was dead on straight telling the truth as it is.

Adam's fanbase is totally made up of 45+ overweight housefraus who haven't been near a penis in years. They spend every waking minute on the internet swarming on any article that doesn't gloat all over this over-hyped mediocre karaoke singer. Just look at any photo from the Idol tour, and you will see who Adam's fans are. You can't miss their fat asses.

This is the most STUPIT article I read and meaningless disscassion. Adam is one real talent and all of you are idiots asses.

Hey Musty...guess you'll think twice before joking around about "voting for the other guy" again...we Glamberts take that kind of crap seriously. Hicklin is miffed that he didn't get the cover before RS & Details. He's out to sell his Mag and if he has to stir a little shit to do it then that's what he does. This has nothing to do with anything other than sales. He's no dummy. He knows all he has to do is piss off Adam's mega fan base and he gets attention. I don't know how many times Adam has to say that all he wants to do is entertain, make music, live life his own way & keep his fans happy. Don't like him or his agenda? Fine, then move on. Frankly, nobody really cares. We (and I'm speaking for millions here) like him exactly the way he is.

The article and the editor's letter are, in my opinion, shameful. My wife and I have been following Adam since the very beginning of S8 and became so impressed by his talent that we search out his pre-Idol videos. We admire not only his talent, but the intelligence, humor, and candor he displays in all of his interviews, print or in person. He is uniformly praised by friends and co-workers from his pre-Idol days for his work ethic, open-heartedness, and wonderful voice. You don't keep friends over the long haul by being a prick. The unrelenting bashing of this fine young man by so many in the gay community makes us wonder just what they all truly want. Just legal equality? Or the right to love whomever they want? I would hope they would also want acceptance of their personhood without having it draped in a freak flag. We are really disgusted with the tone and intent of this letter and the article concerning it.

Millions? If there are millions of you, then why did his first single only sell 18,000 copies in its first week, failing to chart, even though many of you bought as many as eight copies?

Please stop with the lies. He is not "uniformly praised by friends and co-workers from his pre-Idol days" and certainly not by people has been working with lately.

PLEASE, you think any star, gay or straight gets to do whatever the hell they want the first year of their career, let alone anyone coming off American Idol? The first year especially is the hardest year for the "artist" as everything is very strict and fully decided/run by their management. But you know what, what if Adam DID want to come on on Rolling Stone and made that decision himself? What if Adam is the one who made the decision to OK making out with the girl in Details? Maybe he thinks these are smart business moves too! And you know what, THEY ARE! Look how many copies that Rolling Stone sold. Plus, the poster version of the cover is now selling out. So WHATEVER! None of the entertainment business (gay, straight, bi, whatever orientation) is honest and legit and 100% purely standing for a good cause, everything is backed by money or publicity or narcissism or ulterior motive, so don't single Adam and his gay out for all this. Everyone's full of crap, so if they think this will help him sell more albums and rake in more $$$ and fans during the first and most crucial year, then so be it! If he does well enough to be able to stick around for awhile, maybe then he'll put on a tutu and give you the gay cover that you're asking for.

I think most of the "gays" defending Adam here are from his herd of fat Sparkle Cows.

Gay community always shows Adam very little support,so let me as a music community member surpport him,though I'm a gay girl.And why don't you throw your rubbish to those millons of closet hollywood cases?

Adam was never in the closet, are you kidding? He still however retains a fan base of many straight females who I am sure also would be in the same shows who loved Freddy and Liberace. Granted they never admitted to it but it was just so obvious. He is a talent, bottom line. I am not as zealous as his other fans but I think he knows how to work them up into a frenzy. He knows what he's doing and nobody whether they are the stupid people in the industry or handlers should put wedge between that relationship.

I can't believe this total crap. The guy just wants to sing and make music. Already you idiots are putting pressure on him to be politically correct on your terms. Please, for the sake of his fans who love him and his music, let him alone. Your rules are too damn confining for any reasonable person. He is either too straight or too gay or too something or other. Basically, he's a musician. He's not a politican or a spokesperson for gay rights or the new gay superhero. What he represents is an extrodinarily talented, intelligent, introspective, honest and forthcoming individual. Let's just appreciate this and enjoy without mobilizing a crusade trying to tear him apart.

Adam gives a completely honest and open interview to your magazine and this is the thanks he gets?? Thank you for alleviating one chore off my list tomorrow. I was going to go on a hunt for this magazine but now I can strike that off the list. Instead I will simply right click and save the beautiful pics of Adam. Great marketing strategy!

