As if you needed any more reason to love him, Maroon 5 lead Adam Levine went and told Out magazine:

What’s always pissed me off about Idol is wanting to mask that [the contestant’s gayness], for that to go unspoken. C’mon. You can’t be publicly gay? At this point? On a singing competition? Give me a break. You can’t hide basic components of these people’s lives. The fact that The Voice didn’t have any qualms about being completely open about it is a great thing.

But better yet, he get’s real:

A lot of people don’t want their kid to be gay and will fight it at all costs. But I’ve got news for you—it’s a losing fucking battle. The more you fight it, the more fucked-up your kid’s gonna be. You’ve just gotta embrace it from the beginning. That’s the only way to deal with it as a family. Otherwise, you’re just screwing yourself over, and you’re gonna make your kid miserable.

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ManCandy Monday: Darren Criss

Who doesn’t love the Chinese, Spanish, Filipino, Irish deliciousness of Mr. Criss, who as scene-stealer Blaine Anderson on GLEE, has the girls and gays ready to rip their bodices when he gets on screen.

[Photo note: first eight images by Kai Z Feng from the June 2011 issue of GQ]

WATCH: Edward Reid Sings Nursery Rhymes - Britain’s Got Talent

Funny, sorta fabulous and kinda queer - all in a good way.

ADELE on the cover of Rolling Stone’s special Best of Rock 2011 issue

She looks fantastic and her returning to #1 on the Billboard charts, knocking down Britney Spears’ new album to #2 after the second week, gives me hope that we are actually a country that actually loves—to paraphrase Adele herself—music made for the ears, not the eyes.

WATCH: “Gay Pirates” by Cosmos Jarvis

UK singer Cosmos Jarvis’ goofy diddy “Gay Pirates” features himself as one of the gay pirates who eventually snogs with his love Sebastian. Jarvis himself isn’t gay, but what a fun ally!

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ManCandy Monday: Cheyenne Jackson

Openly gay, actor, singer, and activist Cheyenne Jackson is one of those annoying guys who is extremely talented, politically involved and physically attractive (my love for dark hair and light eyes has no bounds). Having taken several starring roles on Broadway, he’s come to more national prominence as Jack “Danny” Baker on 30 Rock. He is a ambassador for amFAR and national ambassador for The Hetrick-Martin Institute.

MAD TV parody “MTV Icon: Whitney Houston”

Laughing so hard, we just got an ab workout! The beginning dance tribute is too much!

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