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• IMAGE DRAGONS’ DAN REYNOLDS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LGBTQ ACTIVISM AND THE HATE HE RECEIV FOR MAKG “SO MANY KIDS GAY”
• SURPRISGLY BUFF DAN REYNOLDS WAV RABOW FLAG AT IMAGE DRAGONS SHOW IN BRAZILREYNOLDS HAS SPOKEN ABOUT REGRETTG PREACHG AGAST HOMOSEXUALY AS A YOUNG MORMON MISSNARY. BY DAN AVERYMARCH 26, 2018/10:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3600PX;WIDTH:5400PX;}MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAGSAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 24: DAN REYNOLDS SGER MEMBER OF THE BAND IMAGE DRAGONS PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG THE SEND DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA BRAZIL FTIVAL AT INTERLAGOS RACETRACK ON MARCH 24, 2018 SAO PLO, BRAZIL. (PHOTO BY MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYMARCH 26, 2018 / 10:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SURPRISGLY BUFF DAN REYNOLDS WAV RABOW FLAG AT IMAGE DRAGONS SHOW IN BRAZIL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-27T02:20:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-27T02:20:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN REYNOLDS WAVED THE PRI FLAG AT AN IMAGE DRAGONS SHOW SATURDAY, DURG THE LOLLAPALOOZA BRAZIL FTIVAL AT SAO PLO'S INTERLAGOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 30-YEAR-OLD SGER-SONGWRER HAS MA LGBT RIGHTS HIS E RECENT YEARS: THE NEW DOCUMENTARY BELIEVER CHARTS HIS JOURNEY OM YOUNG MORMON MISSNARY TO ROCK STAR TO LGBT ALLY AND ADVOTE.MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAGSAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 24: DAN REYNOLDS SGER MEMBER OF THE BAND IMAGE DRAGONS AT THE CROWD DURG THE SEND DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA BRAZIL FTIVAL AT INTERLAGOS RACETRACK ON MARCH 24, 2018 SAO PLO, BRAZIL. (PHOTO BY MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REYNOLDS WAS RAISED LDS AND, FOR TWO YEARS OMAHA, “KNOCKED [ON] THOANDS OF DOORS” TELLG PEOPLE THAT BEG GAY WAS A S. “THE DOCTRE IS, IF YOU ARE GAY AND ACTG UPON , THAT IS SFUL,” HE EXPLAED. “I WISH I ULD RE-KNOCK [ON] ALL THOSE DOORS AND TELL THEM THAT I WAS WRONG,”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST SUMMER REYNOLDS RECEIVED THE TREVOR PROJECT'S 2017 HERO AWARD. HE'S ALSO WORKED WH GLAAD AND THE ANTI-BULLYG GROUP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TO BE GAY IS BETIFUL AND RIGHT AND PERFECT—TO TELL SOMEONE THEY NEED TO CHANGE THEIR NER-MOST BEG IS SETTG UP SOMEONE FOR AN UNHEALTHY LIFE AND UNHEALTHY FOUNDATN,” HE SAID AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA. “I KNOW A LOT OF MORMON YOUTH WHO ARE GAY AND HI BEE THEY FEEL AS THOUGH GOD HAT THEM OR GOD IS JUDGG THEM. IN UTAH, THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR ATH AMONG TEENAGERS IS SUICI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REYNOLDS SAYS HE STILL BELIEV MORMONISM, “BUT WE ALL N BE TED TO CREATE POSIVE CHANGE.”SANTIAGO BLUGUERMANN/GETTY IMAGBUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - MARCH 16: DAN REYNOLDS OF IMAGE DRAGONS WAV THE FLAG OF ARGENTA DURG THE FIRST DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA BUENOS AIR 2018 AT HIPODROMO SAN ISIDRO ON MARCH 16, 2018 BUENOS AIR, ARGENTA. 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WE MT STEP UP,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

IMAGE DRAGONS’ DAN REYNOLDS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LGBTQ ACTIVISM AND THE HATE HE RECEIV FOR MAKG “SO MANY KIDS GAY”

But durg his acceptance speech at the 2017 TrevorLIVE event, Reynolds took the opportuny to share his story of gog on his Mormon missn trip, where he tght people for two years that beg gay was a s. He lled out Emem for his homophobic lyrics on Kamikaze.