And finally, as could be expected, out come the comments about the "cray cray glamberts"! LMFAO.

The media's job is to wank on about whatever is guaranteed to get them hits or get ppl buying their magazines. OUT is no different. Well, they can go suck Adam's big gay c*ck while they're doin it.

Meanwhile, in the RW, gay people are still being murdered, bashed, trashed and denied their human rights. This kind of trivia over a singer who happens to be gay is sickening.

Adam wants to be an ARTIST more than an GAY IDOL. I will just focus on his MUSIC. HE IS SUCH A GENTLEMEN, AND HE IS THE NICEST GUY I'VE EVER MET, BETTER THAN GUYS LIKE U WHO KEEP ON COMPLAINING ANYTHING ABOUT HIM

I love listening to Adam Lambert sing.

April 5, 2009 Aaron Hicklin - "Until I arrived at Out magazine three years ago, I never saw myself as the kind of editor who would stoop to outing celebrities. It seemed so 1990s, so bullying and judgmental, so very Peter Tatchell to be naming and shaming." ---- Of course, Aaron never thought of doing something he considered morally reprehensible until he started getting paid for it. It's a lucrative business, OUT is the 300th on a list of magazines by revenue. So Mr. Hicklin, have you taken to bullying & shaming full time no matter what the situation when it involves the gay community? Why are you putting all of your frustrations and grievances of the world on Adam Lambert's shoulders?

Wow! An interesting blog about Adam and the gay community deteriorates into people calling his fans fat sparkle cows, and gets taken over by the obsessive Adam haters. Mean people suck.

That's very interesting. Thanks for filling us in, Mr. Musto.

Adam is the gayest thing that has ever been. He sings about men, talks about them freely, talks about his homosexuality ALL THE TIME. And he so young!!! and just in the begining of his career.. HOW CAN THAT NOT BE ENOUGH??????!!!! WHO ELSE DOES THAT???? IS HE YOUR PROBLEM????
WHAT"S WRONG WITH YOU???????

What a piece of crap article. Adam can't be any more open then he is. Boy, are we looking for hits on your site or the fact that all Adam fans will not be buying your chincy magazine. I wrote about the article earlier and was really proud of the interviewer and the article. Now I am blown away about how you can just throw Adam, an openly gay man, under the bus. Boy, talk about taking your cause in a totally different direction.

Adam is a class act and is very open about his lifestyle and I am very proud of him for it. I was going out to buy this magazine but I wouldn't waste two cents on it. I can read it on the Adam webpage. I am glad they are banning your magazine. Hope this helps your cause. Idiots!!

I really don't care what Adam's sexuality is. I just think he's sexy and gorgeous and I like to listen to and watch him. I think I like that he's gay actually. That way I don't have to be jealous of girls he might be with :)

K. It is not that we cannot take criticize, but because this criticize is nonsense. Just as Adam has said, segregation is outdated. Why should a singer defined as gay or straight when everything we care is actually just music? He just enjoy life as we do. Oh, do we have to say, hey, Brad Pitt should be a poster man for the Straight. So if Aaron wants to push Adam as a gay icon rather than a great entertainer, don't write like a brave fighter with justice, because he isn't. He is just a hypocrite who is pathetically pissed by the truth that Adam's management refused to "out" Adam during the Idol. Plus, what Aaron accused Adam on the cover of "Details"? I can accuse that he let straight stars on "out".

oh btw, dear author, Michael Musto, if it is Adam's management who refused OUT, why are you so excitingly accusing Adam?

I see the crew from VFTW found this article. Its funny. They laugh at Adam fans that talk all day everyday about him, yet they pull the crap by talking about someone they hate and seek out articles about him and spam the comment section of every article written about him. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who is pathetic. Maybe they are jealous that a gay man can get more ass then they can.

First off, the link to the letter doesn't work.

Second, I read the interview with Out magazine and think it's bullshit. Lambert does the very same thing he accused the gay community of doing, which is painting with a broad brush. In his interview, it's "gay community" this and "gay community" that, as if we are all the same about everything.

Lambert, we're not all the same. Some of us have the guts to be who we're going to be, and not dump on other gay people because their existence might be inconvenient to our careers.

Do you really think that there aren't a bunch of gay people -- especially those of us with a few miles on the tires -- who don't see what you're doing?

