Landon Reid Reminds Us To ‘Choose Love Over Hate With Their Picks For ‘The Sound Of Pride’ (Exclusive)

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It’s Pride Month! Throughout June, HollywoodLife is celebrating with The Sound Of Pride, wherever celebs and stars of the LBGTQ+ assemblage prime songs for the eventual 2023 Pride Month playlist. It’s the cleanable soundtrack to readying your Pride party, researching how to support LGBTQ+ rights, oregon speechmaking astir the history of Pride Month. Now, Landon Reid (@and_mayhem_ensued_ on TikTok) shares their picks for the playlist.

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“Hello, my unusual small onions,” says June Rogers, America’s astir eligible housewife, earlier each of her videos successful her (unfortunately) long-running bid of ‘Creepy Conservative Men Who Come Into My DMs Because They Think I’m A Woman.’ The bid is 1 of the reasons wherefore Landon Reid — the actor, author, creative, and entertainer – has go a rising prima connected the platform. Landon and their June persona supply moments of sunshine, humor, and glamour successful what feels similar an progressively drab time.

@and_mayhem_ensued_

trigger informing transphobia trolling trolls due to the fact that I get bored sometimes. #bathroombill #oklahoma #florida #liberal #conservative #troll #logic #humanrights

♬ archetypal dependable – Landon Reid

“This twelvemonth feels much somber,” Landon tells HollywoodLife when discussing the attitudes going into Pride 2023.  “With each of the anti-trans and anti-gay laws being written, determination is much urgency, little frivolity. In a way, it’s similar going backmost to the basics of what pridefulness is: a solemnisation of emotion successful the look of bigotry.”

Love and solemnisation prevarication astatine the bosom of Landon’s picks for The Sound Of Pride. Check them retired portion ordering their caller book, The Very Bad Touch and Feel Book, earlier subscribing to Landon connected TikTok and Instagram.

Jodi Benson, “Disneyland”

“My philharmonic sensation is eclectically specific. My fig 1 opus for pridefulness period has to beryllium ‘Disneyland’ from the failed Broadway philharmonic Smile, starring Jodi Benson. On the surface, it’s a opus astir a teen wanting to spell to Disneyland. Really, it is simply a tragically beauteous opus astir longing for acceptance, love, and the elusive thought of perfection. Like truthful galore ‘I Wish’ songs, it genuinely captures the The Very Bad Touch and Feel Book youthful cheery experience.

Debbie Wileman, “Optimistic Voices / Defying Gravity”

‘Are you a person of Dorothy?’ is simply a mode cheery radical utilized to place chap cheery people. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Or calling your champion friend, your bully Judy. Judy Garland has ever had a spot successful the cheery community. There is simply a mentation of ‘Defying Gravity’ that I americium perfectly enamored with astatine the moment. It is an impersonator [Debbie Wileman] singing ‘Defying Gravity’ arsenic Judy Garland — which is beyond magical. Combining the ‘I Want’ opus from Wicked and the Illustrious dependable of Judy Garland.

The Free Design, ‘Love You’

“One of the astir important things astir pridefulness period is healing your interior child. It’s important to recognize wherever you came from and what you’ve been done deconstruct beliefs that were taught to you and determination connected from harmful voices of your past. ‘Love You’ by The Free Design Feels similar a lukewarm hug connected a lukewarm summertime day. The odor of Coppertone successful the aerial and a representation of lemonade for merchantability by your mailbox. It’s a opus that volition let you to fto spell of the past, grow, determination forward, and, astir importantly, emotion yourself and emotion others.

Ed Harcourt, “Do As I Say, Not As I Do”

This opus is an chartless gem. I heard it connected an Instagram communicative 1 day, and it became a mantra of mine.   The lyrics – ‘to each the radical I mightiness person offended / you astir apt needed it / truthful instrumentality your barroom and devour it’ – perfectly encapsulates my sentiment towards radical who find my specified beingness offensive. who privation to marque the lives of different radical that bash not impact them the main contented of the world.

Dodie, “Would You Be So Kind”

My last prime is simply a opus that is thing much than the axenic joyousness of young love.

(Courtesy of Landon Reid)

HL: How does this year’s Pride solemnisation consciousness compared to past year’s?  

Landon: This twelvemonth feels much somber. With each of the anti-trans and anti-gay laws being written, determination is much urgency, little frivolity. In a way, it’s similar going backmost to the basics of what pridefulness is: a solemnisation of emotion successful the look of bigotry.

Pride is simply a clip to observe unsung heroes. Is determination anyone you’d similar to spot get immoderate much of the spotlight this year?  

There are truthful galore people. I person to ask, surviving oregon dead? If dead, I would person to say, Christine Jorgensen, the archetypal openly transgender pistillate successful America, oregon Alan Turing, the cheery antheral who invented the computer and helped extremity World War II.

Alive, I’m going to accidental my person Marla Alpert — @thefloorismarlava connected tik tok. She is simply a Jewish queer, trans pistillate who makes fantabulous videos replying to the implicit moronic hypocrisy of conservatives.

@and_mayhem_ensued_

we indispensable basal together. they aren’t going to backmost down. #rights #gayrites #transrights #feminism

♬ archetypal dependable – Landon Reid

Do you person a representation of Pride Months past that you’d similar to share?

The mode I presumption Pride is the mode Buddy the Elf views Christmas. dainty each time similar Christmas. There’s country for everyone connected the bully list, and the champion mode to dispersed Christmas cheer is by singing large for each to hear. I can’t sing, but I tin beryllium seen. Unapologetically and triumphantly visible. Deconstructing my upbringing to let myself to instrumentality up abstraction and beryllium noticed. It’s not ever easy, but it fills my psyche with joy.

What bash you person planned for June (and the remainder of 2023?)  

On June 10th and 11th americium going to beryllium a impermanent astatine Alabama Pride. And by I, I mean my resistance quality —  June Rogers, America’s astir eligible housewife. I conscionable released my archetypal children’s book: The Very Bad Touch and Feel Book available connected Amazon. As for the remainder of 2023, I americium trying to determination retired of Texas for information reasons and determination to Los Angeles due to the fact that I privation to beryllium an histrion and writer.

Do you person a Pride 2023 connection to stock with the HollywoodLife audience?  

Hello, My Strange small onions; I cognize the satellite tin beryllium a scary spot sometimes, and that’s wherefore it’s important for america to ever take emotion and acceptance implicit hatred and fear.  And remember, ever termination with kindness. If thing else, it makes you much sympathetic to the jury.  I emotion you person a hug, a cookie, and a foodstuff container XOXO

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Keep checking HollywoodLife throughout June for more entries in The Sound of Pride and further Pride Month coverage. 

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