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Contents:

• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY OUT
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE
• NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN: 'I AM A HAPPY, MORMON, GAY POP STAR'
• OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN
• NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN TALKS ABOUT REALI OF BEG GAY AND MORMON
• OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN
• MORMON LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE OUT AS GAY
• NEON TREE’S TYLER GLENN IS GAY, MORMON AND PROUD OF
• NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN: SCE G OUT AS A GAY MORMON I'M TLY HAPPY
• OPENLY GAY LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE CHANGG TUNE ON MORMON RELIGN
• NEON TRE SGER GETS SUPPORT FROM MORMON COMMUNY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• GAY MORMON ROCKER NO LONGER SGG PRAIS FOR HIS FAH
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN – A GAY MORMON

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY OUT

In five weeks, Provo – an 88 percent Mormon town, which rock clubs don’t sell alhol, only soda – will get the news, along wh the rt of the world, that Glenn has been quietly sharg wh iends and fay for a uple of months: He’s gay, has known he’s gay sce he was six years old and has been livg a closeted life for s that choked his spir and threatened his sany.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE

The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats officially lls gay sex a “ser transgrsn” – the same tegory which puts rape, murr and theft – and spent an timated $22 ln fightg LGBT rights California the battle over Proposn 8. “I don’t know what the mors are, but we’re not tght that ‘homos are gog to hell’ on Sunday church, ” he says.

A month after he moved back home, he fally gave to his urg and went on his first gay date, nervoly meetg the onle hookup at a so, where they had shi.

NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN: 'I AM A HAPPY, MORMON, GAY POP STAR'

He lled a recent red-rpet look “‘gay Brooks and Dunn’ realns” on Instagram.

“I also want the world to know I’m not gay jt bee I wear a glter su. Now Glenn se an opportuny to rhape the ia of a gay rock star. “I’ve gotten tired of kd-of gay or straight people beg pop culture’s gay [spokpeople] – like Macklemore, ” he says.

“It mak me wonr, ‘Are we ready for an actual gay pop star and not jt the safe straight guy sayg ’s OK? “I thk the only anxiety for me om people assumg thgs bee I’m relig or assumg thgs bee he’s gay.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

"I always tried to make beg gay and beg Mormon work, " sger says of edgy "Trash" clip. Two years after the sger me out to Rollg Stone and clared himself equally proud of beg both gay and a practicg Mormon, his song “Trash” and s acpanyg vio clearly nounce the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats’ rtrictive, nservative view of same-sex relatnships. “I always tried to make beg gay and beg Mormon work, ” he says.

Tyler Glenn — lead sger for Provo, Utah New Wave-pop quartet Neon Tre and a Mormon his entire life — reveals he is gay the new issue of Rollg Stone (on stands Friday, March 28th).

But he is now: Glenn speaks ndidly about his first gay experienc, his band’s reactn to his g out and his plited relatnship wh his nservative relign our new story. Gay, Mormon & Fally Out: read our full Neon Tre feature.

NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY

Glenn says he’s known he was gay sce he was a young child, but kept his sexualy a secret — until now. “We were always tght, and I hate this word, ‘tolerance, '” he says, regardg his church’s stance on homosexualy, which is notorly ght. The Hidn War Agast Gay Teens.

Read the full story for reactn om Glenn’s Neon Tre bandmat and his mother, pl Glenn’s take on straight artists actg as the gay muny’s spokpeople and his explanatn of the events that led to his big g out. Neon Tre ontman Tyler Glenn Medat on Solo Album, Comg Out Gay as a Mormon, and Fdg Peace. Openly Gay Neon Tre Sger Speaks Out Agast Mormon Relign.

Comg out as gay two years ago had been difficult — homosexualy is not accepted The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats (LDS) — but hadn’t severed his ­mment to the fah.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN TALKS ABOUT REALI OF BEG GAY AND MORMON

Instead, says Glenn, “I felt like I had this rponsibily to be the poster child for how to make beg gay work wh the fah. To prove that I uld be gay but still be Mormon. Thgs took a paful turn November 2015 when LDS implemented a new policy barrg the baptisms of children om gay parents until the age of 18.

