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06-09-2009, 12:00 PM
(http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)Adam Lambert (http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3) finally confirms his sexuality in the new issue of (http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)Roll ing Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/09/the-new-issue-of-rolling-stone-the-liberation-of-adam-lambert/) (on stands tomorrow).
"I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay," the American Idol runner-up says.
(http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)Look back at the Season 8 Idol's finale most unforgettable moments. (http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/20-pics-inside-iidoli-finale)
"I'm proud of my sexuality," continues the rocker, who was photographed holding hands with interior designer Drake LaBry earlier this month. "I embrace it. It's just another part of me."
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But Lambert, 27, from San Diego -- who performed Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" on the Idol finale -- says he's not the poster boy for gay rights.
"I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader," he tells RS contributor Vanessa Grigoriadis.
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Lambert admits that he was nervous about coming out while Idol was still on the air because contestants are under a media embargo, and he wanted to do it on his "own terms." (He also says producers were open to him handling it however he wanted to.)
"I was worried that [coming out] would be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do, which was sing," Lambert tells the mag. "I'm an entertainer, and who I am and what I do in my personal life is a separate thing. It shouldn't matter. Except it does. It's really confusing."
Find out what an Idol stylist has to say about Lambert's look. (http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/american-idol-season-8-style-revealed)
Lambert credits the FOX reality show with helping him gain self confidence.
"I finally checked into my self-worth for the first time in my life, and the fact that it coincided with Idol is so sweet," he says. "I mean, I still have moments where I think, 'Oh, my skin is terrible, and I'm a little fat -- I should really go to the gym more.' But for the most part, when I look in the mirror now, I finally see somebody who can do something cool."
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"I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay," the American Idol runner-up says.
(http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)Look back at the Season 8 Idol's finale most unforgettable moments. (http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/20-pics-inside-iidoli-finale)
"I'm proud of my sexuality," continues the rocker, who was photographed holding hands with interior designer Drake LaBry earlier this month. "I embrace it. It's just another part of me."
(http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)Chec k out photos of star couples who can't get enough of each other. (http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/celebrity-pda)
But Lambert, 27, from San Diego -- who performed Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" on the Idol finale -- says he's not the poster boy for gay rights.
"I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader," he tells RS contributor Vanessa Grigoriadis.
(http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)VIDE O: (http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/28566086)Adam Lambert (http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726) talking to Rolling Stone about his cover shoot. (http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/adam-lambert/1726;_ylt=AtQWUp2L4qrRA2c4zu_OlR57pxx.;_ylv=3)
Lambert admits that he was nervous about coming out while Idol was still on the air because contestants are under a media embargo, and he wanted to do it on his "own terms." (He also says producers were open to him handling it however he wanted to.)
"I was worried that [coming out] would be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do, which was sing," Lambert tells the mag. "I'm an entertainer, and who I am and what I do in my personal life is a separate thing. It shouldn't matter. Except it does. It's really confusing."
Find out what an Idol stylist has to say about Lambert's look. (http://www.usmagazine.com/photos/american-idol-season-8-style-revealed)
Lambert credits the FOX reality show with helping him gain self confidence.
"I finally checked into my self-worth for the first time in my life, and the fact that it coincided with Idol is so sweet," he says. "I mean, I still have moments where I think, 'Oh, my skin is terrible, and I'm a little fat -- I should really go to the gym more.' But for the most part, when I look in the mirror now, I finally see somebody who can do something cool."
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http://omg.yahoo.com/news/adam-lambert-finally-confirms-i-m-gay/23594?nc