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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
• OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN
• NEON TRE SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE' TYLER GLENN: 'I AM A HAPPY, MORMON, GAY POP STAR'
• NEON TRE LEAD SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE LEAD SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY
• NEON TRE ONTMAN TYLER GLENN OUT AS GAY—"I AM A HAPPY AND HEALTHY MORMON GAY POP STAR"
• 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"
• 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

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.

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.

NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY

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.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY 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. “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.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

“I don’t know what the mors are, but we’re not tght that ‘homos are gog to hell’ on Sunday church, ” he says.

NEON TRE SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

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

“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.

NEON TRE LEAD SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

“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.

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). 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.

NEON TRE LEAD SGER TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

"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.

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.

NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY

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 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. Lead sger of Neon Tre and life-long Mormon Tyler Glenn has revealed that he is gay. I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star, " he wrote on Twter.

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

"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.

Tyler Glenn, the lead sger of the pop group Neon Tre, me out as gay a recent terview wh Rollg Stone. Although Glenn says he knew he was gay sce he was a child, he kept his sexualy secret for many years bee of his Mormon relign's nservative views about homosexualy. I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star.

I don't know what all means, but I'm OK wh , " he origal Neon Tre Lead Sger Tyler Glenn Com Out as Gay at TVGui. The sger grew up Utah the Mormon fah, which is agast homosexualy and actively spent approximately $22 ln to fight gay marriage California 2008.

OPENLY GAY NEON TRE SGER SPEAKS OUT AGAST MORMON RELIGN

VIDEO: NFL Prospect Michael Sam: ‘I Am a Gay Man and Happy to Be One’. Neon Tre ontman Tyler Glenn has e out as gay.

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. Mike Wdle/Getty Imag for MasterCardNeon Tre' Tyler Glenn is an out and proud gay man.

Glenn says he's known he was gay sce childhood, but kept his sexualy a secret. "We were always tght, and I hate this word, 'tolerance, '" he says, regardg his church's stance on homosexualy. He later explaed why he cid to e out via the inic magaze a lengthy Facebook post, wrg, "I don't thk I'm special for beg a gay man.

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

Do you want a 'gaydar' award?

He me out as gay an terview wh Rollg Stone; had a life-changg experience starrg Broadway’s Kky Boots; and released a solo album, Exmunitn, spired by his g-out experience and subsequent cisn to leave the Mormon church which he’d been raised.

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’

I had so much belief this weird, narrow ncept that didn't even have space for me as an openly gay man, that don't have space for anybody LGBT. I was greeted wh a lot of support, even om Mormons, and a lot of gay people and queer people that also kd of wrtled wh their fah. ” But, you know, the rhetoric doubl down every uple of years om specifilly the Mormon church agast homosexualy, and 's really stiflg.

You know, I thk g out of the church was almost personally harr for me than g out as gay. I always knew I was gay, but I kd of also always thought the church was te — until I realized wasn't.

NEON TRE SGER: HOW I TOLD MY DAD I'M GAY

I sometim joke that I'm a “bad gay” — I know that's totally a cliché, but I didn't really know as much as I should have about the Kky Boots experience change how you approach makg mic? ’How '80s LGBTQ band Bronski Beat’s hntg ‘Smalltown Boy’ ma a difference: ‘It was very bold’The Dms’ Jonny Pierce: ‘Beg gay lerally saved my life’Image Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks privilege, LGBTQ rights, mental health, and why ‘society is broken’Follow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twter, Instagram, Amazon, above terview is taken om a portn of Tyler Glenn’s appearance on the SiriXM show “Volume Wt.

When I cid to e out as gay to my iends and fay, my dad was the only person I was sred to tell. My dad had never been overly vol wh disda for homosexuals, nor was he ever outwardly disrpectful. In fact, I n’t remember talkg about homosexualy at home.