The nonprofit LoveLoud produces charity concerts to amplify LGBTQ+ voices and “ignite the vital conversation about what it means to unconditionally love, understand, accept, and support LGBTQ+ youth,” say its founders and leaders, musicians Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons and Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees.
“We created LoveLoud with the goal of bringing together different kinds of people to create an environment of understanding and love to celebrate our LGBTQ+ community,” they say. “We want our audience to be filled with all kinds of humans. The most conservative and religious with the most queer and liberal individuals so that we all can learn from each other.”
The group initially produced an annual concert in Utah. But in the past year, it expanded with shows in New York, Illinois, and Florida, which made Reynolds, an ally, and Glenn, who is gay, “exceptionally proud.”
“We don’t want LGBTQ+ individuals to simply be tolerated and accepted in society; we want them to be celebrated for their perspectives, for their accomplishments,” they add. “We want the LGBTQ+ community to be celebrated just as they are and for the political fearmongering to end.” @loveloudfest
