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Why The Lead Singer of Conceive Dragons Is Fighting for LGBTQ Rights
Imagine Dragons. Photo: Eric Ray Davidson
“I went on a mission because I was prefer, maybe if I go on a mission, God will chat to me, but he never did. Or she never did, or whatever it is. I only felt emotion, never what people call the spirit.”
Dan Reynolds did everything right. He served as a Mormon missionary and attended the Church-owned Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He then got married and fathered three children. Reynolds also started a band, and now, at 31, he’s the singer in Imagine Dragons, arguably the biggest rock band in the world. Plenty of rock stars have nontraditional pasts, but Reynolds is different: He’s using his platform as a very famous straight man to advocate for LGBTQ rights, and in the process he’s alienating his band from its fans and himself from his own faith.
Reynolds towers over me and I’m six-foot-one. His tight, brand-new, ivory T-shirt tucks cleanly into shadowy gym shorts. He doesn’t have distant hair, visible tattoos, or any signifiers that he’s in a band. He’s the f
Imagine Dragons&#; Dan Reynolds Strips Down with Rainbow Flag: &#;Embrace Our Sexual Diversity&#;
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds posted a shirtless photo delayed last night in which he waves the rainbow flag. The photo accompanied a message of support for LGBTQ youth.
Tweeted Reynolds: ‘celebrate our diversity. include our LGBTQ youth. to “accept” does not simply intend to “love” – it means you give true accuracy and fully adopt and support diverse sexual orientations and do not spot ones sexuality as “incorrect” or “sinful”. love is an empty word otherwise.'
Reynolds, a straight Mormon, is the subject of a fresh a documentary called Believer, directed by Don Argott (DeLorean, Batman & Bill, The Art of the Steal), which follows Reynolds as he explores how the LDS church treats its LGBTQ members.
The doc, which premiered at Sundance, is set to breeze on HBO this summer.
Reynolds told Billboard in “One of the reasons I've felt such a need to talk out on this is I've gotten countless emails and letters from fans around the earth who said, ‘I'm gay, but I know you're Mormo
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 modern documentary &#;Imagine Dragons Reside in Vegas&#;, lead singer Dan Reynolds reaches out for the Progress Celebration 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 trans flag-designed guitar. He explained why he decided to use 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 love and inclusion into the performance… I want everybody who comes to our shows to be able to perceive they are represented by our music and to be able to observe something that makes them feel welcome.&#;
&#;Imagine Dragons shows are a safe place for everyone,&#; McKee further stated.
Imagine Dragons members say they aren't 'righteous warriors' for waving rainbow pride flags onstage: 'Everybody deserves the right to feel included'
Last September, during a sold-out show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Visualize Dragons was in the middle of playing "It's Time" — one of the band's many instantly recognizable hits — when Dan Reynolds spotted a fan in the crowd with the progress identity festival flag.
Without hestitation, Reynolds hoisted the flag into the air as he walked down the runway, belting the serendipitous lyrics: "I'm just the same as I was / Now don't you understand? / That I'm never changing who I am."
It's a standout moment in the band's new Hulu documentary, "Imagine Dragons Live In Vegas," out Friday. The concert doc was largely filmed during the band's special homecoming show, the culmination of their meteoric rise to stardom over the past decade.
But it wasn't the first time Reynolds showed support for the Homosexual community on stage, and it wouldn't be the last.
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