Clay Aiken is Gay!

After many years of speculations and rumors about Clay Aiken's sexuality, he has finally made the decision to "come out" and share with the news in the forthcoming issue of People magazine.

This afternoon (Tuesday, September 23rd) the forthcoming People magazine, with Clay Aiken as the cover story, was posted on perezhilton.com. The covers shows a picture of Aiken with his new son, Parker Foster, and the headlines "Yes, I'm Gay!'. It continues to state on the cover that "The Idol star opens up about his emotional decision to come out: I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things."

Representatives for People are not confirming or denying the accuracy of this story. The are only saying "We can confirm that Clay Aiken and his son are featured on the next issue of People".

The news comes just weeks after the birth of Parker Foster Aiken, whom the singer has said he intends to raise with the child's mother, his friend and musical producer Jaymes Foster. Clay and Jaymes met while he was a contestant on "American Idol". Parker was conceived by artificial insemination.

Aiken has been avoiding answering questions about his sexuality since he competed on "American Idol". In 2006, Diane Sawyer interviewed him and tried to address the topic of his sexuality. He called her "rude for asking" and proceeded to stated that he did not understand why it was any of her business.

For a complete story on Clay Aiken's upcoming cover on People, please visit www.people.com at 7 am tomorrow (Wednesday, September 24th).