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You may have heard that OUT Editor Aaron Hicklin wrote a scathing editor’s letter to Lambert. Apparently, Lambert’s handlers were afraid OUT would make him look too gay. The homophobic behavior of the handlers was also reported by Shana Naomi Krochmal, who interviewed Lambert for the magazine.

This is, of course, disappointing. Lambert is letting himself be guided in ways that seem at odds with his out-ness. And our expectations of his place in our gay world. But I don’t recall this level of outrage by any LGBT blog when OUT’s sister publication, the Advocate, had an extensive interview with Tom Ford, who said such silly things as “I don’t think of myself as gay” and “We all get so caught up with this word marriage.”

Where was the outrage then? Because those statements are outrageous.

Tom Ford is not a civil rights leader. Adam Lambert has stated outright that he does not want to be seen as a civil rights leader.

You know, the entire OUT 100 list — which I think is a great idea — was prefaced this year with this statement: “The gay world is just like high school—but bigger and with fewer rules.”

It sure is. For some.

UPDATE: Adam Lambert has tweeted his response to Hickland: “Dear Aaron, it’s def not that deep. Chill! Guess ya gotta get attention for the magazine. U too are at the mercy of the marketing machine.” And: “Until we have a meaningful conversation, perhaps you should refrain from projecting your publications’ agenda onto my career.”