David Archuleta: "How I Found Out I Was Queer"

Wake me when it's over

Latino Mormons aren't that common, how on earth did his parents get involved in that mess? In any case, I'm glad he got out.

R2 Coke addiction and then rehab. Usually does it.

I can't be bothered to watch a video. Is the answer gay porn? That's how I figured it out.

Did he read it in Datalounge?

Is there any gay guy who truly doesn’t know they’re gay from early on? You might not have a word for it, but you know you’re different from other boys. There’s a fine line between denial and realization.

Thank God someone got to him to tidy up and not look like a vagrant. He looks very good in the interview.

It’s sickening to hear him being politically correct and using the Q word instead of saying “gay”. People should condemn this type of “Don’t say gay”.

He just lost me at “queer”. I’ll never pay attention to him again.

[quote]There’s a fine line between denial and realization.

He’s acknowledged that he spent years denying it.

When did David become so swishy?

[quote]When did David become so swishy?

At birth?

He likely was holding back the "swish" for years, until the was finally able to accept himself.

Why does he always wear beige clothing? It's a horrible color on him.

He looks very good.

This gay guy, r6. I assumed that I was straight since everyone around me was straight. I never felt different as a child. I didn't start thinking of myself as gay until age 15. I grew up in an atheist household in a liberal part of the country, not in a Mormon family in Utah.

Summary—he found out while he was sucking a big cock.

“I must be gay!”

[quote] He just lost me at “queer”. I’ll never pay attention to him again.

I hate that stuff too, but David seems so lovely and sincere that he manages to pull it off.

So who was the lucky guy that got to pop his gay cherry?

[quote] So who was the lucky guy that got to pop his gay cherry?

Sanjaya Malakar.

[quote] American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar Comes Out as Bisexual, Reacts to Being Called 'Gay' as a Teen

Sanjaya Malakar, who shot to fame as a Top 10 finalist on American Idol season six, is opening up about his sexuality.

The former singer, who is now 32 (in 2022), came out as bisexual during an interview on The Adam Shank Show podcast and he also discussed what it was like to be called “gay” in his teenage years.

Sanjaya was just 17 while competing on the show, on which his vocals were criticized for being “utterly horrendous” by judge Simon Cowell. He revealed during the interview that he’s now working as a pastry chef and bartender.

“I identify as bisexual,” Sanjaya said (via People). “At the time [that I was on American Idol], I did not know, which was why it was so weird for me.”

“I had a hard time figuring out how to interact with young boys because my dad’s from India and grew up in a temple, so there was never like, ‘This is how you are a boy,’” Sanjaya said about his upbringing. “And then, my mom is an A-type personality, Italian-American woman, and [so are] her sisters and my sisters and all of that, so growing up I was already the awkward theater kid.”

He added, “I always got along with theater kids. I always got along with gay kids and girls, so I was like, ‘OK, these are my people.’ But I don’t know. Everyone keeps telling me that I am gay, and I’m like, 7. I don’t even have any attraction to anyone, so why are you telling me this?”

Sanjaya talked about being called “gay” while on the show, despite having a long-term girlfriend at the time.

“I was exploring my life as a child, and then American Idol happened, and everyone was like, ‘Oh, he’s gay.’ And I was like, ‘OK, well now I have to say no, because at this point they’re forcing me to make a decision and define myself,’” he said. “At that time, that was a big thing as well, ’cause I grew up in a time when being called a f—-t in school was the worst thing that could ever happen to you. You had to be as hyper-masculine as possible to fit in, and coming up in 2007, it was like, ‘Being gay is OK, but you have to define yourself, and there’s this or that.’”

“All of my publicists were like, ‘Oh, just tell everyone you’re single. Be ambiguous. No one needs to know anything about anything because you don’t want to lose your fans.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, but why am I manipulating what I know of myself to figure out what kind of fans I’m going to get because I’m still trying to discover who I am?’” he said.

Sanjaya talked about feeling comfortable in his sexuality at 32.

“For me, at this point I don’t really care about what people know of my sexuality, and if I got into a serious long-term relationship with a guy I would bring him to my family, and they’d be like, ‘Oh, cool,’” he said. “A couple of my cousins are bi as well and have brought home gay partners and then come and married someone else. It becomes a big deal, and it’s not.”

[QUOTE]David Archuleta: "How I Found Out I Was Queer"

He looked in a mirror?

He's saying he's queer, not that he's gay. He could therefore be bisexual. Or even trans or nonbinary, since "queer" means those things too.

I'm straight, bitches!

[quote] Clay Aiken recalls losing '50 percent' of his fans after coming out in 2008

Clay Aiken recently looked back on the challenges he faced when he came out in 2008, and how far society has come since then.

The "American Idol" alum first revealed his sexuality as a gay man on the cover of People Magazine in 2008 after welcoming his son Parker in August that year.

"It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken explained of his decision to come out at the time. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."

In a Dec. 10 interview with People, Aiken reflected on how much speculation about his sexuality shaped his public persona. While coming out in 2008 brought clarity, he said it came at a cost.

"Back then it was a big deal," he said, recalling the impact it had on his Broadway run in "Spamalot" at the time.

"The first four months that I was in, the show was selling out, standing room only. You can actually look at the ticket sales the week after that cover came out," he explained, referring to his 2008 People cover. "It went from selling very well to the week after the cover came out, the ticket sales dropped. 'Spamalot' ended up closing a few months after that."

"We are in a very different time," he added. "I lost maybe 50% of the fan base."

Despite the setbacks, Aiken said he has no regrets and is grateful the world has changed for the better.

"A lot of people who come out now end up having boosts in popularity because of it... That's mind-blowing to me because it's the opposite of what happened when I came out," he said. "But it means that there's progress and it means that as a country, we're headed in the right direction."

[QUOTE]Latino Mormons aren't that common, how on earth did his parents get involved in that mess?

The Mormon church has found it increasingly difficult to proselytize in Europe (for obvious reasons) and they are in great competition in Latin America with Evangelical Christianity. Solution? The Pacific islands. Mormons have brought tons of Pacific Islanders who are happy to live in large communal settings and follow.

Lots and lots in Utah. It will be interesting to see how ICE approaches their legalization process.

David looks like he scoots.

EXACTLY r11... all the arms and hands🙄... he looks weird in this clip, altho i generally find him very cute...

He's definitely not the most articulate queer in the land. In fact, I can never make it through any interviews he's in. He needs to stick to singing and catching up on getting laid.

How very queer of him..