Adam Lambert was the first openly gay artist to top the album charts.
Alongside his solo career, Lambert has collaborated with rock band Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011 to 2023, including several worldwide tours from 2014 to 2022
In 1987, Barney Frank, the United States House representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district, publicly came out as gay, thus becoming the second member of the Massachusetts delegation to the United States Congress to do so

