Editing Lance Bass (section)

==Personal life==
Bass dated actress [[Danielle Fishel]] of TV's ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' throughout 1999 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/221c_danielle_fishel.html |title=Danielle Fishel |publisher=AskMen.com |access-date=October 23, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102184434/http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/221c_danielle_fishel.html |archive-date=November 2, 2006 }}</ref> Fishel said she was heavily invested in the relationship, commenting that she was "so in love" with Bass.<ref name="Tyra">{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-and-danielle-fishels-near-miss-intimate-moment/ |title=Lance Bass and Danielle Fishel's Near-Miss Intimate Moment |date=October 25, 2007 |work=People|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> Bass ended the relationship after one year<ref name="FishelRelationship"/> and continued to exclusively date women until he was 22.<ref name="Professions" />

In his autobiography, Bass documents two gay relationships that predated media speculation; one with someone from Miami, Florida, named Jesse, with whom Bass lived for two years, and another with an [[Idaho]] native named Joe.<ref name=Autobio103-104>{{cite book |last=Bass |first=Lance |title=Out of Sync |pages=103–104, 159–168}}</ref> Bass began dating ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|Amazing Race]]'' winner [[Reichen Lehmkuhl]] in early 2006, a courtship that garnered [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] coverage and led to Bass's decision to [[come out]].<ref name="Gay" /> Bass described his relationship with Lehmkuhl as "very stable";<ref name="Gay" /> however, the couple split up several months later.<ref name="Lehmkuhl Split">{{cite web |title=Lance Bass & Reichen Lehmkuhl Split For Good |date=January 29, 2007 |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-reichen-lehmkuhl-split-for-good/|author1=Silverman, Stephen M. |author2=Rodriguez, Brenda |work=People |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016055818/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010139,00.html}}</ref> Shortly after his split with Lehmkuhl, Bass briefly dated Brazilian model and [[NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#LX|LXTV]] host [[Pedro Andrade]].<ref name=BassGQ>{{cite news | last = Rapkin | first = Mickey | url = https://www.gq.com/story/lance-basss-gay-adventure | title = Lance Bass's Gay Adventure | work = [[GQ]] | date= October 17, 2007 | access-date= May 13, 2022 | archive-date= May 2, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070502161523/http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2007/10/lance-basss-gay.html}}</ref> From August 2007 to March 2008, Bass dated New York-based hairdresser Ben Thigpen.<ref name="Russian" /><ref name="Thigpen 1">{{cite web |title=Caught in the Act! |date=November 7, 2007 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158357,00.html |last=Arnold |first=Shayna Rose. |work=People |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-date=January 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129180438/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158357,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> After a year and a half of dating, Bass became engaged to Michael Turchin in September 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-engaged-to-michael-turchin/ |title=Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Are Engaged |author=Gomez, Patrick |magazine=People |date=September 1, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> Bass and Turchin married on December 20, 2014, in Los Angeles.<ref name=wedding>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-marries-michael-turchin/ |title=Lance Bass Weds Michael Turchin|first=Patrick|last=Gomez |work=People|date=December 20, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>

