Anna Paquin Comes Out as Bisexual

No one saw this coming! Anna Paquin, who plays a telepathic vampire lover on HBO's True Blood, has come out as bisexual.

Paquin, who's engaged to her True Blood costar Stephen Moyer, makes the announcement in a PSA video promoting the Give a Damn campaign, which features celebritiess speaking out for equality.

"I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn," Paquin, 27, says on-camera during a private taping on Jan. 30 in Los Angeles. Sources said they were unaware beforehand that Paquin would make the announcement.

Others who were present at the taping included comedian Margaret Cho and singers Mya and Jason Mraz.

Paquin's PSA comes on behalf of the True Colors Fund, an organization dedicated to earning equal rights for people who are gay, straight, bisexual or transgendered. The organization's "Give a Damn" campaign launches Thursday, with Paquin's spot as the first of several to be unveiled on-line in coming months.

Other major names in the campaign include Kim Kardashian, Elton John, Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Nixon, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, Judith Light, Clay Aiken and Wanda Sykes.

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).