Sger Tyler Glenn, dmmer Elae Brady, guarist Chris Allen and bassist Brann Campbell are all members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats — a fact that has domated discsn about the band sce Glenn me out as gay March.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

Like, I thk I've fely received posivy, but are also those ments: "How n you say you're Mormon and also gay? Hontly, growg up and beg actively Mormon, I was never told anythg about homosexualy beg wrong. So I try to get that pot across bee 's sry for me as a sgle, 30-year-old, now-out gay man, g technology.

Beg a closeted gay man my 20s and g those apps, a lot of is hookup based, and that's not somethg I'm always about. SIMON: Some people may still fd hard to hold their heads the ia of a high-energy rock band filled wh Mormons, whose lead sger is openly gay.

BRADLEY: I thk what people expect is the polarizg effect: Eher you n be gay or you n be relig — you're not allowed to be both. Lead sger of Neon Tre and life-long Mormon Tyler Glenn has revealed that he is gay.

MORMON LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE OUT AS GAY

I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star, " he wrote on Twter. "Published the latt issue of Rollg Stone, the star scribed how he me to terms wh beg gay. "Speakg about his relign's notorly opposed stance on homosexualy, the sger said: "We were always tght, and I hate this word, 'tolerance', " he says, before scribg how his feelgs were triggered by events surroundg Prop 8, a se which volved the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats spendg approximately $22m on fightg same-sex marriage.

Two years after g out as gay and praisg the Mormon church for offerg support, Tyler Glenn of Neon Tre is nouncg his fah his latt mic vio. Neon Tre Sger Tyler Glenn Com Out As Gay.

The l also said children of those upl mt disavow homosexual relatnships and nnot be baptized until they are 18. One of few publicly out Mormons, Glenn told The Associated Prs 2014 that he was lookg forward to speakg about gay acceptance his relig culture.

NEON TREE’S TYLER GLENN IS GAY, MORMON AND PROUD OF

Neon Tre ontman Tyler Glenn reveals he's gay the new issue of Rollg Stone. Glenn speaks ndidly about his first gay experienc and his band's reactn to his g out.

NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN: SCE G OUT AS A GAY MORMON I'M TLY HAPPY

Tyler Glenn — lead sger for Provo, Utah New Wave-pop quartet Neon Tre and a Mormon his entire life — reveals he is gay the new issue of Rollg Stone (on stands Friday, March 28).

But he is now: Glenn speaks ndidly about his first gay experienc, his band’s reactn to his g out and his plited relatnship wh his nservative relign. “We were always tght, and I hate this word, ‘tolerance, ’” he says, regardg his church’s stance on homosexualy, which is notorly ght. In jt days, a Rollg Stone story about him would h the stands, alertg the world to his secret: This vout Mormon pop star, who had once gone on a two-year missn to spread the word of God’s love, was gay — a state of beg his relign had worked tirelsly and publicly to supprs.

OPENLY GAY LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE CHANGG TUNE ON MORMON RELIGN

Glenn, 30, has known he’s gay sce childhood, but the only exposure he had to anythg homosexualy-related the Mormon muny was when he heard bulli ll their victims, cludg him, “fags. It was around the end of this time, he says, that the Mormon church began promently supportg California’s Proposn 8, which outlawed gay marriage. “That’s when I got that people around me didn’t thk this was good — that society didn’t like gay people.

“His reactn was so ol and ngratulatory, ” says Glenn, “and that really blew my md, bee I had never associated beg gay wh good thgs.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two years after g out as gay and praisg the Mormon church for offerg support, Tyler Glenn of Neon Tre is nouncg his fah his latt mic vio. Tyler Glenn — lead sger for Provo, Utah, New Wave-pop quartet Neon Tre and a Mormon his entire life — reveals he is gay the new issue of Rollg Stone (on stands Friday, March 28). But he is now: Glenn speaks ndidly about his first gay experienc, his band's reactn to hisCINCINNATI, OH - JULY 15: Tyler Glenn of Neon Tre performs durg the 2012 Bunbury Mic Ftival at Yeatman's Cove Park on July 15, 2012 Ccnati, Oh.

