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He added, \"I couldn't imagine my parents sending me off to a place like that, but I didn't come out of the closet 'til way later. If I were in junior high or high school, I don't know what would have happened. I don't know what my church would have convinced my parents to do. I would hope they would not go to that extreme. But back then, I have no idea. ... I'm just so happy [that] my parents today are very supportive.\"

In fact, Bass said, once he came out to his parents, they researched and read everything they could about the LGBT community to support their son.

\"It's just all about educating,\" he said. \"That's all we can do, just start the dialogue and get people talking. Once people learn about this subject and LGBT, it changes people's mind for the better. It's not like when people learn about this subject, they go deeper into believing this [stuff].\"

Before the @GMCLA #Halloweenie festivities with @MichaelTurchin. #weeniela pic.twitter.com/Flq1qcF8vt

— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) October 27, 2014

Aside from desperately trying to make effective change where it counts, Bass is in the throes of wedding planning, which helps balance things out.

E! will be broadcasting the wedding sometime early next year and Bass couldn't be prouder to show off his love to the world.

\"The network is doing the first celebrity, gay wedding, which is such an honor to be a part of,\" he said. \"It's almost 2015, and we are just now having the first gay wedding special on television. As a little kid from Mississippi, I would have loved to have seen something like that go down on TV, so that I knew nothing was wrong with me.\"

Bass said the special will show his and Turchin's love story and the intense planning of the \"perfect day for friends and family.\"

\"You are going to see something special, but you'll see a lot of funny things, too,\" Bass added, laughing. \"Because two guys planning a wedding is very difficult.\"

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