Why are so many huge stars suddenly selling their music rights? Eddie Redmayne regrets playing trans woman in The Danish Girl, saying it was a 'mistake' Lesbian couple welcomes 'overwhelming' support for challenging NHS fertility policy described as '£50,000 gay tax' Mila Jam: Trans singer says a 'revolution' is happening in the face of a 'pushback' against pronouns The Indianapolis-born performer became the first openly gay artist to top the US Billboard album chart, with 2012's Trespassing.He recently compared being openly gay in the music industry a decade ago to the "wild west."Lambert told the magazine: "If I was growing up right now, a teenager or in my early 20s in 2021, would my relationship with my sexuality or gender be exactly what it is now?"I don't know.
It might be different. As we get older, identity becomes less of a priority and mystery."That's one reason the new generation is so excited about pronouns and names for their gender.
They're in the process of becoming who they want to be. That's what you do in your teens and 20s."Subscribe to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SpreakerLambert also addressed how much attitudes to gender fluidity had changed since he was younger, saying: "You look at the scene now and it's so much more accepted and visible."I remember before being on the music scene, in LA gay clubs, the only people who wore make-up were drag queens."Drag was very small - it wasn't an industry.