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Adam Lambert: 'Navigating the media when you're gay is very tricky'

'Trespassing' hitmaker Adam Lambert has revealed that being openly gay is something that has become easier over time because our current society is more accepting. 

Lambert recently talked to Britain's The Guardian newspaper about the late Freddie Mercury's sexuality and revealed that he knows what it's like to struggle with trying to be honest and open in front of the world's media because he has experienced it first hand:

“I think it’s interesting that he was so masculine in the 80s. Some people might have said he was trying to compensate – I think he was evolving. Brian told me he’s always suspected that the song In the 'Lap of the Gods' was Freddie’s way of expressing his frustration about not being able to be openly gay. ‘It’s so easy but I can’t do it/So risky but I’ve got to chance it/So funny but there’s nothing to laugh about…’ I’m well past it now – I think we are living in a post-gay age where, f**k it, no one cares – but I had my own version of that struggle when I started out five years ago – navigating the media is very tricky. I can only imagine what it must have been like back then.”

The vocal sensation went onto explain that he believes his involvement with the iconic rock band Queen only makes them a stronger unit and he thinks they can conquer the world together:

“All I know is, we’re going to be right next to Big Ben. Maybe we can scale him [Ben]. Maybe Brian can climb him! Maybe we can re-enact that thing from Peter Pan where they ride around on the clock hands. Freddie (Mercury) is like a myth. It’s like he’s not real. When I look at footage of him, the voice, the command of the stage – it is extremely intimidating to walk up to.”

Adam Lambert and Queen will perform a special concert in London on New Year's Eve (December 31), which will be streamed live online for fans around the world to see. 

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