You might be stupid enough to think you can get away with your semi-closeted act in which you imply that somehow you're not really gay. Who knows, maybe you can even fool some extraordinarily dumb, emotionally starved teenage girls to buy your records for a few years.

But you're really not going to fool too many gay people with this charade. And you know what? At the end of the day, it'll be the "gay community" where you'll need to return. Good luck with that one, kid.

This is a reason to vote for the other guy? you just lost your credibility, dude.

This is hilarious. Would you sparkle cows all STFU? I can't believe your lives are reduced to defending someone you're not personally connected to on an article, AS IF you're bitching is gonna change his mind. Thank God Kris's fans are superior to this nonsense.

Michael, I say kudos to you for having the chutzpah to voice your true opinions, which is refreshing to see: that I'm not the only gay guy who just doesn't care about "the oh-so-controversial" bullshit malarkey of Adam Lambert.

And I voted for Kris Allen, too. Every. Fucking. Week. I liked Adam second-most on the show (Allison and Matt = 3rd/4th for the record--Group 2 power!), so don't criticize Musto for making a facetious jab on his article just because he has equally good taste to like one of the greatest and least-pimped finalists in history. Good Lord.

Also, word to everything "Gay for a Long Time" says. This is why I love Kris--because he doesn't see things like homosexuality being so drastically different and he doesn't make a big deal about all this stuff. He just emphasizes tolerance and acceptance, and goes about making his music. Actual GOOD music, which is more than I can say for Adam's crapfests.

Also, @staciegirlie, you're retarded. Kris is ahead of Adam. Way ahead. Adam dropped rapidly after his one day higher on the charts.

....Which many Glamberts admitted around the web was because they inflated his PRE-SALES. Kris now is back up in the 50s and I dunno where Adam is anymore.

It seems to be you Adam fans who are threatened at any sort of positive press Kris gets. It's as if he's supposed to fade into the background so Adam can assume the spotlight. I think Adam himself would be appalled, since the two have been great friends and cheering one another's success. Unfortunately, you rabid tards cannot grasp that concept.

But where would the lulz be if you didn't attack, oh, everything negative about him. Or slander Kris on every positive article either. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

'Anonymous' sounds like a member of the 'Out' magazine staff throwing insults at Adam and his fans.
If the gay community doesn't accept Adam, I'm sure the straights will gladly take him.
One thing I did notice this past year while he was living and traveling with 6+ straight guys during AI and the tour, he picked up more masculine gestures, stances, dance moves, etc.
The real cool down for me was the Adam/Drake kiss. Two males/females kissing is not sexy. I'm sure gays don't think straights kissing is sexy either. The 'Details' picture of Adam in the white t-shirt restored his sexiness.
If the gay community is not satisfied with all these gay covers and lyrics, then God help us. If Adam makes the adventure of following him on his journey "too rough", I for one will have to save myself.
Just reading through this blog has done more to hurt the gay community in my eyes. I wouldn't buy an 'Out' magazine under any circumstances now even though I have almost every other magazine with an Adam picture or article in it.
What 'Out' and its editor and MM have succeeded in doing is making gays their own worst enemy and less acceptable on several levels.

Actually Shirlee, most girls of our generation love "boylove". They think it's adorable. Open-minded straight guys lately have even been praising how nice it is to see gay people be happy after years of bigotry now that this generation is the most forward-thinking yet.

Hey shirlee, hon, can we talk? He's gay. G-A-Y. You're not going to change him. Really. Beef -- it's what's for dinner.

thank you village voice for finally standing up to the powers that be at idol, 19e, rca and the majority of the mainstream media, in their attempts to shove this poser and attention whore to beat all posers and attention whores down our throats, no pun intended...

i am sick and tired of these lame/tired/delusional excuses from the adam fans, and the collective insanity and kool aid drinking of the media in regards to lambert... it has been pathetic watching this overkill of hype since idol, when it was apparent that idol was manipulating lambert into being the next big thing - and i was equally pathetic that the mainstream media fell for their bullshit hook, line and sinker...

lambert is going to cost idol, rca and 19e a lot of credibility, and the mainstream media has lost the little they had for marching in lockstep to their tune... what has happened to objectivity and non bias in american journalism...

thanks michael musto, and those fearless leaders in mags and the media like this who can still think for themselves. it's kinda restoring my hope... oh, and by the way - i happen to think lambert is talented, but rca and 19e have turned me totally off him with these manipulations and the brainwashing of independent thought from the majority of the media... he will fail, and tptb will get a much needed comeuppance, and maybe they will think twice about what they view as a dumbed dowm music audience. you rock musto!

