IMHO "20/20": Adam Lambert talks high school, coming out to his mom and kissing girls

Particularly for the part you mentioned -- his description of missing out things in high school.

As for "avoiding the topic," being obiously out isn't avoidance. It's just that there's no way he was going to bring the entire A.I. juggernaut to a halt in order to answer stupid questions from the "Mainstream" -- which demands that every gay person be interrogated in exhaustive detail about the obvious.

His mother is FABULOUS!

Adam's going to be around for a long while. And rather than deter straight women, gayess makes him even more attractive to some of them. It's "dreaming the impossible dream."

saw some comments here and there on this interview...first, some are saying adam can't claim to be gay and then go say he may go further with a woman. i guess i can't claim to be gay and have a fantasy of me and brad pitt being together. damn. well, that was fun for a while.

the whole 'being out' thing....i'm so confused as to what people want. i'm not out to every single damn person i come across. i'm out in the sense that if someone asks me or brings the topic up, i will gladly say something. I'm not avoiding 'gay places' or topics or whatever. I just choose not to bring it up when i meet people or am out doing whatever.

it's like, do people expect adam to go everywhere saying "I'm gay" out loud every 5 minutes? seriously, wtf?

what do people like perez hilton want? we want equality, right? i mean, straight people dont go around having to proclaim who they like. why should we? I really wish adam didn't come out in RS. I know, he would've been bugged to death about it, but i think eventually people would realize "ok, he's gay, we can stop bugging for questions"

oy. the whole thing gives me a headacheeee.

Some might disagree (or many) but it takes such courage to do what he's done and do it so well and effectively.  I am so proud of him. He is an  incredible entertainer and he will get every inch of my support for what will likely be a long and prosperous career.

I love him so much and I love what he said.

 But I really hate the media for expecting him to say that he is gay every five seconds. He shouldn't have to talk about it more than straight people have to talk about them being straight,

He has handled everything so far good, and I just hope that the media won't ask him these same questions over and over again, but focus more on the music. They can ask about his personal life, like if he has a BF and all that, like they would probably ask a straight person w/o thinking twice about it. But I don't need more questions about being gay. This is in no way Adam's fault, it's the media's obsession w/ it.

Adam is brave and he is breaking new ground and I feel very inspired by him.

Also, I really hate people like Perez Hilton. I really hate that guy, someone who wants gay celebrities to talk about the GAY part everyday, all the time, in every interview. And if someone is not as gay as he wants them to be, he starts hating on them and write really horrible things. That is not equality.

I think people are crazy out of touch if they think that Adam being gay makes tween girls afraid of him.   They scream and cry and fangirl just as hard for him as they do the Jonas Brothers. (Miley C is just backwards)

These are the same tween girls who spend thousands of dollars every hear on "boys love" manga comics which is all about love stories involving boys (written by women for teen girls).

I do feel like 20/20 over-emphasized Adam saying he's kissed a few girls at clubs when he was drunk and that SOMEDAY he might go all the way (just like they over-emphasized his say he though Kris was attractive by turing it into a "crush).

I think lots of gay folks are "curious" about what it would be like to be with someone of the opposite sex (even if they never intend to act on it) but most won't admit it.  I've kissed a few dudes in my long lesbian life and it didn't make me projectile vomit so, big whoop.

I was glad that Adam was very, very careful to say he might be "curious"  but he is NOT bisexual (though I can't imagine that will stop the spin machine).  Only because I could easily see the media just taking that ball and running with it and completely undermining the fact that Adam is a proud gay man distinctly which I think is important for teens and young adult gay men to see and hear.

I loved the interview.  It was very stripped down and sweet and real and full of warmth and emotion and the interviewer was great ( I too was afraid of J.S. showing up)

The clip of Neil Lambert speaking was cut from the broadcast but it's up on the ABC website and he so clearly admires his big brother and loves him which I think is really healthy for folks to see.  This is the same brother who suggested that Adam should do an album of covers by male songwriters and call it "Doin Hella Dudes" (double entendre intended) and nick-named him the "Glitter Alien from Planet Fierce" (best brother nick-name ever)

I think it was important for folks to get to see/hear Adam talking because all the crap about him being arrogant and not humble and overly-confident I think can be put to rest in an interview like this.

I know a lot of older gay men might be sick of hearing about folks coming out but I don't think there can ever be too many celebrities talking about their experience of being gay because it humanizes and familiarizes us to folks who may not be homophobic but may not have had much exposure to real life gay folks in their daily lives.

There's some interesting news about Adam's tour set and his upcoming album being spilled including a Bowie and Muse cover for the tour and a collab with Lady Gaga and possibly Timbaland/Missy Elliott (unconfirmed)  He is working with the producers of "Poker Face" and "Lets Dance" and a great song writer called Farras

Good for him. Can't wait to see what they come up with.

"That's our job today: to control the extent to which people can publicly manifest antigay sentiment." (Bayard Rustin)  **   "Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common" (Dorothy Parker)

He described exactly what it's like. Missing out on all those firsts in high school is horrible. And yes it would be great if all parents could be as understanding, and maybe some day they will, but for now i think adam is helping us make progress by bringing it to the masses and handling it so well.

My tounge would catch your tounge...were the world mine :-)

He's handled things well every step of the way, and I think that stems from having a family that does-his parents and bro are terrific.

As for the "bi-curious" line, I think he's just throwing his female fans a bone. Aren't we all just a dozen beers away from switching teams?

Okay, maybe not, but that IS one reason I don't drink. :)

Mr Lambert has played the media field quite well. Exposing just enough to answer some quesitons, but always keeping a haze of mystery over himself. Nice.

& misisng out in High School is very tough. I never had a boyfriend or kiss in High School. So horrible to look around & hear all of your buddies dream about hooking up or persuing a girlfriend/boyfriend & knowing that you could never admit to them who you would like to share a cuddle with.

& the whole possibly being curious thing is not very much of a big deal. It might have been easier if he had said nothing about it, because i know there are some people who are going to use this as evidence that being gay is just a phase & you can snap out of it [stupid, stupid people], but i think he was just saying what he felt.

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