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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Strollerderby : closeted</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/closeted/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: closeted</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Clay Aiken Comes Out</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/09/23/clay-aiken-comes-out.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:130215</guid><dc:creator>Brett Singer</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=130215</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/09/23/clay-aiken-comes-out.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/09/23-End/clay-aiken-says-yes-he-is-gay-and-he-was-on-broadway.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/09/23-End/clay-aiken-says-yes-he-is-gay-and-he-was-on-broadway.jpg" alt="Clay Aiken: This isn&amp;#39;t an act, I&amp;#39;m really gay." align="right" border="0" height="219" hspace="4" width="292" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It&amp;#39;s official – Clay Aiken is a gay dad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In news that surprises absolutely no one, the AP is reporting that yes, Virginia (or is that Mary?) Clay Aiken is a gay man. Claymates everywhere are in tears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The story highlights from CNN?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;American Idol&amp;quot; runner-up and infant son are on new People cover&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things,&amp;quot; Aiken says&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp; Aiken made his debut on Broadway in &amp;quot;Spamalot&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So. The first two, OK. On the cover of People, interesting (especially since it was previously reported that no one wanted that picture because it was too &amp;quot;creepy&amp;quot;). Can&amp;#39;t lie while raising a child, yes, right, newsworthy quote. And…he was on Broadway. This is relevant because…?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/09/25/shocker-clay-aiken-is-gay-cute-pic-of-his-baby-too.aspx"&gt;Famecrawler&lt;/a&gt; has the People Mag cover which features the headline, &amp;quot;Yes, I&amp;#39;m Gay.&amp;quot; Pulitzer material, methinks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Source/image: &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/clay.aiken.ap/index.html"&gt;CNN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/09/12/naked-harry-potter-pics-hit-the-web.aspx"&gt;Naked Harry Potter pics hit the web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/08/26/ricky-martin-s-twins-photos-wanna-see.aspx"&gt;Ricky Martin&amp;#39;s Twins Photos - Wanna See?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="BlogPostHeader"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/09/25/shocker-clay-aiken-is-gay-cute-pic-of-his-baby-too.aspx"&gt;SHOCKER: Clay Aiken Is Gay! (Cute Pic Of His Baby Too)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/08/08/clay-aiken-welcomes-son.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#142836" size="2"&gt;Clay Aiken Welcomes Son!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/08/13/first-picture-of-clay-aiken-s-son.aspx"&gt;&lt;font color="#142836" size="2"&gt;First Picture of Clay Aiken&amp;#39;s Son&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/09/21/arkansas-evangelist-s-compound-raided-six-children-removed.aspx"&gt;Arkansas Evangelist&amp;#39;s compound raided, six children removed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/09/22/enormous-baby-sculpture.aspx"&gt;Enormous baby sculpture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
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