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Cool - S.M. just e-mailed me better quality scans - now readable! 🙂 The funny thing is - I’m NOT reading the scans yet (lol), I want my grubby hands on the dead tree version!)

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More photos here! Adam Lambert’s Rolling Stone Cover Shoot: The Wild Idol Lets Loose
Check out Rolling Stone article here (complete with video - click here for direct link to video (also embedded above) AND thanks to the awesome Blue*Rose from IDF, download the video from either sendspace or megaupload). Rolling Stone also has an Adam Lambert hub here.

The Adam Lambert Rolling Stone Interview: Blingee’d and Proud - ha ha - Michelle Collins tops herself again! And gives us High Resolution Scans of the pictures!

Kris Allen ‘Flattered’ by Adam Lambert’s Crush - ha ha - I knew Kris would be cool with it

Adam Lambert: “A Weight Has Been Lifted off My Shoulders”

Adam Lambert’s Rolling Stone Cover Shoot: The Photos

Matthew Rolston Shoots Adam Lambert for Rolling Stone Cover

Rolston … says Lambert is one of the rare truly sweet and kind music superstars he’s been exposed to – and compares him to Beyonce’ in terms of how stable and nice he is. “They are the rare superstars I’ve met who are truly centered and coming from a very thankful appreciative place,” says Rolston.

Out-takes from the Rolling Stone Interview (not included in print, but pretty good stuff) -> Adam Lambert in His Own Words: Sexuality, Kris Allen and Life After Idol

On Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta:
[Kris Allen] has a good heart and a good spirit. He’s so mellow, he’s so kick-back. He and I have a lot of love with Allison Iraheta: It felt like this kind of sibling thing. Just good energy, the three of us together. Kris and I both got very protective of her. We encouraged her to pick up the guitar and take risks musically. It always felt very positive … good karma, you know? Kris doesn’t need any advice, clearly. Even though he’s really kick-back, he’s got a very strong sense of self in a non-aggressive, non-intense way. It’s cool.

Ann Powers’ take - Adam Lambert comes out to Rolling Stone, and a change has come indeed*

Interesting take on the RS cover (and reveals that Adam did the bulk of the interview on the freakin’ FINALE !!!) - Cashing In on Coming Out

Ellen’s take : Ellen DeGeneres: I’m Proud of Adam Lambert

Comcast - Lambert: No Surprise, ‘I’m Gay’ -

You’ll get your chance to ask Adam about this and the rest of his experience on “Idol” next week, when he visits Comcast.net for a 30-minute live chat as part of our string of chats with the “Idol” Top 10 that continues today with Scott MacIntyre at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

MTV - Adam Lambert Talks About His Crush On Kris Allen

Check this Popeater article out for more quotes! Adam Lambert: I’m Gay and Proud Of It

More juicy quotes from USA Today Adam Lambert to Rolling Stone: ‘I’m gay’

Even more juicy quotes from the NY Post - Adam Lambert: ‘I Don’t Think It’s A Surprise To Hear I’m Gay’

From AP - Report: Lambert talks about sex, drugs, `Idol’

From CNN - Adam Lambert: I’m ‘proud of my sexuality’

Perez Hilton has additional quotes - “I’m Proud Of My Sexuality”

Rolling Stone Reveals Adam Lambert is Gay; Ladies With Zero Gaydar on Suicide Watch - Michelle Collins hilarious as usual

GMA - Adam Lambert: I’m Proud to Be Gay - Watch Adam Lambert’s interview on “20/20” FRIDAY at 10 p.m. ET.

Check out USA Today’s article - Idol Adam Lambert ‘comes out’ in print. Check out the linked article - it leaks some interesting info … i.e. he’s not really a drag queen, he experimented with drugs! (glad that didn’t come out during his AI run!)

Today Show talks about Adam and Rolling Stone cover - already embedded above, but you can download the video from this link (c/o LaStupenda from IDF)

Adam Lambert is gay.
The American Idol Season 8 runner-up ends any speculation in the next issue of Rolling Stone, out Friday. “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I’m gay.” He explains: “I’ve been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I’ve been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner. But photographic evidence? Didn’t count on that. Wasn’t ready for that.”

“Right after the finale, I almost started talking about it to the reporters, but I thought, ‘I’m going to wait for Rolling Stone, that will be cooler,’ ” he tells us. “I didn’t want the Clay Aiken thing and the celebrity-magazine bullshit. I need to be able to explain myself in context.

“I’m proud of my sexuality,” Lambert adds. “I embrace it. It’s just another part of me.” Ultimately, however Lambert tells RS contributor Vanessa Grigoriadis that there are other parts of his life that he’s trying to keep front and center. “I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader,” he says.

So all those Kradam fans who insisted that Kris was Adam’s type - you’re all right - Adam admits it! Cue all the fan-fiction 😉 - the National Ledger already jumped on it - Adam Lambert Has a Crush on Kris Allen: American Idol Runner Up Comes Out and also LA Times - Adam Lambert comes out in Rolling Stone, admits to crush on Kris Allen - oh jeez - and Newsday - Adam Lambert in Rolling Stone: I’m gay, Kris Allen is hot (I hope that Adam at least warned Kris about this! Suddenly, I’m glad that Drake’s around, so media hopefully won’t be too stupid about it.)

But exactly what is his type? When Idol producers put him in a room to share with Allen, Lambert says his first thought was, “I was like, ‘Oh, s-t, they put me with the cute guy.’ Distracting! He’s the one guy I found attractive in the whole group on the show: nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife. I mean he’s open-minded and liberal, but he’s definitely 100% straight.”