In a 2006 interview, Bass said he has [[Attention-Deficit Disorder]].<ref name="ADD">{{cite web |url=http://ifitandhealthy.com/lance-bass-diet-and-workout/ |title=Lance Bass Diet and Workout |work=People |access-date=February 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417004535/http://ifitandhealthy.com/lance-bass-diet-and-workout/ |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2024, he made it known that he has [[type 1.5 diabetes]], which had been misdiagnosed a few years earlier as [[type 2 diabetes|type 2]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/pop-singer-lance-bass-type-1-5-diabetes-know-disease |title=Pop singer Lance Bass has type 1.5 diabetes, here's what to know about the disease |date=August 14, 2024 |publisher=Fox News |first=Amy |last=McGorry |access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref> Bass's favorite music bands are [[Aerosmith]], the [[Goo Goo Dolls]], and [[Journey (band)|Journey]],<ref name="NYTimesBook" /> and his favorite actress is [[Lucille Ball]], whom he grew up watching on ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' re-runs.<ref name="MSMagazine">{{cite news|author=West, Jennifer Ellis|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-1987666_ITM|title=Oh, The Places You'll Go|date=July 1, 2001|work=Mississippi Magazine}}</ref> He is a self-described "huge [[Dr. Seuss]] fan", devoting an entire room in his [[Jackson, Mississippi]], estate to Seuss memorabilia.<ref name="MSMagazine" /><ref name="Seuss 1">{{cite magazine |author=Baldwin, Kristen |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/10/26/n-theaters-now/ |title='N Theaters Now |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 26, 2001|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> Bass has said he is a Christian and that he regularly attends church,<ref name="Christian responses">{{cite web |title=The Religious Affiliation of Singer Lance Bass |publisher=Celebrity Faiths |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lance_Bass.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308090246/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lance_Bass.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 8, 2006 |access-date=August 10, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Church">{{cite web|date=September 27, 2006 |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/27/n_sync_members_suspected_lance_bass_was |title='N Sync Members Suspected Lance Bass Was Gay |publisher=Starpulse |access-date=July 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123938/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/27/n_sync_members_suspected_lance_bass_was |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Church 2">{{cite web |title='NSYNC Rides Again |date=November 2001 |url=http://incredible.nu/nsync/group/articles/tp-nov01.shtml |last=Stein |first=Joel |work=Teen People |access-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> though he considers himself to be [[non-denominational]].<ref name="FishelRelationship" /> He is the [[godparent|godfather]] of former bandmate and best friend [[Joey Fatone]]'s daughters, Briahna and Kloey.<ref name="Briahna">{{cite book |last=Bass |first= Lance |title=Out of Sync |page=50}}</ref>

===Sexual orientation===
[[File:Lance Bass Outwrite.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Bass in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, October 2007]]
Bass [[came out]] as [[homosexuality|gay]] in a cover story for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine on July 26, 2006.<ref name="Gay" /> There had been considerable media speculation about his orientation due to numerous [[paparazzi]] snapshots of him at [[gay bar]]s and nightclubs, most notably during the preceding [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] weekend in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Privacy">{{cite web| date = July 14, 2006| url =https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2189570&page=1| title =No Privacy for Lance Bass at Gay Bar| work =ABC News| access-date =July 28, 2006}}</ref> Celebrity gossip blogger [[Perez Hilton]] had also been posting items on his website about Bass's orientation since September 2005,<ref name="Perez">{{cite web| date = July 27, 2006 | url =https://www.today.com/popculture/did-gossip-blogger-out-lance-bass-wbna14065223| title =Did gossip blogger out Lance Bass?| work =Today|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> and New York [[gossip column]] ''[[Page Six]]'' ran a blurb on July 12, 2006, that reported a sighting of Bass at a gay bar with his then-boyfriend, Lehmkuhl.<ref name="Privacy"/> Bass's publicist, [[Ken Sunshine]], chose to release the story exclusively to ''People'' magazine, who bumped actor [[Johnny Depp]] off that week's cover in favor of Bass.<ref name="Advocate Interview">{{cite web|author=Buchanan, Kyle|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/12/14/why-wasn39t-year-lance-bass|title=Why Wasn't This The Year of Lance Bass?|date=January 15, 2008|work=The Advocate|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> In his coming out interview, Bass stated,

{{blockquote|The thing is, I'm not ashamed{{snd}} that's the one thing I want to say. I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.<ref name="Gay"/>}}

