{"id":1924225,"date":"2023-05-04T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-pride-fest-nixes-twisted-sister-song-due-to-dee-sniders-support-of-transphobic-tweet\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:14:45","slug":"sf-pride-fest-nixes-twisted-sister-song-due-to-dee-sniders-support-of-transphobic-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-pride-fest-nixes-twisted-sister-song-due-to-dee-sniders-support-of-transphobic-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Pride Fest cancels Twisted Sister song over Dee Snider&#8217;s &#8216;transphobic&#8217; tweet."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsf-pride-fest-nixes-twisted-sister-song-due-to-dee-sniders-support-of-transphobic-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>San Francisco Pride Drops Classic Rock Song and Dee Snider Over Tweet<\/h2>\n<h3>What Happened?<\/h3>\n<p>The San Francisco Pride Parade &#038; Celebration has dropped the classic \u201980s rock song \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It\u201d and performing artist Dee Snider from this year\u2019s event. The reason? A tweet Snider wrote questioning radical transgender activism. <\/p>\n<p>According to local news outlet KRON4, the Twisted Sister song was going to be the \u201cunofficial rallying cry\u201d of this year\u2019s event, but now, neither Snider nor the song will be showcased.<\/p>\n<h3>The Drama<\/h3>\n<p>The drama started when KISS frontman Paul Stanley posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-pride-fest-nixes-twisted-sister-song-due-to-dee-sniders-support-of-transphobic-tweet\/\" title=\"SF Pride Fest cancels Twisted Sister song over Dee Snider's 'transphobic' tweet.\">lengthy statement calling normalizing gender reassignment surgery<\/a> on children \u201ca sad and dangerous fad.\u201d Stanley went on to say that \u201cmany children who have no real sense of sexuality or sexual experiences get caught up in the \u2018fun\u2019 of using pronouns and saying what they identify as.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-who-star-david-tennant-parrots-michael-ches-anti-semitic-vaccine-joke-claiming-israel-ignores-the-arab-population\/\" title=\"\u2018Dr. Who\u2019 Star David Tennant Parrots Michael Che\u2019s Anti-Semitic Vaccine Joke, Claiming Israel Ignores The Arab Population\">statement drew attention<\/a> from both sides of the debate, with some prominent musicians and activists weighing in. On Monday, Snider shared his thoughts on Stanley\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what? There was a time where I \u2018felt pretty\u2019 too. Glad my parents didn\u2019t jump to any rash conclusions! Well said, [Paul Stanley],\u201d he replied to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">original statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fallout<\/h3>\n<p>The festival released a statement indicating it was parting ways with Snider because of the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Francisco Pride was on the cusp of announcing Twisted Sister\u2019s \u2018We\u2019re not gonna take it\u2019 as the unofficial rallying cry of this year\u2019s SF Pride Parade &#038; Celebration, with the band\u2019s frontman Dee Snider performing the song on our center stage. Dee has always been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights,\u201d the statement began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, when we were notified about the tweet in which Dee expressed support for Kiss\u2019s Paul Stanley\u2019s transphobic statement, we were heartbroken and angry. The message perpetuated by that tweet casts doubt on young trans people\u2019s ability to self-identify their gender,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>The statement went on, \u201cTransgender people, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-aclus-ridiculous-myths-and-facts-about-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Debunking The ACLU\u2019s Ridiculous \u2018Myths And Facts\u2019 About Transgender Athletes\">transgender women<\/a> and children of color, are disproportionately affected by hate and violence. And with transphobia proliferating and becoming more and more enshrined in law throughout the country \u2014 we have to stand up for the most impacted among us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have mutually agreed to part ways, but appreciate Dee seeing this as a teachable moment and a reminder that even allies need to be educated to ensure that they are not casually promoting transphobia,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<h3>Takeaway<\/h3>\n<p>The fallout from a tweet can be swift and severe, as Dee Snider has learned. It\u2019s a reminder that even allies need to be careful with their words and actions, especially when it comes to sensitive issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">gender identity<\/a>. The San Francisco Pride Parade &#038; Celebration has taken a stand against transphobia, and it\u2019s up to all of us to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic \u201980s rock song \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It\u201d has been dropped from this year\u2019s San Francisco Pride Parade &amp; Celebration, and performing artist Dee Snider will no longer take the stage due to a tweet he wrote questioning radical transgender activism.\u00a0 Local San Francisco news outlet KRON4 reported that the Twisted Sister song<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1924226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[24670,4548,25582,17106,6575,5712,25805,10787,5293,25804],"class_list":["post-1924225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-transphobic","tag-cancels","tag-dee","tag-fest","tag-pride","tag-sister","tag-sniders","tag-song","tag-tweet","tag-twisted"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}