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Adam Lambert In Sixty

Adam Lambert turned 30 years old this year and it feels like he has been part of the mainstream music conversation for a long time. The reality is however, it’s only been 3 years since we met him on American Idol, but because of his quick success and some immediate controversy it’s easy to forget that not too long ago we hadn’t even heard of him. What we do know, and the type of information that is often associated with Adam (in favor of things like his amazing voice and talent) is that his sophomore album hit #1 on Billboard (making him the first openly gay artist to do so); he caused a big stink with an American Music Awards performance (by kissing his male keyboard player); and has been performing shows with Queen (once fronted by Freddie Mercury)….are you seeing a trend here? Adam’s accomplishments and notoriety are often brought back to the fact that he is gay. It makes a great headline and that’s what media does: try to come up with a killer headline. My goal with this interview was to not be that guy. I didn’t want to be the person who focuses on the fact that Adam is gay, but I quickly realized how difficult it was going to be. I wanted to help tell Adam’s story, and since being gay is part of that story I wasn’t going to avoid it just because others tend to focus on it. What I love about this In Sixty series is that we are not prisoners to the short entertainment news style of offering information; we actually have time to talk to someone.

My 6 year old daughter asked my around the time of this interview if two men could have a baby and with a little chuckle I said “no honey”. I said no because I was thinking about the physical act of making a baby and am freaking out how at 6 she’s already asking me about it. She then asked “could they adopt a baby”, and I sat in silence for a second and then told her yes, two men could have a baby together, they just couldn’t make a baby. The innocence of that conversation was amazing and really makes me believe that Adam’s story is an important one that will hopefully encourage more conversation and greater acceptance. I wanted to know where he came from, who he was, who he is, and what makes him tick as he navigates through life as a 30 year old gay man, in the public eye, when a large majority of that public still doesn’t believe in his equal rights.

Enjoy,
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