Singer Lance Bass has revealed that
he's known he's gay since the age of 5.
Bass made his remarks Saturday in
accepting an Upstander Award at Time to THRIVE, an LGBT youth
conference hosted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and held at
Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“You know growing up in the South,
although I did feel very safe, I had a secret,” Bass said. “Ever
since I was 5 years old one of my memories, I knew I was gay. And I
also knew that I would have to hide it the rest of my life. And that
it was wrong. I didn't know why it was wrong, I just knew it was
wrong.”
Bass received a round of applause when
he said “God … made me gay.”
He also encouraged young teens to start
gay-straight clubs in their communities. (The video is embedded on
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