It's hopelessly funny, this superior assumption that Adam being gay, means it can't be possible for straight females to find him sexy. 'Gay For A Long Time', we know he's gay. Anyone with a brain or the ability to read would know it. Do you see it stopping his female fans? I didn't think so. Do you find it disgusting? If so, I wonder if that isn't bigotry itself talking. Big whoopee. If you have really read a few articles where Adam was interviewed, you'd know how he emphasizes that it's about having fun. What he puts out, we respond to. We don't mind being teased, the whole point is indulging in fantasy that ain't coming true any time soon, like his quote 'It ain't happening anyway!'. One thing he definitely is not, is CLOSETED, semi or otherwise.

Being gay is ONE aspect of Adam. It's not an issue with thousands of his fans who love him for his voice alone.

I dont like the way you handled Adam at all. Dont push people into doing things they dont feel like doing at all!!! Stop this nonsense talk about Adam. Adam has been always gracious to everybody and I dont like to read articles like this!!!

REPLY TO: Gay For A Long Time
I am also a member of the gay community and there is a stifling dogma that YOUNGER gay people want to disassociate with because it is not of a progressive mind-set. ANY community that creates rules of behavior based on antiquated ideas is bound to be rejected at some point. (Do the 1960s ring a bell?)Adam is NOT the only young gay person to reject gay dogma. He is just the only one saying it OUT LOUD. It doesn't make him LESS gay, just MORE himself. Gay isn't an all encompassing identity the way it once was.

Now, at least for the younger generation, it is just an orientation. We are accepted by straight people more times than not. There isn't the rage-against-the-machine mentality. Bias will always exist. Gays are not the only group that feels the pain of that. And,yes, equal rights for all would be great, but if we segregate ourselves how can we expect, our nation as a whole, to embrace us?

If a straight singer/actor posed in a provocative, homo-erotic way he would be congratulated for being so open-minded, so confident in his sexuality. A gay man poses in a hetero-erotic way and he's trying to fool the world. Where you fooled?

Adam's ability to be an openly gay male AND a viable sex symbol opens more doors for gays then it closes.

Stop applying a double standard.

ONE MORE THING: Adam didn't pose the questions. He just answered them. Honestly.

Oh no!! Editor you brought the wrath of the insane Glamberts down upon you!!
Adam Lambert fans are batshit crazy. He'll do well without them.

I voted Kris Allen because he's the cuter one- though I think he's slightly curious( color me shallow) but disagree with most of the editor's observations on Adam Lambert. I think he's pushing several boundaries and making it ok for gay men like us to live comfortably in either world of our choosing. I'm against segragation of any kind. And I like women too.

He's not "exploring." He is going on 30 years old and has never had sex with a woman. Hausfraus, you're not gonna have him. Not that I'd want him either, by the way, but some young swain will do the honors.

Oh, and he's a singer, not even an actor. Of course, these days it doesn't take a lot of talent to do either of those jobs, so what the hell, maybe he's both.

The only reason I care about this is because Lambert is a famous gay guy who is, a) trying to sneak himself back into the closet, and b) dump on other gay people as he does it. Sorry, boy and girlfriends, that one won't fly.

He's gay. G-A-Y. Adam, there are a bunch of gay people who are watching this charade of yours and don't approve. It's not 1967 anymore. Drop the pretend act, kid. You're gay. G-A-Y. Not "questioning," not "exploring," not "practicing." You're gay, and you're an expert. Live with it.

You're my hero for the month, GFALT. Preach it, my gay brotha!

"Some progress, huh? I'm starting to feel better that I voted for the other guy."

lol...I love this part of your article Michael. Hey, at least your honest.

A lot of us Gays voted for 'the other guy' in the finales because Adam was still pulling his "I'm BI-CURIOUS" Bull.

If you're Gay and everyone knows it, quit trying to bamboozle old fat female fans from Red States that you will sleep with them. Be out and proud and let the chips fall where they may Adam.

Michael,

Have you seen this guys album? If it were any more gay it would marry Liza Minnelli.

I hardly think his management is trying to "control" his image in OUT and let that cover fly. If you didn't work for the bastard, I would suggest you take him to task for being an arrogant prig.

