Adam Levine: I Wouldn't Be Doing My Job If People Didn't Think I Was Gay

Adam speaks up in Out Magazine:

“There’s no way to hide my straightness,” he says, “but if people didn’t think there was a small chance I was gay, then I wouldn’t be doing my job very well. Look at the best ones, guys whose sexuality was always questioned. Bowie. Jagger. Freddie Mercury. I wouldn’t be the front man of a band if that question hadn’t come up at some point.”

Levine, 32, grew up in a liberal Los Angeles home -- his parents both went to Berkeley -- but it wasn’t his own sexuality that defined his open-minded beliefs. It was his younger brother’s. “I can single-handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired,” he says, laughing. “Trust me, you’re born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two. We all knew.”

Instead of a family freak-out, the Levines doubled down. “We all really wanted to provide some cushion for him and constantly let him know that it’s OK,” Levine says. “A lot of people don’t want their kid to be gay and will fight it at all costs. But I’ve got news for you—it’s a losing fucking battle. The more you fight it, the more fucked-up your kid’s gonna be. You’ve just gotta embrace it from the beginning. That’s the only way to deal with it as a family. Otherwise, you’re just screwing yourself over, and you’re gonna make your kid miserable.”

Read the full article and yummy pics from Out Magazine.

Wanda Sykes: It's Harder to be Gay than Black

Wanda Sykes in a CNN Interview:

“I’m not talking about the history of black people, of African Americans. I’m talking about at this point right now… I don’t know of organizations and groups like Focus on the Family and such anti-gay organizations who are putting up so much money – millions and millions of dollars – into stopping me from, you know, being black or telling me I can’t exercise my blackness," she said.

"There’s no equality. There’s no equality for the LGBT community.”

Some people are going to criticize her because she's famous and rich and that's why it she has this view. But the reality is, while there is no denying that there is hatred and inequality against black people, there is no concerted effort to deny the rights of a minority like there is against gay people. And it's ok to call gay people fags and bullying is tolerated in all levels of society.