Bass's announcement received a large amount of media attention. The American public's reaction was generally positive, with Bass receiving "overwhelming support" from many teenagers and young adults who grew up listening to 'N Sync.<ref name="Reactions">{{cite web|author=Orzeck, Kurt |date=July 6, 2007|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1537282/it-is-ok-to-be-gay-fans-voice-overwhelming-support-for-lance-bass/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016220424/http://www.mtv.com/news/1537282/it-is-ok-to-be-gay-fans-voice-overwhelming-support-for-lance-bass/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2015|title='It Is Okay To Be Gay': Fans Overwhelmingly Support Lance Bass|publisher=MTV News|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> However, Bass received criticism from the [[LGBT]] community when he referred to himself and his friends as "[[straight-acting]]" in his ''People'' interview, stating, "I call them the SAGs{{snd}} the straight-acting gays. We're just normal, typical guys. I love to watch football and drink beer."<ref name="Professions">{{cite web|author=Vineyard, Jennifer|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1537155/nsyncs-lance-bass-reveals-hes-gay-im-not-ashamed-i-dont-think-its-wrong/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614044124/http://www.mtv.com/news/1537155/nsyncs-lance-bass-reveals-hes-gay-im-not-ashamed-i-dont-think-its-wrong/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2014| title='NSYNC's Lance Bass Reveals He's Gay: 'I'm Not Ashamed ... I Don't Think It's Wrong' | date=July 26, 2006| publisher=MTV News |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> This comment angered some members of the LGBT community, who believed that Bass not only implied that [[effeminate]] gay men were not 'normal', but further enforced unneeded [[stereotype]]s.<ref name="Reactions" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/09/25/myth-straight-acting|title=The myth of "straight-acting" |access-date=May 13, 2022 |author=Rice, Christopher. |date=September 25, 2006 |work=The Advocate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153701/http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid36685.asp |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> In a 2007 interview with ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', Bass called his comment a "mistake" and noted that he was unaware of the negative implications surrounding the term.<ref name="Advocate Interview" /> Bass stated, "Every community is hard to please. Our community is very fickle. It's a touchy community because it's the last [[civil rights]] movement we have left here in America. So when someone new like myself comes along and says off-the-mark things, yeah, I can see how people would get pissed."<ref name="Advocate Interview" />

Bass found himself in the midst of further controversy later that year when he, along with then-boyfriend Reichen Lehmkuhl, was awarded 2006 [[Human Rights Campaign]] Visibility Award on October 7, 2006.<ref name="Southern Voice" /> The ''[[Washington Blade]]'' printed a guest editorial from a longtime HRC supporter who claimed that neither recipient had done enough to deserve the award and that The Human Rights Campaign was simply capitalizing on Bass's fame to sell tickets.<ref name="Award 2">{{cite web|title = Bye! Bye! Bye! to Lance's Award|last=Foster|first=Randy.|work = The Washington Blade| date = September 8, 2006|url =http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-8/view/columns/foster.cfm|access-date = September 27, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070918234150/http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-8/view/columns/foster.cfm |archive-date = September 18, 2007}}</ref> The Human Rights Campaign stood by Bass and defended his award, responding to critics by saying, "Bass is the biggest music star since [[Melissa Etheridge]] to come out, and maybe some people think HRC should just ignore these moments of cultural significance, but his declaration did initiate a positive, national conversation that continues today."<ref name="HRC Defense">{{cite web|title =Award To Lance Is For Visibility, Not Activism |last=Snider|first=Mary.|publisher = Human Rights Campaign| date = August 12, 2007|url=http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-15/view/letters/soundoff.cfm|access-date = September 27, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013110447/http://washblade.com/2006/9-15/view/letters/soundoff.cfm |archive-date = October 13, 2007}}</ref>