This kid is alright. He is good looking, sexy, and can sing with the best of them. He may be a little wet behind the ears, but I think he will open more doors for gay actors and singers then close them. It's us, the the community elders, that need to bend a bit. The kids today have different ideas.
Should we stymie them? I rather say Mazel Tov, go make us proud.

ovation to vv and musto - bravo!:"with these manipulations and the brainwashing of independent thought from the majority of the media..."

LMAO!! I love these conspiracy theories! Like, the only reason people like him is because of some mass manipulation and the pimping. You're saying that as if people can't think for themselves! Now, let me fucking laugh for a moment. K thanx. I don't give a damn about how much of him they do or don't show in the media, it doesn't make me change my opinion about him as a singer. His voice is great, period!

Some people thought OBAMA wasn't black enough.

Am I to understand that the only reason OUT put Cyndi Lauper on the cover was to appease Lambert's management company? That must make her feel swell. Not to mention, the lack of balls on the part of OUT.

If all these demands where made, why didn't OUT decline to include him? Why put this "trouble Maker" on the cover? Why include him on such a prestigious list? Why?

I guess it's ok for OUT to cash in on his sexuality, but not him. How PIMP of them.

Is "Out Magazine" aware that the Glambert Nation will scorn their publication? The same fan group that made every magazine that featured Adam reach record sales numbers.

That was awfully stupid. And irresponsible.
Not to mention is has overshadowed it's primary purpose of celebrating 99 other people.

It seems so pointless.

(Did Adam turn the old guy down or something, there has to be more to it.)

Auntie LM wrote: (Did Adam turn the old guy down or something, there has to be more to it.)

Please you old Auntie we Gay guys like MEN, not trannys.

That editor is more hunkier than Adam could ever be and probably could have any pick of guys...including me. Meanwhile Adam is too FISH looking for many Gay male. She is too fem.

Thankyou Holly Golightly for your sanity,you got it . This is a new day and age and people are more accepted for who they are.
I love what you said so well from a young gay person's view point.

Now can we all relax and get back to the MUSIC??

Musto must really be thrilled with all this commenting and traffic , people are actually reading his blog.

@Oh Pleez Ms Auntie LM:

What????

Now you're calling people trannys? Why does a straight person have to tell you to watch your terminology? I believe Adam when he said he only dressed like a woman 4 times because he has a habit for being painfully honest. I actually believe Adam would own up to being a tranny if he actually was one.

And I DON'T believe YOU for a minute when you say you wouldn't be attracted to Adam.

If women can be attracted to him, I'm sure a whole lot of gay men probably are too.

Adam Lambert's cd is being streamed. I just listened to the whole album . If all of us can just get-a-long enough to listen,you will hear the message of love and acceptance in Adam's spectacular piece of art. Adam's voice soars ,in what I suspect, will be one the best and most classic albumms of all time. Please give a listen to this CD,buy it before there are none left and give Mr. lambert his due ,he is a musical and spiritual force .

I caught you red handed, for those of you complaining a about women "fawning" all over your Adam. You scold women for being attracted to a gay guy, but yet there you go, fawning all over straight guy Kris Allen. Don't say you weren't I see the comments of those lusting after Kris. So it's okay for you to try to turn all our straight guys gay, but you don't want anyone else to find Adam attractive.

Go ahead then, lie with the enemy, you dumb sh*ts. I have no respect for those of you who voted for Kris when there was such an underlying struggle for the justice. You robbed the rightful owner of the title of his victory and allowed the christian coalition who had been plotting against Adam all along to win when here I am voting my fingers off for him. This could have been one of the most important wins for your community but you fumbled it because you totally incapable of dealing with your "inadequacy feelings" or whatever else it is you got going on that cause you guys to self-destruct.

Adam's singles did NOT bomb!

I don't care if he's gay or straight or bisexual or if he dressed up like a woman, he's here for our entertainment. His album sounds fantastic from what I've heard, so everybody should go out and buy it next week
and start enjoying life instead of being so mean to each other. Go Adam!

