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Tyler Glenn and Dan Reynolds
Lance Lowry
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LoveLoud

Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

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

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Jaymes Black
Erik Carter

Daniel Reynolds

Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.

Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.

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Jaymes Black

Meet some of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

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The Trevor Project — a national suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ youth — tapped Jaymes Black this year to helm the group’s vital work.

Black (he/she/they) is Trevor’s first Black and first nonbinary CEO. A former CEO of Family Equality who grew up in the rural South, they bring both an impressive résumé and lived experience to tackling the daunting challenges faced by today’s queer and trans kids. “To be in this role, to be who I needed when I was [a] young queer Black awkward kid in Texas, is…another dream come true,” they say.

Bullies manifest on the playground and in the political world. But through it all, Black is inspired by how many young people live openly and proudly, a resilience that comes with being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

“The way that we view the world is very different. And because of that, I think we come with…this innate strength that others don’t understand,” they say. “We’ll never give up. We’ll never give up the fight. We’ll never give up fighting for equality. We’ll never give up being ourselves.” @thejaymesblack