WATCH: YouTube sensation will be the first to partner with a same sex partner on 'Dancing with the Stars'
JoJo Siwa will be part of the first same-sex partnership on 'Dancing with the Stars'.
We have seen many firsts over the past couple of years, one of them being the scope of growth in the LGBQTI+ community and how they are expanding on our whole concept of being in boxes.
This community is breaking boundaries and making us aware that we don't have to conform to anything. In breaking these boundaries, we have noticed many brands coming to the forefront and being supportive of their messaging. This is amazing as it is both inclusive and challenging society to change their ways of thinking.
Recently, JoJo Siwa, who has been a childhood YouTube sensation for a while now and even featured on an episode of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians', where North goes over to feature in her video, is now going to be creating a sensation on the American dance show, 'Dancing with the Stars'.
She announced that she will form part of the first same-sex partnership on the show. She is super excited about it and shared her excitement over a video.
Check it out below (courtesy of Twitter):
Bring on the sequins and the sparkles. ✨ We’re SIWA excited for this! 🎀 #DWTS @itsjojosiwa pic.twitter.com/mzwezAm0An
— Dancing with the Stars #DWTS (@DancingABC) August 26, 2021
The 18-year-old teenage sensation "came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community earlier this year and believes that she and her professional partner will have to 'break through a lot of barriers' but is looking forward to the journey ahead." (MSN)
She shared that she wants to make things OK for people who come after her. We take that to mean that she wants this to be a norm. After breaking many 'firsts', the ambassadors of the LGBTQ+ community will feel a sense of norm that will come for the generations to come.
It's really special that not only now do I get to share with the world that you get to love who you want to love, but also you get a dance with whom you want to dance. There's a lot of barriers that we're going to have to break through – who leads, how do you dress, what shoes do you wear? But I think it's all something that I'm looking forward to. It's going to be tricky, but it's going to give so much to people out there – people of the LGBTQ community, people who feel just a little different. It's going to give them a sense of happiness.
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