.Imaginedragons' DanReynolds takes his fight for LGBTQ+ rights to DC
upstairs at the DC headquarters of the MPAA at a screening of his 2018 documentary. It’s the culmination of a jam-packed day on Capitol Hill that began with Reynolds addressing the House Democratic Caucus, and incorporated meetings with members of Congress -- including Sen.
“I had to go through a lot of personal pain before I felt OK in my body,” says Glenn, who is gay and grew up in the Mormon church before eventually feeling he had to leave it. “It’s been such an opportunity to come from such a place of hurt and turn it into LoveLoud.” So-called conversion therapy attempts to “cure” the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ people. Despite this practice being discredited by the American Psychiatric Assn. and American College of Physicians, among other organizations, it continues throughout much of the country. Conversion therapy has been outlawed in 19 states, including Utah, the most recent to join the ban on Jan. 22.
Much of the impetus behind the LoveLoud fests, Reynolds said, is forcing the conversation between kids and parents. “Our ultimate goal is to bring LoveLoud to all these [other] states,” he says. “Kids are going to their parents and saying, ‘I want to go to LoveLoud,’ and the parents say, ‘That sounds like a gay festival, you can’t go to that.’ ‘Well, my favorite bands are there. And let’s talk about this gay thing anyway.
All in the room acknowledge there’s work to be done on both the federal and state levels, as a rash of new legislation in many states openly attacks the gay community. Reynolds says it’s time for others in the music industry with influence to step up. . “We need more country artists to come forward and say, ‘I love our gay community and conversion therapy needs to be done away with.’ That makes a big difference.
“We were this close to putting it on. I’m not going to name-drop, but there were big artists on board,” he said. “But we could not rally enough big country artists, and so we didn’t do it because the last thing I wanted it to feel like was the far left coming forward and trying to get rid of guns. We weren’t trying to get rid of guns, we were just saying we need reform.
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