NEON TRE SGER GETS SUPPORT FROM MORMON COMMUNY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Cohen / TodayTyler Glenn — lead sger for Provo, Utah, New Wave-pop quartet Neon Tre and a Mormon his entire life — reveals he is gay the new issue of Rollg Stone (on stands Friday, March 28).

But he is now: Glenn speaks ndidly about his first gay experienc, his band's reactn to his g out and his plited relatnship wh his nservative relign the new Hidn war agast gay teensGlenn says he's known he was gay sce he was a young child, but kept his sexualy a secret — until now. "We were always tght, and I hate this word, 'tolerance, '" he says, regardg his church's stance on homosexualy, which is notorly ght. "Read the full story for reactn om Glenn's Neon Tre bandmat and his mother, pl Glenn's take on straight artists actg as the gay muny's spokpeople and his explanatn of the events that led to his big g om Rollg Stone:Artist of the week: Neon TreNeon Tre song premiere: 'Everybody Talks'Neon Tre talk about wantg to always sound like Neon Tre.

(RNS) KISS may have been on the ver of the April 10 issue of Rollg Stone, but the most eye-openg headle may have been the one that proclaimed: “Gay, Mormon & Fally Out. After years of nials and lyrics that obscure the issue, Glenn clared proudly that he is gay — and still a vout member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. ”Dpe knowg I was gay for most of my life, I had learned quickly that society as a whole don’t approve or accept that way of life...

GAY MORMON ROCKER NO LONGER SGG PRAIS FOR HIS FAH

I still felt this immense weight bee I was livg as two, three, sometim four different people: one as an outspoken, flamboyant rockstar, one as a moral csar and relig “celebry”, one as a gay man livg out sexual pas secret and the other as a gay man jt wantg to be Tyler and fd love and raise a past year I cid to e out, and sce dog so – on my own terms, and my own way – I have met and heard om hundreds of other men and women like me who feel eply nnected to their relig beliefs and yet are proudly, or sometim shamefully, gay.

As a proud gay Mormon man, I’ve received a lot of qutns: How n you be Mormon and be gay? SALT LAKE CITY — Two years after g out as gay and praisg the Mormon church for offerg support, the lead sger of a popular rock band is nouncg his fah his latt mic Glenn of Neon Tre, a Provo, Utah-based band, released the vio Friday for a sgle tled "Trash, " which he appears to be trashg the church.

The l also said children of those upl mt disavow homosexual relatnships and nnot be baptized until they are of few publicly out Mormons, Glenn told The Associated Prs 2014 that he was lookg forward to speakg about gay acceptance his relig culture. When Tyler Glenn of Neon Tre announced last month that he's gay, the bigger headle behd his revelatn was that he is one of the few publicly out Mormons. When Tyler Glenn of Neon Tre announced last month that he’s gay, the bigger headle behd his revelatn was that he is one of the few publicly out Mormons.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN – A GAY MORMON

Glenn said he is lookg forward to speakg up about gay acceptance his relig culture and assistg young adults who face some of the hardships that he experienced. 25 Great Gay Moments Mic. “I was also really clear to my bandmat, we’re not a gay band all of a sudn; this don’t typest , ” he said.

“I’m a gay man and ’s fe, and our shows aren’t gog to bee a gay show. Glenn said he hop members of the Mormon church will ntue to bee more unrstandg and acceptg of homosexualy and gay marriage. “It’s terrible some of the thgs that have been said by church lears, but I also feel like there’s a lot of stris that have been ma even sce the Prop 8 bacle years ago, ” he said, referrg to the Mormon church’s opposn to California’s Proposn 8 ban on gay marriage 2008.