you sparklecows and adam fans are just proving what we've known about you all along - you're a bunch of delusional, obnoxious, psychotic sad people whose lives are so empty, or fucked up that a gay man on a fucking reality show has become the center of your universe... you spew and spread your toxic and off putting brand of crazy all over the web for everybody to see... you call and tweet and piss off the most influential radio station in the nation with your crazy, a station that does matter, and sets the tone for what a lot of other stations in america play... you have made adam a real joke and laughingstock with your ridiculous bullshit, and this is why there are sooooo many people who cannot wait to see this motherfucker fail, and take all you with him... but now, you all are so desperate you'll just latch onto the latest new thing coming from idol, and here we go again... too many people are now seeing adam for the opportunistic, self centered, egotistical, arrogant, tacky, tasteless prima donna wanna be that he is... he may still be fooling all of you, but the rest of us are opening our eyes to this tool, and there is nothing you can say that is going to make anyone believe any different... this glambert nation bullshit reeks of a crazy that needs to be stopped - now. keep printing the truth out and village voice and other outlets... this is going to be fun to watch. fuck all you lambert fans, you degenerate, lowclass, white trash, knuckle dragging, imbecilic, no life having, stank pussy bitches.

WOW! What's Hicklin's beef? Adam has been upfront about being gay, has had pictures of him making out with guys all over the internet, holds hands with his boyfriend in public... and admits that he doesn't mind kissing women? Is that Hicklin's weirdness about Adam not wanting to be the voice for the gay community? Adam has more in line with the younger generation- allowing his sexuality to be fluid, gray. Not everybody has to be "black and white" about their attractions and their desire to *represent* the gay community. BTW- has there been anybody this year in the media that has had MORE written about them being gay????
Hicklin- get over yourself!

His music sucks way more than his mouth ever could.

why are there more comments from people shrieking about gay rights in the is post than the one about the murder in puerto rico?

fo sho - just heard the album streaming on facebook... it's for shit! it sounds so dated, and too retro cheesey from the 80's... i'm surprised this is the shit he thinks is going to sell, and bring back glam rock? bowie needs to slap the taste out of this asshole for that... oh adam, how the mighty have fallen... you have a flop single, ''for your entertainment'', a flop movie single,''time for miracles'', go check itunes and billboard you delusional sparklecows, numbers don't lie like you do.... this album sounds like 1985, 3rd rate gaga and britney and a whole lotta shit. dude ain't brought shit to the table yet for all these proclamations of greatness from these crazy fans and the press... i hope his failure comes sure and swift, cause he ain't got nothing new to offer here. bring on the new idol bitches, dude is done - next!!

Adam's album will be a classic.. It is streaming on facebook in it's entirety. Please take a listen.. Each song is so unique and so powerful. Adam's voice is a miracle.

LOL at the latest poison from the hater - talk about a fanboi.

Sounds like your love for Adam has gone unanswered.

So it's clear you love him and want him. Why hate him now just because you can't have him?

Give up all the hateful words about Adam and his Sparkle Cows.

You're jealous and just can't come to grips with it.

Your hidden feelings are showing. Embrace them and your gay feelings.

/love

There is now an update on my blog--the one you're reading (dailymusto.com)--with information about a further explanation from Out magazine.

Check it out.

There are people with integrity in the entertainment business. They've made legitimate careers and managed to keep themselves above the despicable practices of Lambert's management. First year entertainer or not, dissent against improper messages is not hard to levy.

If Lambert insists on not defining himself by his sexuality, then offering an image with an expressly heterosexual overtone is hypocritical. He's with a chick. and it's a sexually provocative pose. If he had said, "well, I want to appear to be sexually ambiguous..." that's fine. but he didn't.

His management simply doesn't want him to appear too gay and that's wrong and stupid. It's like, we can't have Beyonce appear too black... (Oh wait, that already happened! and look how stupid it was when it happened to her)

The Glamberts want to imagine they stand a chance with their idol. And that's fine. But Lambert shouldn't say one thing and do the other. It's foolish.

If Adam's management is trying to make Adam appear less gay, they are failing miserably. Isn't that like closing the barn door after the horse is already out of the barn.

Maybe that's why I'm so confused as to why he would be in provactive poses with a woman in Details magazine. Gay or straight, I think this is OTT for a "musician" & especially one from American Idol.

If AL's mgmt wants to present more of a straight persona for Adam, they will need to put a muzzle on him. All these comments about sweaty fans & bi-curious & going into detail about it .... TMI !!

Why can't it just be about the music .....

Michael, don't take your anger out on Adam just because his "people" were balking; he wasn't even present for that conversation. The Out editor wasn't blaming Adam, either, but you apparently chose to ignore the point he was trying to make in that letter, which is that 19 Entertainment is quaking in its little Keds sneakers over how to market someone as wild and open as Adam to mainstream America. (I might also point out, that for every "offended" fan he loses, he will probably gain 10 more open-minded ones, therefore 19's fears are unfounded.) As for you not voting for Adam on Idol -- well, I can't help that you have lousy taste.

