Lately with the Charlie Puth, Shawn Mendes and Joe Jonas threads, I've noticed a lot of speculation of whether or not these celebrities are gay. My question is, when you are famous is it hard to come out as a homosexual with the fear of tainting your influence, and harming your reputation and image.

If Lance Bance came out immediately when NSync starting blowing up, do you think it would've impacted their successful follow-up album, "No Strings Attached."

Do you feel their is this powerful perception of how/what a celebrity should be and being gay isn't one of them? So if Charlie, Shawn or Joe are indeed gay, why would it matter? Their still going to sing the same way and be the same person.

Why does it matter?

it's def harder. GP likes straight studs and there is no room for sissies,... buT it's 2015 so a cute gay boys have following too...

he will still have his huge fangirl base
it's not like he's a GP favorite in the first place they don't even know who he is

The way he holds his fan's chest and the way his fan holds his hands are just so CUTE!

It's different now. You will be more successful when you come out, like Sam Smith for example.

Just focus on the music and not the overly sexualized gay antics that Adam Lambert does in his early career. It's exactly the same template that applies with pop divas. People just wanna focus on the talent and not the tasteless images.

So? He ugly.

All the pics with that guy though

No, there are famous gay pop stars now. Sam Smith is a prime example, people LOVE him (except here on ATRL). Troye Sivan's fanbase is made up of mostly straight girls and gays and he's doing great right now. There are others but it's mostly in the acting world where it's seen as acceptable.

I think there are two routes that I see working for singers right now: 1) be perceived as straight until you make it big, then come out but keep your music ambiguous to continue to appeal to the masses (Sam Smith, Frank Ocean, etc) or 2) be out and obvious from the very beginning and make it big off your core fanbase, allowing the rest of the GP to follow suit.

These days, as long as you aren't campy and aggressively forcing it on people like Adam Lambert did, I think you'll be good. Being LGBT tends to make you more popular these days, unless you're black.

What is that op pic

What do you mean "if"?

He has gay voice

True. But I think if he had been out before Stitches got big, he would be fine. I could see him pulling a "i'm bi" when he turns 18 though.

It shouldn't matter, but it still does, unfortunately.

The things I would imagine...

Isn't that a double standard though? The gp loved gaga back when she stared out (the same time as Adam too) and she was the definition of ott.

whatchu mean "if"?

Yes, unfortunately, but girls can get away with more flamboyance than men. Men are supposed to be macho and masc and straight acting, showing off their abs. Not gyrating around on stage making out with other men and pretending to deep throat their backup dancers.

I couldn't care less. Not saying this in a mean/rude way, btw.