Openly Gay Neon Tre Sger Speaks Out Agast Mormon Relign – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE
• NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY OUT
• MORMON LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE SGER GETS SUPPORT FROM MORMON COMMUNY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE ONTMAN TYLER GLENN OUT AS GAY—"I AM A HAPPY AND HEALTHY MORMON GAY POP STAR"
• TYLER GLENN ON HIS EVOLUTN AND THE RETURN OF NEON TRE: ‘COMG OUT OF THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST PERSONALLY HARR FOR ME THAN G OUT AS GAY’
• NEON TRE SGER: HOW I TOLD MY DAD I'M GAY
• OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN
• NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN COM OUT: "I AM A HAPPY AND HEALTHY MORMON GAY POP STAR"

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE

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.

NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY

Gay, Mormon & Fally Out: read our full Neon Tre feature. 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 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. 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.

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

“We were always tght, and I hate this word, ‘tolerance, ’” he says, regardg his church’s stance on homosexualy, which is notorly ght.

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.

MORMON LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE OUT AS GAY

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

NEON TRE SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

“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.

As a Mormon kid growg up that was drilled to my head that that's not what you're supposed to you're also not supposed to be gay and I knew I was gay.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

As an openly gay man who's also not subscribg to that fah exprsn anymore.

I almost wish there was, but I'm glad there isn't bee havg that le the sand, where I realize this language is actually 's still all of the handbooks of the lears to treat homosexualy as a thg you n change or supprs.

But then, I thk the mute you're too gay or the mute you're too secular, you're oted or you're seen as a dissenter or somethg. Church that doubled down on antigay rhetoric. It's the same thg wh like, I'm a sex-posive person, but that don't mean that every queer person or gay person has to be on the same level that I am or another queer person is.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

This uld be a whole other nversatn, but I thk there's this prsure that I've felt, like is this how I'm supposed to be if I'm gay? I'm a weird space, even the mic world as an openly gay man bee I got a lot of ial succs the mic world before I was out. Then, I me out 2014 and I still sometim don't always feel acknowledged as a gay artist.

It's this tertg thg bee I was still gay. I was still wrg about gay experienc.

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

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. 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).

NEON TRE ONTMAN TYLER GLENN OUT AS GAY—"I AM A HAPPY AND HEALTHY MORMON GAY POP STAR"

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. The Utah sger grew up the Mormon fah, which is agast homosexualy and actively spent approximately $22 ln to fight gay marriage California 2008. 25 Great Gay Moments Mic.

TYLER GLENN ON HIS EVOLUTN AND THE RETURN OF NEON TRE: ‘COMG OUT OF THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST PERSONALLY HARR FOR ME THAN G OUT AS GAY’

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. The sger grew up Utah the Mormon fah, which is agast homosexualy and actively spent approximately $22 ln to fight gay marriage California 2008.

VIDEO: NFL Prospect Michael Sam: ‘I Am a Gay Man and Happy to Be One’. 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 SGER: HOW I TOLD MY DAD I'M GAY

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.

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. “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.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

Some gay Mormons say they are now beg weled back to the church even though they rema same-sex relatnships. Yet church lears ntue to emphasize that the fah oppos gay marriage and that homosexualy is a s. ’ I hate gay apps.

NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN COM OUT: "I AM A HAPPY AND HEALTHY MORMON GAY POP STAR"

Neon Tre ontman Tyler Glenn has e out as gay. I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star.

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. 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.