Adam Lambert has made the cover of Out Magazine’s December issue, along with Wanda Sykes and Cyndi Lauper. The December issue celebrates the top 100 gays and lesbians in entertainment/media/whatever. Lambert has been named “The Freshman” and he decked himself out in extra eyeliner and a twitchy, startled expression for the cover. Considering Out Magazine is specifically geared directly to a gay audience, you would think Adam Lambert would have his fabulous talking points at the ready. Instead, he ends up doing that weird thing he did in the November issue of Details Magazine – he tries to butch it up and talk about his sexual experiences with women. Uh… the jig is up, Glambert. We don’t need to hear about that one time, back when you were 18 years old, that you tried to go down on a girl. The resulting story is just what you’d expect: “It was a little gross because I don’t think she was as clean as she could’ve been. It wasn’t the act of it that really turned me off. I don’t really remember. I was 18 and I was drunk.” For the love of God. Just talk about the guys you bone!

On trying to perform oral sex on a woman: “It was a little gross because I don’t think she was as clean as she could’ve been. It wasn’t the act of it that really turned me off. I don’t really remember. I was 18 and I was drunk. Or maybe I was 17… The point of the matter is that I would not rule it out. The idea is intriguing.”

On fame: “I’m doing the best I f-cking can, you know? I’m the same guy doing the same thing on a larger. I’ve always been an entertainer. Fame doesn’t freak me out, and I can handle it. But sometimes out in public there are people that just are so rude. Like, people are really cool about it and they’ll come up to you and they’re just like, “Oh hey man, I really liked you.” It’s brief, it’s sweet, it’s genuine. But some people freak out. And I’m like, why are you freaking out? I don’t get that mentality. I’ve never felt like that about a celebrity before — except maybe Madonna. When I met Madonna my heart was racing. That’s my one experience being star-struck. And I told her, ‘I’m freaking out.’ And she said, ‘Why?’ And I said, ‘Because you’re f—ing Madonna.’”

On American Idol: “I’ve lived in L.A. for eight years… It’s about making a good TV show. I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a f-cking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.”

On announcing he was gay: “I didn’t want to acknowledge it as a mistake or something I was ashamed of—I’m not. It’s part of who I am, but because our nation is the way it is, it’s an announcement. If I lose some fans, f-ck it. I need to be happy too.”

On relationships: “I’ve only been in love twice. I have a lot of life experience, but I don’t know sh-t about love.”

On sexuality: “To some people, me being sexual is really offensive because I’m gay. They’re like, ‘He’s being really gay.’ And I’m like, actually, ‘No, I’m just being sexual.’ Male sexuality is frightening to America [but] female sexuality is all over the place.”

[From Out Magazine]

Can you imagine being that girl – that one girl – that wasn’t “clean” enough for the gay guy? And to be discussed like this in an Out Magazine profile? Ugh. Not pleasant. Back in the Details cover piece, Lambert claimed: “I am gay, but I like kissing women sometimes. Women are pretty. It doesn’t mean I’m necessarily sleeping with them. Of course, had I been the one drinking the cocktails. I probably would have made out with her [a woman who was groping him].” So… what’s the verdict? Does Lambert just like to play around with women for fun, or is he making a calculated business decision, trying to not alienate his female audience by letting them dream of… what is it exactly? Some kind of drunken shenanigans that would leave most women emotionally devastated?

Out Magazine December 2009 cover courtesy of Just Jared. Additional Adam Lambert photo (from Out) courtesy of Gawker.