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Aiken will appear on the coming issue of People magazine with his newborn son, Parker Foster Aiken as reports by Reuters. The caption reads “Yes, I’m Gay,” and underneath is a quote from Aiken on his decision to come out of the closet that says: “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things.”

Aiken’s friend, music producer Jaymes Foster, gave birth to the baby fathered by Aiken just last month.

For years, Aiken has dodged questions about whether he is homosexual. He has said that his sexuality was nobody’s business but his own. I guess now that Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan are out of the closet, everyone else would, you think? Who’s next John Travolta? Just kidding…

For the complete story, visit people.com at 7 a.m. (EDT Wednesday) (1100 GMT) morning.

photo: People, Dateline Hollywood