Oh, there isn't any mystery at all here.

Lambert and his agent want to have it both ways. They want to loyal patronage of gay people, and they want the fanatics among the hausfraus (or "sparklecows" -- great word there!).

The fact that they're playing that p.r. game says a couple of things. First, it tells us that Lambert and his people know that, as a singer, he's a modest talented flash in the pan at best. Maybe worth another dozen or so i-Tunes?

I mean, if the guy were really that good, the whole image campaign would be unnecessary. You only do that sort of thing with the marginal ones.

Secondly, it's the age-old story of do what you can do butch it up. You think this was invented in 2009? Oh please. This little act is as old as the heavens. Only the details change.

You might think, come on, how can they stuff the guy back in the closet, fer chrissakes? The answer is that it's easy. Heterosexuality is the default condition, and most straight people want to think that someone (especially a male) isn't "really" gay. This is especially true of the sparklecows (love that word!), who need a safe object for their unrequited love.

All of this would have been fine by me -- after all, it's pop culture, which gets more ridiculous every year -- but for Lambert's decision to dump on "the gay community" in his interview, as if to somehow set himself apart from what he is.

He's not quite Ted Haggard or Larry Craig, but this little act of his comes from the same spirit. That's why I give a shit.

One other thing. If Lambert were an actor, I'd feel slightly different about the semi-closeted thing. Just as there are straight actors who play gay, there are (many more, actually) gay actors who play straight. If he were an actor and his press agent needed to issue some crapola about his being "bi-curious" even though he is going on 30 years old and has never had sex with a woman, it'd be understandable.

But in either case, Lambert, you don't get to dump on gay people and not expect some of us to come back and remind you, and everyone else, exactly who are what you are. Sorry guy. Cruel world.

Sorry about all the typos. Up there. Here's a fixed-up version:

Oh, there isn't any mystery at all here.

Lambert and his agent want to have it both ways. They want the loyal patronage of gay people, and they want the fanatics among the hausfraus (or "sparklecows" -- great word there!).

The fact that they're playing that p.r. game says a couple of things. First, it tells us that Lambert and his people know that, as a singer, he's a modestly talented flash in the pan at best. Maybe worth another dozen or so i-Tunes?

I mean, if the guy were really that good as a singer, the whole image campaign would be unnecessary. You only do that sort of thing with the marginal ones.

Secondly, it's the age-old story of doing what you can to butch it up. Adam and the sparklecows (love that word!), do you think this was invented in 2009? Oh please. This little act is as old as the heavens. Only the details change.

You might think, come on, how can they stuff the guy back in the closet, fer chrissakes? The answer is that it's easy. Heterosexuality is the default condition, and most straight people want to think that someone (especially a male) isn't "really" gay. This is especially true of the sparklecows, who need a safe object for their unrequited love.

All of this would have been fine by me -- after all, it's pop culture, which gets more ridiculous every year -- but for Lambert's decision to dump on "the gay community" in his interview, as if to somehow set himself apart from what he really is.

He's not quite Ted Haggard or Larry Craig, but this little act of Lambert's comes from the same spirit. That's why I give a shit.

One other thing. If Lambert were an actor, I'd feel slightly different about the semi-closeted thing. Just as there are straight actors who play gay, there are (many more, actually) gay actors who play straight. If he were an actor and his press agent needed to issue some crapola about his being "bi-curious" even though he is going on 30 years old and has never had sex with a woman, it'd be understandable. I'd smile and maybe congratulate you on your fancy moves, sort of like I do with Tom Cruise and George Clooney.

But iLambert, this is different. You don't get to dump on gay people and not expect some of us to come back and remind you, and everyone else, exactly who and what you are. Sorry guy. Cruel world.

this whole thing is idiotic; if you put together the entire gay community plus straight women above age 10, and throw in some straight guys who like some pop music with a little drama and edge, that's plenty of people as a consumer base to sell albums.
nobody's selling that much anymore, we can all get everything for free.
if it REALLY was ONLY the GLBT community who was rooting for lambert, how the hell did he get #2 on idol? yeah, i thought so.
they need to stop it, he's awesome and let's hope he stays that way.

Why cant you just let Adam be himself. I love him for his talent and for who he is.

