14 DAY TRIAL // Singer Adam Lambert has come under serious fire with the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party as regards his upcoming concert, which has been criticized as promoting “gay culture,” and has agreed to tone his act down.
Adam is currently doing the Glam Nation Tour and, because he’s contractually bound to alter his show if sensibilities are to be offended by it, he has agreed to tone it down for Malaysia, the New York Times reports.
His shows contain “lewd dancing and a gay performance that includes kissing male dancers” which is “not good for people in our country,” the Party said the other day.
In the face of this much criticism and given that being gay remains illegal in Malaysia, Adam has agreed to tone down his act and to perform in a way that will not be offensive.
However, he’s also taken to his Twitter to explain that the decision had nothing to do with pressure from the outside but rather with respect and his desire to provide entertainment without causing a fuss.
“While I don’t believe that my glamnation tour is in any way offensive I have agreed to make a few minor adjustments out of respect for the Malaysian government. Looking forward to a fun show,” Adam says.
However, that’s not to say he agrees with what Malaysian authorities have said about him and his show, tweeting that there’s no such thing as “the gay way” and that all people are different.
Saying otherwise means generalizing and discriminating. His shows remain about love, fun and enjoying life, regardless of the orientation of those who attend them, the star says.
“Does my show ‘promote the gay lifestyle’? It promotes living ANY lifestyle that includes the freedom to seek love and intimacy. Gay, straight, bi, young or old. It’s all inclusive,” Adam says.
As fans must know, Adam, the first openly gay artist to go mainstream and know this level of exposure and popularity after he came out, has always fought against discrimination.
“Plus, what’s THE gay lifestyle? There isn’t just one. There are so many different kinds of gay people. We have a variety of different lifestyles. There’s not only one lifestyle lived by straight folks. Generalizing...” the singer also says on Twitter.