Logan Lynn
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Logan Lynn performing at Beatbox in San Francisco, California – July 2013.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Logan Dennis Lynn |
| Born | October 15, 1979 |
| Genres | Dance, pop, electronic, techno, alternative music, indie |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, LGBT activist, mental health advocate, chief communications officer, chief impact officer, public relations |
| Years active | 1998–present |
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| Website | loganlynnmusic |
Logan Dennis Lynn (born October 15, 1979) is an American musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate and LGBT activist from Portland, Oregon.
Lynn's music is most commonly classified in the pop, indie, rock, electronic, techno and dance genres. Since 1998 he has released 8 studio albums, and he is the former host of Logo's weekly music video countdown cable television show "NewNowNext Music". His eighth studio record, ADIEU., was released September 23, 2016. Lynn is also one of the stars of Last Meal Series, a show by the writers of Search Party.
Logan Lynn is immersed in charitable activism and advocacy as well, currently serving as Chief Impact Officer for Trillium Family Services, Oregon's largest provider of mental and behavioral healthcare for children and families, where he is the brainchild behind the "Keep Oregon Well" campaign to fight stigma surrounding mental health through music and the arts. Lynn's previous charitable endeavors have included Portland's Q Center, QDOC: Queer Documentary Film Festival, Fashion Design Camp, and the Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC).
In 2017, Logan released a documentary film titled "Lead With Love", about his controversial Inter-Community Dialogue Project with the conservative evangelical Mars Hill Church and The National Council for Behavioral Health honored him with the prestigious "Award of Excellence" for his music and for creating the Keep Oregon Well campaign and social movement to fight the stigma of mental illness through the arts.
Lynn was born to William Dennis Lynn, a Christian minister, and Debra Lynn "Debby" Lynn (née Stockburger). Lynn's paternal grandmother, LaVanda Mae Fielder, was a piano and vocal instructor who worked out of her home. One of her pupils was a young Johnny Cash. Lynn's father was a traveling preacher and proponent of a Christian touring sermon series known as "The Strong Family Seminar". This resulted in Lynn's family living on the road for much of his childhood and later changing their permanent residence several times. In 1981, at the age of 2, Lynn and his parents moved from his birthplace of Lubbock, Texas to York, Nebraska, where they spent the next eight years. While in York, Dennis and Debby had a second son, Landon Lee Lynn (born September 1, 1984). In 1989, the family moved to Midland, Michigan, but returned to York for one year beginning in 1993. This was followed by brief stints in Jackson, Tennessee (1994–1995), another return to York (1995), Olathe, Kansas (1995–1996), and then his first arrival in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 1996.
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