Adam Lambert's sophomore album
Trespassing has been described as reinforcing gay stereotypes
by a group opposed to gay rights.
A review of Lambert's second effort on
the site PluggedIn.com,
part of the Christian conservative group Focus on the Family,
describes the album as so offensive that they could not repeat some
lyrics.
“Like [Lady] Gaga, Lambert is
unapologetically shameless when it comes to singing about his
voracious sexual appetites.”
The lyrics on Underneath
“explicitly reference Lambert's homosexual desire,” the reviewer
claims referring to the lines: “I'm standing here with no
apologies/Such a beautiful release/You inside of me/A red river of
screams.”
“Several songs hint at his
willingness to engage in a risky sexual encounter with someone he's
just met. And in this, Lambert perhaps unwittingly reinforces the
stereotype historically held about gay men: Namely that they're
promiscuous and sexually voracious, ready to indulge a carnal tryst
at virtually any moment.”
“[M]aybe it's Lambert who brands
himself here,” the review concludes. “Brands himself as
lascivious. Brands himself as masochistic. Brands himself as
'crazy.' Brands himself as 'shady.'”
(Related: Adam
Lambert: First openly gay male artist to top the Billboard
chart.)