JoJo Siwa makes history with same-sex partner on Dancing with the Stars

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JoJo Siwa is set to form the first-ever same-sex partnership on โ€˜Dancing with the Starsโ€˜.

The 18-year-old YouTube sensation will perform with a female professional dancer on the new series and admitted she is so โ€œexcitedโ€ about the partnership.

In a clip shared to Twitter, JoJo said: โ€œI am so excited to be a part of this yearโ€™s โ€˜Dancing with the Starsโ€™ Season 30 and to be dancing with a girl โ€ฆ I think itโ€™s so cool.

โ€œItโ€™s going to be the best ever. I canโ€™t wait to just dance every single week, I canโ€™t wait to meet my partner. Oh my gosh, thereโ€™s so many things Iโ€™m so excited for!โ€

Jojo โ€“ who came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community earlier this year โ€“ believes that she and her professional partner will have to โ€œbreak through a lot of barriersโ€ but is looking forward to the journey ahead.

She told Variety: โ€œItโ€™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.

โ€œThereโ€™s a lot of barriers that weโ€™re going to have to break through โ€“ who leads, how do you dress, what shoes do you wear? But I think itโ€™s all something that Iโ€™m looking forward to.

โ€œItโ€™s going to be tricky, but itโ€™s going to give so much to people out there โ€“ people of the LGBTQ community, people who feel just a little different. Itโ€™s going to give them a sense of happiness.โ€

Siwa โ€“ who will also be joined on the show by Olympic gymnast Suni Lee โ€“ explained that it was her choice to be partnered with a woman.

She said: โ€œI want to make it OK for the people who come after me. I want to make everything OK for the people who come after me.โ€


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