In earth shattering news...

I'm shocked

... Really.  I am.

And I'm also owed $20 on a bet.

"Why Martha!  Your Sunday chapel dress!"

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by: sput @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:27:48 PM CDT

Welcome Clay!

It is so mush easier living openly and honestly, as I'm sure you've figured out.

Now send that check to Vote No On Proposition 8! :D

And I also read Lindsay Lohan came out on the radio the other day.

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by: Lurleen @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:33:55 PM CDT

Having a baby made an honest man of Clay...film at 11

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner

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by: peteyPornpig @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:40:19 PM CDT

Clay should have added

Michael Jackson come out come out

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner

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by: peteyPornpig @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:41:57 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

No, I really don't think so.

Michael Jackson's issues are way, way, way more complicated than being gay or not.  I very strongly suspect he has a pedophilia problem that has nothing to do with being gay.

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by: oddjob @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:43:40 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Took him long enough!

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by: oddjob @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 20:41:59 PM CDT

Huh. Whooda thunk?

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by: fq5757 @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:11:31 PM CDT

The picture on the...

...People Magazine cover makes him look like a fem lesbian.

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by: TomTallis @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:12:49 PM CDT

A specific fictional one

I just saw it.

He looks like Laura Innes in character as Dr. Weaver from ER.

>^..^<

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by: KatRose @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 08:02:59 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

I just needled Anderson Cooper on AC360.com live blog

I posted

"Clay Aikens came out today

if CA can,....AC?

how hard could it be if Clay Aikens can do it?"

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner

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by: peteyPornpig @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:19:51 PM CDT

Huggs and kisses

to you Clay!

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by: juicyjuice @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:26:17 PM CDT

So did Lindsay Lohan....

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:32:16 PM CDT

on AP news.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan has confirmed what the world has guessed: She's been dating Samantha Ronson "a very long time."
The 22-year-old actress casually told the co-host of the syndicated radio program "Loveline" on Monday that she's been dating the 31-year-old DJ. The pair have appeared in public and been photographed together but have never publicly commented about the extent of their relationship.

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 21:34:19 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Ugh

I'm not sure Lindsay Lohan is one we WANT.  

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by: kmpintj @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 14:59:17 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Aiken? That was an easy call, Lohan.....

I think she might at the Anne Heche juncture of her career.
Can you imagine the thousands of teeny-bopper Claymates weeping into their pillow at this very moment. Can't wait to see Kathy Griffin's take on all this new news!
Anyway, congrats to Clay all round.  

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S.

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by: txwhtboy @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 22:02:23 PM CDT

stop making fun of me you meanie

I am crying my eyes out and my pillow is soaked and I am just heartbroken I thought someday Clay would marry me  It can't be true noooooooooooo

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by: Miranda Writes @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 22:44:38 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

oh me too

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner

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by: peteyPornpig @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 23:22:04 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

and grass

is green.
Welcome out Clay.

http://EQFL.org

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by: banshiii @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 22:20:47 PM CDT

Sun Rose in the East

Too this morning - or so I hear

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by: CPT_Doom @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 06:45:26 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

WHAT?!

Don't all straight men artificially inseminate their much older female BFF's?

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by: superherofan @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 23:21:55 PM CDT

WHAT?!

Don't all straight men artificially inseminate their much older female BFF's?

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by: superherofan @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 23:21:56 PM CDT

...come on I am only 9 months older.

And we had been married and BF's for 15 years before that! .... Ummm though it truly wasn't artificial...ours was just 'unplanned.'   

I don't think anything epitomizes the fact that this is the 21st Century more than the acceptance and good wishes this new family can expect from most people.. in California anyway. Don't think they should move to Oklahoma any time soon.

Did you see his AI2 audition!!! Talk about a makeover!! 

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 10:18:03 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Is Ricky next?

He just had twins by surrogacy too.

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by: Lurleen @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 23:57:04 PM CDT

Paging Queen Latifah--

It's your turn next, honey.

Here's what I find about compromise--
don't do it if it hurts inside,
'cause either way you're screwed,
eventually you'll find
you may as well feel good;
you may as well have some pride

--Indigo Girls

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by: Hypatia @ Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 23:59:38 PM CDT

In other news: Anderson Cooper Marries Kathy Griffin

Makes perfect sense, no?

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by: David Ehrenstein @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 08:03:19 AM CDT

Who?

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by: Jami @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 12:49:14 PM CDT

So, should we all be patting him on the back?

I like the way Scott Dagostino, a columnist with Canadian queer mag "Xtra" tore a strip off him:

http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/  -- (Sept. 24 entry)

I believe in honesty so I'll admit it: I'm not feeling very funny today; just a bit annoyed. You know that dizzy, confused feeling you get from the crazy plot-twist endings of movies like "The Sixth Sense" or "The Usual Suspects?" Try to imagine the exact utter opposite of that and you'll have the world's reaction to the announcement that Clay Aiken is gay.

Now Clay (can I call you Clay?), I'm not trying to pick on you. Your coming out is a brave act of honesty that's appreciated even as it comes long, long after anyone could ever give a shit. It's just that, right after becoming a star on "American Idol" in 2002, you almost immediately began denying rumours about your sexuality, finally whining to People magazine in 2006, "It doesn't matter what I say. People are going to believe what they want." Only when they clearly know you're lying, you little tool! Even when one of your Manhunt tricks went and posted your webcam pics on the Internet (which, yes, is very wrong), you still hid and lied. No one cared! You could have come out then but no -- still this ridiculous pretense that's even less plausible than that of Ricky Martin.

I pick on Clay Aiken because of Will Young. In 2002, at the age of 23, he was the winner of the original "Pop Idol" in the UK (Aiken appeared later that year on the subsequent American version). Since then, they've both gained lots of fans and remained on the charts in their respective countries, except that Will Young came out immediately after his win. While Aiken spent the last six years lying to reporters (and probably himself), Young has been forthright about his sexuality in videos both sensitive and funny:

[video]

Is it fair to compare the two of them? Growing up in England was no doubt kinder to Will Young than Clay Aiken's American Southern Baptist upbringing but in an interview this week, the British pop star described himself as "the worst gay person ever" because he's reluctant to campaign for gay rights issues. That headline is now everywhere and it's unfair because it's never occurred to Young that it's possible to do even less. Cheers to Clay Aiken for finally telling the truth but, just like on "American Idol," he came in second.

With all that said, it's time once again for a big salute to Ellen DeGeneres, who schools everyone in how to be politically active, charming and funny, and to (who knew?) Lindsay Lohan, who's made the whole 'coming out' story kind of pointless by just living her life and dating her girlfriend out in the open. It's never been about labels, just honesty.

"The dignity of an animal is measured by his capacity to revolt in the face of oppression." -- Mikhail Bakunin

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by: Nathanial @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 12:59:50 PM CDT

ZOMG, next they'll be telling us...

I guess the only thing that would be more shocking would be a headline saying "Sun Rises in East!"

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by: kmpintj @ Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 15:01:48 PM CDT