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Tuesday June 9, 2009

Adam Lambert insists he’s “proud” of his sexuality.

Appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, the American Idol runner-up addressed the speculation over whether he is gay or straight.

“I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay,” Lambert told the mag, which hits newsstands this week.

“I started to realize I wasn’t like every other boy,” he added.

“I’m proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It’s just another part of me.”

“I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader,” he says.

Lambert says he wasn’t upfront about his sexuality because he didn’t want it to overshadow his time on Idol. “I was worried that [coming out] would be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do, which was sing,” he said. “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.”

Lambert credits Idol 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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