===Marriage and family===
[[File:Lance Bass Michael Turchin 2016 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|Bass and husband Michael Turchin in 2016]]
Bass began dating painter and actor Michael Turchin in January 2011 and they became engaged in September 2013. They married on December 20, 2014, at the [[Park Plaza Hotel (Los Angeles)|Park Plaza Hotel]] in Los Angeles. Former NSYNC bandmates [[Joey Fatone]], [[Chris Kirkpatrick]] and [[JC Chasez]] were in attendance; [[Justin Timberlake]], who was then headlining his [[The 20/20 Experience World Tour]], was not present.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/lance-bass-is-married-get-759787/ |title=Lance Bass Is Married: Get the Details |first=Joceyln |last=Vena |website =[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> The ceremonial event was filmed and televised in a special [[E!]] presentation: ''Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding'' that aired on February 5, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eprotoeu.mtiny.com/article.ftl?id=608304&cc=ND |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228174711/http://eprotoeu.mtiny.com/article.ftl?id=608304&cc=ND |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |title=Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Are Officially Married--Find Out Which 'N Sync Member Performed at the Wedding |author=Carrie Dillivio |publisher=[[E!]] |date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=December 28, 2014 }}</ref> Bass and Turchin were the first same-sex couple to exchange vows on cable television.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drake |first=Aaron|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/wedding-channel/2015/02/06/photos-relive-lance-bass-wedding-instagram|title=Photos: Relive the Lance Bass Wedding Via Instagram|publisher=The Advocate|date=February 6, 2015}}</ref> After four years of marriage, the couple decided to extend their family and have a child with the help of a [[surrogacy|surrogate]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Lance Bass & Michael Turchin's Plan For Their First Child|url=http://www.eonline.com/videos/275522/lance-bass-micheal-turchin-s-plan-for-their-first-child|language=en-US|access-date=July 13, 2018|publisher=E!}}</ref> In March 2020, Bass announced the couple had lost a baby via the surrogate having a miscarriage at eight weeks. It had been the couple's ninth [[surrogacy]] attempt.<ref name="miscarriage">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Curtis M. |title=Lance Bass Says He And His Husband Lost A Baby Boy Via Miscarriage |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lance-bass-michael-turchin-miscarriage_n_5e74e81dc5b6eab77947072a|access-date=March 20, 2020 |newspaper=Huff Post |date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> In June 2021, Bass announced they were expecting twins by early November.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/parents/lance-bass-michael-turchin-expecting-twins-november-exclusive/ |title=Daddies of 2! Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Expecting Boy/Girl Twins: 'It's Going to Be Incredible' |date=June 1, 2021 |magazine=People |first=Tomás |last=Mier |access-date=July 22, 2021 }}</ref> Their son and daughter were born in mid-October.<ref name="twins" />

===Space tourism plans===
In February 2002, Lena Banks, a space advocate and founder/producer of Think Tank Ink Productions, contacted Bass to propose his involvement in her Youngest Person in Space project. Banks took her longtime associate David Krieff of Destiny Productions on board and through a series of events in August 2002, Bass entered [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] training in [[Star City, Russia]].<ref name="Space Review"/> Bass was considered as the host of a U.S. version of a space competition show, ''The Big Mission,'' that had been successful in Denmark; contestants would go through rigorous training and vie for a seat on a Russian [[Soyuz programme|Soyuz]] [[space capsule]]. Instead of a game show, the producers decided to shoot a documentary of a celebrity training and going into space, intending to air it on a major network.

A colleague mentioned Banks' space project to a friend, whose daughter shouted out, "Lance Bass wants to go into space!" The girl, who was an NSYNC fan, learned of Bass' lifelong dream of space travel when she read of it online via an MTV forum.<ref name="Space Review" /> Banks spoke to Bass's management who went to him with the proposal. "At first he thought we were joking," Banks remarks. "I assured him it was for real; he accepted and we moved forward with the project."

To be admitted into training, Bass had to go through strenuous physicals that may have saved his life. It was discovered he had [[cardiac arrhythmia]], and he agreed to undergo heart surgery to correct it. In 1999, he had gone to the hospital while on tour for what he thought was a stomach virus, and while there, the doctors detected his heart problem.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manier |first=Miranda |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Lance Bass Gets Real About the Health Problem That Affects Him Every Day |url=https://www.thehealthy.com/allergies/news-lance-bass-interview-march-2024/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=The Healthy |language=en-US}}</ref>

