According to The New York Daily News, there's no doubt that Lance Bass will appear on the next season of Dancing with the Stars.

There is debate, though, over what gender this former *NSync member - and openly gay individual - will be parterned with.

Here's the newspaper's account of the issue:

Lance Bass is locked and loaded for the next season of "Dancing With the Stars," says an insider. But we hear network execs are already fretting over whether or not to pair the openly gay pop star with a male or female dance partner. A gay ballroom dancer? Color us surprised!

Lance Bass joins Warren Sapp as rumored contestants on the next Dancing with the Stars.

We couldn't care less than Bass is Gay, nor do we care who is partner is - but we said this when Joey Fatone was on the show:

How can someone who made a living dancing be a contestant on Dancing with the Stars?!?!

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