(RNS) After years of nials and lyrics that obscure the issue, Neon Tre' ontman Tyler Glenn clared proudly that he is gay -- and still a vout member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats.
Contents:
- NEON TRE SGER OUT AS GAY
- NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY OUT
- NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE
- NEON TREE’S TYLER GLENN IS GAY, MORMON AND PROUD OF
- 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
NEON TRE SGER 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). * is the lead singer of neon trees gay *
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).
NEON TRE’ TYLER GLENN: GAY, MORMON AND FALLY OUT
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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 COM OUT AS GAY ROLLG STONE
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 * is the lead singer of neon trees 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. 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. 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.
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.
NEON TREE’S TYLER GLENN IS GAY, MORMON AND PROUD OF
The openly gay lead sger of Neon Tre attend the Internatnal Affirmatn Conference last week Provo, Utah. * is the lead singer of neon trees 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.
“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?
OPENLY GAY LEAD SGER OF NEON TRE CHANGG TUNE ON MORMON RELIGN
The 30-year-old gay sger revealed nflicts wh his Mormon fah and how he was spired by NFL hopeful Michael Sam. * is the lead singer of neon trees gay *
“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 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 GETS SUPPORT FROM MORMON COMMUNY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
“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. (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.
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.