After several months of training, Bass received cosmonaut certification and went on to Houston's [[Johnson Space Center]] (JSC) to take part in astronaut training. He was scheduled to fly into space on the [[Soyuz TMA-1]] mission that was to be launched on October 30, 2002. The capsule was to fly to the [[International Space Station]] and land in a desert in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="Cosmonaut 2" />

But the original deal to air the documentary about Bass fell through in mid-2002. Bass's camp turned to MTV, who agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues."<ref name="Space Review" /> Shortly after, all of Bass's other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor who pulled out because they worried about their brand being tarnished if Bass were to die on the mission.<ref name="Space Review" /> Bass was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonauts [[Yury Lonchakov]] and [[Sergei Zalyotin]] and Belgium's [[Frank De Winne]].<ref name="Yuri" />

====Space advocacy====
In 2003, Bass began serving as [[World Space Week]]'s Youth Spokesman.<ref name="Space Review" /> Bass has said that he believes young people becoming more interested in [[space exploration]] "will help the future of our planet".<ref name="Space Chat">{{cite web|url=http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316183601/http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2006|title=Transcript of Space Explorers chat with Lance Bass, World Space Week 2005|publisher=Space-Explorers|access-date=January 4, 2008}}</ref> From 2003 to 2005, Bass spent World Space Week traveling to American high schools speaking with students about space exploration and encouraging them to explore careers in science and mathematics.<ref name="NSS"/> Bass is a member of the [[National Space Society]], a non-profit educational [[space advocacy]] organization founded by [[Wernher von Braun]].<ref name="NSS" /> Bass has served on the National Space Society's [[board of governors]] since October 2004, alongside other space advocates such as actor [[Tom Hanks]] and author and [[futurist]] Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]].<ref name="NSS" /> In a 2007 interview with ''[[GQ]]'' magazine, Bass said he "absolutely" still intends on going to space, and that he hopes to work on a space documentary.<ref name="BassGQ" /> Bass has also retained fluency in Russian, which he was required to learn during his training.<ref name="Russian">{{cite web | url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/interview-lance-bass/ | title=How NSYNC's Lance Bass almost became a cosmonaut | date=April 3, 2023 }}</ref>

===Autobiography===
{{Main|Out of Sync (book)}}
Following public response surrounding his coming out, Bass announced that he was releasing an autobiography. The book, entitled ''Out of Sync'', was published on October 23, 2007.<ref name="Book">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 2007|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-07-lance-bass_N.htm |title=Lance Bass Writes 'Out of Sync' Memoir|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> It was co-written by ''[[The New York Times]]'' best-selling biographer Marc Eliot, who also wrote the book's introduction, and was published by [[Simon Spotlight Entertainment]], a division of [[Simon & Schuster]].<ref name="NYTimesBook" /><ref name="Simon & Schuster">{{cite web |author=Simon Spotlight Entertainment |url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=536749 |title=Simon & Schuster: Out of Sync |access-date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref> The 208-page book covers what Bass describes as "the first chapter" in his life, from his childhood growing up in rural Mississippi, to his efforts to obtain a seat on a Russian space capsule and the proceeding financial issues he had with his sponsors, and culminating with Bass's decision to go public with his [[sexuality]].<ref name="Book" /> The book includes details about boyfriends that he kept from family and friends. He recounts NSYNC's 2002 decision to go on an "extended hiatus". Bass said [[Justin Timberlake]] was the sole reason NSYNC did not get back together.<ref name="NYTimesBook" /><ref name="Simon & Schuster" /> ''Out of Sync'' debuted on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for the week of November 11, 2007.<ref name="BestSeller" />

===Philanthropy and causes===
Bass has been involved with a number of charities. In 2001, he founded The Lance Bass Foundation, a non-profit organization that was designed to meet the health needs of low-income children.<ref name="Cosmonaut 1" /> In 2003, Bass donated $30,000 US to establish the Amber Pulliam [[Special Education]] Endowment at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]].<ref name="Amber Pulliam">{{cite web| author=Tisdale, David| title=Northeast Jones High Senior Makes Mark on Southern Miss| publisher=University of Southern Mississippi| url=http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717| access-date=August 10, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224074105/http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717| archive-date=December 24, 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref> Named for his younger cousin, Amber Pulliam, who has [[Down syndrome]], it serves  financial aid students from Mississippi's [[Pine Belt (Mississippi)|Pine Belt]] who plan a career in special education.<ref name="Amber Pulliam"/>

