Clay Aiken confesses he is gay in the October 6 issue of People, on newsstands this Thursday.

File This Under: DUH! Clay Aiken will officially come out of the closet in the new issue of People Magazine.

Clay tenderly cuddles with his infant son Parker Foster Aiken, conceived with the help of surrogate mom, record producer Jaymes Foster, 50, on the cover of the celebrity weekly. Beside the handsome pair, a headline broadcasts the worst kept secret in Hollywood, Yes, I’m Gay.

“I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things,” Clay says of his courageous decision to come out.