Joshua Bassett
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Joshua Bassett is feeling “liberated” after coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community earlier this year, reports Seventeen.
In an interview with U.K.’s Attitude Magazine, the “Feel Something” singer revealed that he experienced homophobia for the first time ever after he came out publicly.
Joshua said, “This was the first time where I was subjected to a lot of homophobia. You know, I seem ‘straight’ to everyone I meet, pretty much, and I have had to see that [homophobia] first-hand.”
He explained how the adversity provided him a unique outlook. “Seeing that put things into perspective, of how far along we aren’t yet; I thought we were a lot further on than we are,” he said.
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