People tell me they won’t allow their kids to go to my ncerts anymore; that when I get to heaven, God’s gog to be upset wh me bee I ma so many kids gay. The Mormon Church is famoly associated wh s support of Proposn 8, which outlawed gay marriage California 2008.

SURPRISGLY BUFF DAN REYNOLDS WAV RABOW FLAG AT IMAGE DRAGONS SHOW IN BRAZILREYNOLDS HAS SPOKEN ABOUT REGRETTG PREACHG AGAST HOMOSEXUALY AS A YOUNG MORMON MISSNARY. BY DAN AVERYMARCH 26, 2018/10:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3600PX;WIDTH:5400PX;}MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAGSAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 24: DAN REYNOLDS SGER MEMBER OF THE BAND IMAGE DRAGONS PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG THE SEND DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA BRAZIL FTIVAL AT INTERLAGOS RACETRACK ON MARCH 24, 2018 SAO PLO, BRAZIL. 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(PHOTO BY MRIC SANTANA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REYNOLDS WAS RAISED LDS AND, FOR TWO YEARS OMAHA, “KNOCKED [ON] THOANDS OF DOORS” TELLG PEOPLE THAT BEG GAY WAS A S. “THE DOCTRE IS, IF YOU ARE GAY AND ACTG UPON , THAT IS SFUL,” HE EXPLAED. “I WISH I ULD RE-KNOCK [ON] ALL THOSE DOORS AND TELL THEM THAT I WAS WRONG,”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST SUMMER REYNOLDS RECEIVED THE TREVOR PROJECT'S 2017 HERO AWARD. HE'S ALSO WORKED WH GLAAD AND THE ANTI-BULLYG GROUP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TO BE GAY IS BETIFUL AND RIGHT AND PERFECT—TO TELL SOMEONE THEY NEED TO CHANGE THEIR NER-MOST BEG IS SETTG UP SOMEONE FOR AN UNHEALTHY LIFE AND UNHEALTHY FOUNDATN,” HE SAID AT THE TREVORLIVE GALA. “I KNOW A LOT OF MORMON YOUTH WHO ARE GAY AND HI BEE THEY FEEL AS THOUGH GOD HAT THEM OR GOD IS JUDGG THEM. IN UTAH, THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR ATH AMONG TEENAGERS IS SUICI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REYNOLDS SAYS HE STILL BELIEV MORMONISM, “BUT WE ALL N BE TED TO CREATE POSIVE CHANGE.”SANTIAGO BLUGUERMANN/GETTY IMAGBUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - MARCH 16: DAN REYNOLDS OF IMAGE DRAGONS WAV THE FLAG OF ARGENTA DURG THE FIRST DAY OF LOLLAPALOOZA BUENOS AIR 2018 AT HIPODROMO SAN ISIDRO ON MARCH 16, 2018 BUENOS AIR, ARGENTA. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO BLUGUERMANN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST WEEK HE TOOK TO TWTER TO URGE FANS LAS VEGAS TO SUPPORT TRANSGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OUR LGBTQ YOUTH NEED YOU. THEY NEED TO ADOPT POLICI THAT PROTECT THEIR WELL BEG AND HEALTH. WE MT STEP UP,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The church recently released a seri of official vios unr the headle Mormon and Gay that tells the real-life stori of LGBTQ Mormons and monstrat that ’s okay: You n feel gay and be Mormon. The church is basilly sayg: You n be gay, but you n’t be out. Speakg to the crowd of over 35, 000, Cook’s troductn began, “I stand before you tonight as an uncle, a sports nut, a CEO, a lover of the betiful Utah outdoors, and a proud, gay Amerin!

"Reynolds grew up Mormon, and he's long been open about his journey to rencile the church's anti-gay doctre wh his own support for gay rights. While São Plo boasts what is believed to be the world’s largt annual Pri celebratn and same-sex marriage is legal Brazil, queer people still face wispread discrimatn across the January, lol advot Gpo Gay Bahia published new rearch fdg that at least 445 Brazilians died as victims of anti-LGBTQ crim 2017, a 30 percent crease over the prev year.

“One of those ways is that Mormons believe the doctre is if you are gay and actg upon , that is sful. ”He ntued, “To be gay is betiful and right and perfect; to tell someone they need to change their ner-most beg is settg up someone for an unhealthy life and unhealthy foundatn. Reynolds – who was brought up a Mormon upbrgg – has bee a huge LGBTQ advote recent years, and the past, he exprsed regret stanc where he preached anti-gay msag.