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.
LANCE BASS: I'M GAY
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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? “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.
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.
LANCE BASS: 'I'M GAY'
“Not only has she accepted the fact that I’m gay, but she celebrat , " Bass said.