Hinklin is a dick!! Who the hell puts a great article on an artist in their magazine then slams him?? The writer here is also off thier rocker because Adam has been up front and very comfortable with is sexuality. Of course management is going to manage anything they fear is damaging - it is what they do. Do not fault Adam!! Adam gave an open, honest, very candid interview and he isn't obligated to be in any magazine - including OUT. Let the man sing!!!

You may now try to say your were joking but it is in print and it will be repeated. You have essentially gotten on board with all the other idiots in the gay community that keep giving Adam a hard time about not being LOUDLY GAY. Not sure how Adam could be anymore OUT. He is proud of his sexuality and doesn't apologize for his love of theatrics. Read the Details article and he says it there too. It sucks that you can't just support him as the great artist he is and the fact that he happens to be gay.

Why doesn't everyone just let this guy make a living singing and get off the GAY bandwagon....it is what it is...not that deep!to quote ADAM.

He's new and trying to figure out how to position himself. Everyone knows he's gay, we're trying to figure out how gay he wants to be: Liberace or Neil Patrick Harris.

It's a process.

He's cuter gay.

If he reverses now (sells out) I'd lose all respect for him.

And I'm a straight girl.

Musto: I don't hold what happened against Adam--though he's obviously gone along with the Details thing and now with these other parameters."

Which is a perfectly justifiable reason to hold what happened against him, stick to your guns. It is clear Lambert detests being associated with the gay community, as his quotes from the Out article further illustrate. Lady Gaga was at the march, but this self-centered prick doesn't even want to be asked about it. He ain't seeing one penny of my money until he shows some fucking gay pride. This "post-gay" ingrate is capitalizing on the advances made for him by previous generations but doesn't think he has to stick his neck out one inch to give anything back.

Michael you need to hear the Kris Allen single before you pat yourself on the back. I was glad it was Kris who beat Adam and not that homophobic, tragedy pimp, faux Christian Gokey but that single was incredibly pedestrian. Give me Adam at his worst over that.

@ "the truth" The gay community has far more pressing and important concerns than seeing one of our own win a fucking reality show. You should probably stop talking about things you know nothing about.

On a side note, I love how all of these old straight ladies suddenly think they have some kind of special insight into the gay community because they're obsessed with a single gay guy. Do they not know that by failing to blindly support Kris Allen they're betraying the straight community? Now nobody will take heterosexuals seriously anymore! :(

Seriously, it's sad enough that glamberts spend all of their time on the internet just looking for blogs and articles that don't declare Adam as music's second coming to pounce on, it's even worse that they think it's OK to make such sweeping, idiotic accusations about the LGBT community.

As far as I know, Adam Lambert doesn't like entitlement (nor does most people) ... it sounds like they felt 'entitled' to what ever they wanted/expected of the interview with Adam, just because he is gay ...

Sometimes I wonder if it isn't the 'gay community' that supplies most of the hurdles in the road towards gender-equality, rather then homophobia ...

Kris don't suck that mic/phone and hump that piano bench for the straight gals, he sure knows how to play the gay market. Behind most of the straight artist vib is a
Sarah Palin, brain working overtime to reel
the gay boys in and behind closed doors barf at thier sexual lifestyle.
Adam could give two shits if gays support him or not, he is who he is and makes no bones about it. He might enjoy a piece of straight ass, Never know until he hops on board. Adam owes the Gay community nothing, so go buy the other dudes music and put him on your cover. Me thinks hell would freeze over first, no Kris cover for the gays.

Huh, this doesn't seem to be about whether gays support Adam or not, it's about how gay mags are treated by the entertainment industry: how can we give those fags just enough Adam that they buy the album, but not so much that it puts off the straights. Doesn't seem Out wanted Lambert to be a political figure so much as they didn't want to put up with being told what's "too gay." Seems reasonable to me.

Tony you just hit the nail on the head.

And Elisa, doyou also think other minority groups are personally responsible for the prejudice (what I'm assuming you meant by hurdles) they recieve from the majority? Or is it just the gays?

he wears more makeup than Tammy Fay and he is gayer than Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick's love child. who are they kidding

I have also been surprised at the lack of support for Adam from the gay community. He is a talented, articulate,committed performer, and I've read VERY unkind things about him from many, gays included.
Why? Why hate? I don't get it.
What has he done to generate hate? Because he became popular? Got a break? What? Take care of your own problems and let Adam to make music.

Yes, I notice that Adam's 'people' insisted on a very conservative CD cover. At first glance, I thought that it was Pat Boone.

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