After 2005's [[Hurricane Katrina]], Bass launched "uBid For Hurricane Relief", a celebrity auction to benefit victims of the hurricane, with uBid.com.<ref name="Katrina">{{cite web|title=uBid For Hurricane Relief Effort |url=http://www.ubid.com/about/Press_room/Press37.asp |date=March 1, 2006 |publisher=uBid|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013092638/http://ubid.com/about/Press_room/Press37.asp |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> Proceeds from the auction were split between the [[Child Welfare League of America]], The [[Brett Favre]] Fourward Foundation, and [[Ashton Kutcher]]'s RockWorks Foundation.<ref name="Katrina" /> Many of Bass's family members in Mississippi were directly affected by the hurricane.<ref name="Katrina Family">{{cite news|title = Media Pushes for Government Action on Hurricane Disaster|publisher=CNN| date = September 2, 2005|url =http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/02/sbt.01.html |access-date = November 11, 2007}}</ref> That same year, Bass appeared on an episode of ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]'' with a donation to a Russian woman to save a camp for disabled children in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-guide/episode-307-teas-family |title=Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Season Three – Teas Family |date=October 15, 2005 |access-date=January 22, 2014 |publisher=ABC |quote=Lance Bass also makes a donation to a former camper to save a similar camp back in her native Russia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194209/http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-guide/episode-307-teas-family |archive-date=February 3, 2014 }}</ref>

Bass is a member of the [[Environmental Media Association]]'s board of directors.<ref name="EMA">{{cite web|title=Environmental Media Association Board of Directors |url=http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206060552/http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php |archive-date=December 6, 2011 }}</ref> He has also been involved with Animal Avengers, [[Shannon Elizabeth]]'s animal rescue organization.<ref name="Animal Avengers">{{cite web|title="It's All Going to the Dogs": Celebrity Poker Night Benefitting Shannon Elizabeth's Animal Avengers |url=http://www.gambling911.com/Shannon-Elizabeth-Animal-Avengers.html |publisher=Gambling911 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119145900/http://www.gambling911.com/Shannon-Elizabeth-Animal-Avengers.html |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }}</ref> He has two dogs which he adopted from a rescue shelter, both of whom he posed with in a PETA ad urging people to adopt rather than buy animals.<ref>Zach Dionne, "[http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/07/lance-bass-PETA/ Lance Bass Poses with His Dogs for PETA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002020648/http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/07/lance-bass-PETA/ |date=October 2, 2015 }}," PopEater December 7, 2010.</ref> In August 2007, Bass wrote a guest commentary for [[LOGO (TV channel)|LOGO]]'s "Visible Vote '08" blog, in which he expressed support for [[gay marriage]].<ref name="Visible Vote">{{cite web|url=http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/08/07/guest-commentary-lance-bass/|title=Guest Commentary: Lance Bass|date=August 7, 2007|publisher=LOGO Online: The Visible Vote '08|access-date=January 31, 2008|archive-date=February 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213032724/http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/08/07/guest-commentary-lance-bass/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2007, Bass participated in a series of [[GLAAD]] television advertisements promoting tolerance for the LGBT community.<ref name="GLAAD ad">{{cite news|author=Bauder, David|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-04-glaad-ads_N.htm|title=Celebrities GLAAD to Sign Up for Tolerance Ads|date=September 4, 2007|work=USA Today}}</ref> Bass has also been involved in fundraising for the [[Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network]].<ref name="GLSEN">{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/lance-bass-speaks-gays-lesbians-1C9425424 | title=Lance Bass speaks up for gays and lesbians | date=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>