Singer Adam Lambert says it's “not
that hard” for parents to embrace their LGBT children.
Lambert, 31, was asked to comment on
his role as an openly gay celebrity after performing at AT&T's
Live Proud event to benefit The Trevor Project at the Playhouse in
Hollywood.
“That's been my mission this whole
time, to encourage people to be who they are,” Lambert told gay
glossy The
Advocate. “Don't mimic me. I'm not your example. I'm
only trying to get people to do what they want.”
When asked what he would say to the
unsupportive parents of LGBT children, Lambert said: “I think a
lot of older generation parents believe that the life of a LGBT
person is going to be really hard and fraught with all this turmoil.
Well, most of that turmoil comes from a family rejecting them, so the
first step is a family embracing a person for who they are. And
that's not that hard. You look around major cities around the
country, it's not hard. There's great community, great support
system, and there's a lot of gay kids out there. It's not that
difficult.”