It's LGBTQ Pri Month 2022. TODAY Show talked wh Lance Bass who remembers tryg to "pray the gay away" as a young boy growg up a Mississippi town.
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- WHY LANCE BASS WAS TERRIFIED TO E OUT AS GAY TO HIS PARENTS
- LANCE BASS: I'M GAY
- LANCE BASS: 'I'M GAY'
- LANCE BASS: 'I'M GAY'
WHY LANCE BASS WAS TERRIFIED TO E OUT AS GAY TO HIS PARENTS
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Lance Bass remembers tryg to "pray the gay away" as a 5-year-old boy growg up a small Mississippi town.
“I was tght that homosexualy is a s and you have to fix . You hear so many horror stori — pecially the south — of fai rejectg their gay kids. Bass me out as gay 2006.
Related: 6 thgs to do before your gay kid outTo protect himself and his reer, Bass beme "the shy one" the group, he relled. "In 2006, Bass was enjoyg a night out at gay bar Provcetown, Massachetts, a popular vatn statn for the LGBTQ muny. “I was wag on le for the bathroom and this guy regnized me and says, ‘You’re gay?
LANCE BASS: I'M GAY
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“It was the first time I’d told a stranger I was gay and felt amazg.
LANCE BASS: 'I'M GAY'
Related: Lance Bass shar how he me out to Brney SpearsAt that pot, only a few people, cludg Bass’s sister, Stacy, knew that he was gay. “She’s a teacher and she immediately started readg everythg about beg gay, ” Bass said.
“It was a lot of ‘you n pray the gay away, ’” Bass said.
LANCE BASS: 'I'M GAY'
Once she realized there was a lot of false rmatn out there, she started talkg to different pastors that accepted gay people. Eight years ago, 2014, Diane spoke ont of her ngregatn about her journey as a Southern Baptist wh a gay child. “The miracle is that I learned to have unndnal love and passn for my son and others the gay muny.
“Not only has she accepted the fact that I’m gay, but she celebrat , " Bass said.