{"id":9337,"date":"2021-06-25T13:21:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=9337"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:21:33","slug":"joshua-bassett-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/joshua-bassett-lgbtq-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Bassett reveals that he is happy to be in the LGBTQ+ community\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joshua Bassett<\/strong>\u00a0is in the new issue of\u00a0<strong>GQ<\/strong>\u00a0magazine\u00a0and has returned to talking about his\u00a0<strong>sexuality<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Despite not labeling himself, it was clear that he is not straight.\u00a0For him, it is very important that people be free.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and singer featured in \u201c<strong>High School Musical: The Series: The Musical<\/strong>\u201d in a recent video, simply \u201clet go\u201d that he was in love with\u00a0<strong>Harry Styles<\/strong>.\u00a0In this video, he put it in a joking tone, which left people in doubt.\u00a0A while later, in this interview with GQ, he confirmed that there was nothing funny about it.\u00a0That was true.<\/p>\n<p>After that video, he says that he received various <strong>reactions<\/strong>, including love, hate, anger, confusion, text messages, and phone calls.\u00a0Ultimately, he says, &#8220;<strong><em>it\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>was an opportunity to say something I believe in<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0Bassett later said confidently:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>Even if there are consequences, I&#8217;d rather deal with the consequences and live my truth than live in fear.<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuatbassett\/status\/1408089029053136900?s=19\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI would much rather deal with consequences and live my truth than live in fear.&quot; thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GQMagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GQMagazine<\/a> ! full article out now:)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SgnTsBYorI\">https:\/\/t.co\/SgnTsBYorI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTkZFg1DsS\">pic.twitter.com\/MTkZFg1DsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua Bassett (@joshuatbassett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuatbassett\/status\/1408089029053136900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Basset explains that he does not feel the need for people to come out: &#8220;<em><strong>I am against coming out in the sense that it is not necessary<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0But he adds: &#8220;<em><strong>People can have labels if they want to<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0Even as a child, I heard comments like \u201c<em><strong>When will you find out you&#8217;re gay?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0Or, conversely, &#8220;<em><strong>people would tell me that I&#8217;m straight or that I can&#8217;t be gay because of my genes<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And then &#8220;<em><strong>people wouldn&#8217;t believe me anyway if I talked about my sexuality in some way.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; But then what gender does Joshua Bassett identify with?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>There are so many letters in the alphabet\u2026 Why bother rushing to a conclusion?\u00a0Sometimes your handwriting changes, sometimes you try a different one, other times you find that it&#8217;s not what you thought it was, or maybe you&#8217;ve always known.\u00a0All of this could be true.\u00a0I am happy to be a part of the LGBTQ + community because they cover everyone.\u00a0Don&#8217;t let anyone say that love is not love.\u00a0They are probably the ones who need it the most<\/strong><\/em>\u201d he snapped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GQMagazine\/status\/1408042268787810306?s=19\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m happy to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community because they embrace all. Don\u2019t let anyone tell you love isn\u2019t love. They\u2019re the ones who probably need it the most.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuatbassett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@joshuatbassett<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/do4bjGvsu6\">https:\/\/t.co\/do4bjGvsu6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9YzozLUMe2\">pic.twitter.com\/9YzozLUMe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GQMagazine\/status\/1408042268787810306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a recent post, he confirmed that there are more LGBTQ + members on \u201c<em><strong>High School Musical: The Series: The Musical<\/strong><\/em>\u201d than there are straight members.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>I think nothing is more powerful than telling the truth,<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; Bassett finally adds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Bassett\u00a0is in the new issue of\u00a0GQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0and has returned to talking about his\u00a0sexuality\u00a0.\u00a0Despite not labeling himself, it was clear that he is not straight.\u00a0For him, it is very important that people be free. The actor and singer featured in \u201cHigh School Musical: The Series: The Musical\u201d in a recent video, simply \u201clet go\u201d that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3106,"featured_media":9338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=9337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}