Stuff on how he came out to his mom & dad (TMI)

Speaking openly about this subject matter hasn’t always come easy for Lambert. He says that during school, he was “so scared” of his sexuality. He never even confirmed the news to his parents, who found out in shocking fashion.
Adam’s father Eber caught his 13-year-old son looking at gay pornography on the family computer, and turned to his wife and said ‘It’s official.’
Later, Lambert’s mother asked if he had a girlfriend. He said no. She asked if he had a boyfriend. He said no. Then she asked if he wanted a boyfriend, to which Lambert replied “Yes, that would be nice.”
“Suddenly, it was like a wall dropped, and we started gabbing like crazy,” Lambert says.

Definitely NOT bisexual … but he did experiment … ETA : Okay, he may be bi-curious at this point

Once Adam cleared up that issue, he went into greater detail, talking about the pictures that surfaced in March of him and his ex kissing, about experimenting with girls in high school and of losing his virginity in Hollywood on his 21st birthday.

“I loved it this season when girls went crazy for me. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all hot. Just because I’m not sticking it in there doesn’t mean that I don’t find it beautiful,” Lambert (graphically) tells Rolling Stone.

the complete quote->

“I liked it this season when girls went crazy for me. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all hot. Just because I’m not sticking it in there doesn’t mean that I don’t find it beautiful. Lately there’s part of me that’s almost bi-curious the other way around. I’ve made out with girls at nightclubs when I had way too many drinks. I don’t know if it would ever happen, but I’m kind of interested.”

- confirms the boyfriend!

On current boyfriend Drake LaBry: “Cajun, voodoo-down, dreamy.”

On Justin Timberlake: “Yum.”

- I agree

Those “scandalous” pictures?

As for the scandal over photos of Lambert in drag that surfaced on the Internet in March, he says, he forgot to remove photos from his profile on a social network for the Burning Man festival in Nevada. “Wasn’t ready for that,” he tells RS of the photos of him in costume making out with his ex. He was worried that people would think the drag ensemble was typical of him. “I’ve only dressed in drag three or four times – and of course I took pictures, because I looked amazing – but I don’t tuck and I don’t wear breasts, that’s not me. Sucking my boy’s face? Yes, that I will own,” he joked.

More juicy quotes:

…his musical likes include Thievery Corporation and Goldfrapp, while his dislikes include Nickelback and Creed. He’s not that into musical classifications like “rock” and “pop,” but he does enjoy the fantasy aspect of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
“Everyone is so hung up on ‘Are you pop?’ or ‘Are you rock?’ It’s like, ‘Um, does this song make you want to dance, or have sex, or remind you of something?’ It’s not that deep. I’m trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader. Being a rock star is just playing. It’s Halloween, make believe. I can’t believe I get to play dress-up for a living now!”

“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.”

“I was so excited. I was like, ‘I’m going to glue rhinestones on my eyelids, bitch! That’s right, ‘American Idol’ in platform boots. You ain’t voting anymore!'”

His dream Burning Man buddy:

“I’m trying to get Zac Efron to come to Burning Man. He says he really wants to go!”

- See? That old picture of Adam having dinner with Zac from long long ago wasn’t fake.

Growing up:

I started to realize I wasn’t like every other boy, and I was just in my own head about it, tripping myself out. I was so scared of my sexuality. I didn’t feel comfortable in my skin, didn’t feel sexy.”

Discovering himself at Burning Man:

“I was looking for something and I wasn’t sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, ‘Oh!’ I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen.”

“I saw what David Cook did last year, and it was cool. He thought, ‘I have to sing something everybody knows, but I’m going to make it work for me and not give a f*** about the theme.’ It is so pageant. That’s why it’s hard for people like Allison [Iraheta], who won’t stand there and smile, say when they want her to say. I was on my best behavior, but it wasn’t fake: That really was my best self.”

He lost his virginity on his 21st birthday.

He says “I was drunk, and it was awkward. I was like Wow! That was bad.”

He says “My brother neil called me last night so drunk, with his friends,he said I should do any album of covers called Doin’ Hella Dudes”

Dislike: President Bush, Nickelback, Creed, cameras, and cocaine.
Likes:Twilight, Bret Easton Ellis, Thievery Corporation, Goldfrapp, and President Obama

“In Germany, he started smoking pot, and tried Ecstasy, dyed his hair black and went to his first sex club.”

“During plays, Adam would hang out in the girls’ dressing room while we were changing, and every once in a while a mom would walk past and ask him, “what are you doing in here?” Says Danielle Stori, a singer-songwriter. “and we would be like C’mon its only Adam!”

“The magic mushrooms told me to!”

“He asked if I was a Jew, and I said I’d wear a yarmulke if he wanted, as long as it had rhinestones.”

Very interesting quote about Danny Gokey - I bet Danny tried to “preach”:

And while he’s diplomatic about it, Lambert makes it clear that his relationship with third-place finisher, Milwaukee worship leader Danny Gokey, was not quite as easy. Lambert said the two discussed religion a few times and “Danny is by the book, and the book is The Word,” he explained. “And I respect that. Just don’t try to push it on me and we’re cool.”

Adam Lambert Outs Himself! Plus: His Romantic Weekend With Boyfriend

As for Adam’s love life, he’s recently gone public with his new beau, interior designer Drake LaBry. “Adam is walking on air, he’s so happy!” a friend of the singer tells Star. “Not only has he found fame on Idol, but he’s got a wonderful partner to share all his success with.”
In fact, the handsome pair even celebrated with a trip to the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, Calif. on May 29, where the top suites go for $2,700 per night! “The weekend went so perfectly,” the source tells Star, “they never wanted it to end!”