Are imagine dragons gay
Imagine Dragons have always been very vocal allies of the LGBTQ+ community, and they’ve recently expressed their stand once again after sharing a powerful message.
In one of the scenes in the band’s new documentary ‘Imagine Dragons Dwell in Vegas’, head singer Dan Reynolds reaches out for the Progress Identity festival flag from the audience. He then raises it above his head while singing a line from their debut song “It’s Time”, which goes:
“I’m never changing who I am…”
Meanwhile, Imagine Dragons’ bassist Ben McKee can be seen performing on stage with a transgender flag-designed guitar. He explained why he decided to leverage that particular guitar on stage, expressing:
“Everybody deserves the right to feel included. It just seemed like I had the opportunity to bring some symbols of that devote and inclusion into the performance… I want everybody who comes to our shows to be able to sense they are represented by our song and to be able to view something that makes them feel welcome.”
“Imagine Dragons shows are a safe place for everyone,” McKee further stated.
Moreover, Reynolds founded the LoveLou
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Bit of background to this, Dan Reynolds (lead singer for Imangine Dragons) holds the LoveLoud concert (the concert these pictures were taken at) in Utah where the LDS or Mormon church is predominantly the culture and religion of the articulate.
Reynolds was raised Mormon (I don’t know if he is still practicing) but has created this concert to give hope and understanding to the LGBT+ community there, especially the youth.
Utah has an radical problem with youth suicide, especially Mormon LGBT+ kids who feel especially stressed due to the Mormon religious regulations and beliefs against being LGBT, but also the cultural biases and attitudes of the people that ostracize even non-Mormon LGBT+
Reynolds has advocated for attention to these issues from the Church and Express Government, and also uses the LoveLoud concert to obtain attention to these issues (and if I’m not mistaken, donates any proceeds to charity for LGBT youth in the state)
As far as I understand, he is not LGBT, just a great fucking ally who saw a need in his state/culture and has done his foremost help.
So yeah, not only execute Imagine Dragon songs fucking slap, but they all screamed “GAY RIGHTS!” at a heavil
Imagine Dragons’s Dan Reynolds on Why He Created LoveLoud Fest to Help LGBTQ Youth
Being raised in a home of Orthodox Faith had its pros and cons for me. My parents raised me in the faith that they truly believed would head to me having my leading life (and afterlife) – Mormonism. Being a Mormon is not a part time religion. It is your life. You feast sleep and breathe Mormonism. I attended church every Sunday, went to “Young Mens” once a week to learn about God as well as an evening of Scouting. When I got to high school I also woke up at 5 a.m. every morning to attend a church education class before school started five days a week. Mormonism truly was a part of my every decision since the day I was born.
It taught me to serve others and to feel comfort about the next life. Who doesn’t yearn to live for eternity and have a “mansion in heaven”? It sounded like a rad deal to me when I was in my teenage years. I wanted desperately to consider it all, but often set up myself conflicted. I wrote about it in songs since the age of 14. I didn’t want to disappoint my parents though, so I often hid the meanings of my lyrics in metaphors that
04 June 2018
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Imagine Dragons star Dan Reynolds embraced homosexuality and bisexuality after spending years as a "confused Mormon".
In a "love letter" to the LGBTQ community to mark Billboard's Gay Pride Month celebrations, the Believer singer insists he truly loves and appreciates his gay fans after wrestling with his religious beliefs for years.
"Raised as a devout Mormon in a very conservative home, I spent many years in conflict between the teaching of the faith and what my heart was telling me," Dan writes. "I had many friends who were LGBTQ and Mormon that lived with constant anxiety and guilt because they were being taught that their innate sense of being, their most lovely and sacred right to love, was flawed and sinful.
"I saw how challenging they fought every afternoon to hide it from their Mormon families. To try to force themselves to change their culture, but of course, they could not.
"As I got older and found the courage and agency to follow my own heart and mind, I allow myself follow and communicate MY truth that I've known since I was old enough to realize love: that being homosexual is perfect and in fact beautiful, as is all love. It should be celeb