'Trespassing' superstar Adam Lambert has spoken out about the importance of equality and acceptance where families that have LGBT relatives are concerned.

Speaking to The Advocate after his performance at AT&T's Live Proud concert, the hitmaker explained that parents should be supportive of their children who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered because problems arise from rejection and ignorance:

"I think a lot of older generation parents believe that the life of a LGBT person is going to be really hard and fraught with all this turmoil. Well, most of that turmoil comes from a family rejecting them, so the first step is a family embracing a person for who they are. And that's not that hard."

"You look around major cities around the country, it's not hard. There's great community, great support system, and there's a lot of gay kids out there. It's not that difficult."

When asked what it's like to be a role model, Lambert added that he wants people to be true to themselves rather than look up to him as a figure to copy: "That's been my mission this whole time, to encourage people to be who they are. Don't mimic me. I'm not your example. I'm only trying to get people to do what they want.”