{"id":1925341,"date":"2023-05-05T22:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T02:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisted-sister-frontman-issues-statement-after-being-dropped-from-sf-pride-parade-so-i-hear-im-transphohic-really\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T22:30:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T02:30:53","slug":"twisted-sister-frontman-issues-statement-after-being-dropped-from-sf-pride-parade-so-i-hear-im-transphohic-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisted-sister-frontman-issues-statement-after-being-dropped-from-sf-pride-parade-so-i-hear-im-transphohic-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisted Sister singer responds to being removed from SF Pride Parade: &#8220;Am I really transphobic?&#8221;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftwisted-sister-frontman-issues-statement-after-being-dropped-from-sf-pride-parade-so-i-hear-im-transphohic-really%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=1925341&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>Twisted Sister Frontman Dee Snider Responds to Controversy Surrounding San Francisco Pride Parade<\/h2>\n<p>Dee Snider, the frontman of Twisted Sister, recently issued a statement after he and the band&#8217;s hit &#8217;80s song &#8220;We&#8217;re Not Gonna Take It&#8221; were dropped from the San Francisco Pride Parade &#038; Celebration. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aps-sally-buzbee-mired-in-scandal-as-she-preps-for-role-as-washington-post-executive-editor\/\" title=\"AP\u2019s Sally Buzbee Mired in Scandal as She Preps for Role as Washington Post Executive Editor\">controversy began<\/a> when Snider responded to a tweet from KISS guitarist Paul Stanley questioning &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-activists-rebrand-sex-changes-as-gender-affirming-medical-care-to-bully-state-officials-into-allowing-the-mutilation-of-children\/\" title=\"Liberal Activists Rebrand Sex Changes As \u2018Gender-Affirming Medical Care\u2019 To Bully State Officials Into Allowing The Mutilation Of Children\">trans-affirming<\/a>&#8221; surgeries for minors. Stanley called out the &#8220;sad and dangerous fad&#8221; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-teacher-sues-school-board-after-being-fired-he-refused-to-compromise-on-trans-pronouns\/\" title=\"Flashback: Teacher Sues School Board After Being Fired \u2013 He Refused To Compromise on Trans Pronouns\">transgender ideology<\/a> being accepted by parents.<\/p>\n<h3>Snider Clarifies His Position<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;You know what? There was a time where I &#8216;felt pretty&#8217; too. Glad my parents didn&#8217;t jump to any rash conclusions! Well said, @PaulStanleyLive,&#8221; Snider wrote in reply. Stanley has since walked back his statement and apologized. Snider, meanwhile, clarified his position while insisting he&#8217;s an LGBTQ &#8220;ally&#8221; who accepts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gender-is-whatever-says-reese-witherspoons-daughter-ava-phillippe-on-her-sexual-attraction\/\" title=\"\u2018Gender Is Whatever\u2019 Says Reese Witherspoon\u2019s Daughter Ava Phillippe On Her Sexual Attraction\">left-wing gender theory<\/a> for adults but still doesn&#8217;t find it appropriate for children.<\/p>\n<p>Snider expanded on his beliefs in a post titled, &#8220;So, I hear I&#8217;m transphobic. Really?&#8221; The musician began by stating that he&#8217;s &#8220;ALWAYS stood with the the [LGBTQ] community&#8221; which is why he was originally invited to be Grand Marshal in the SF Pride Parade. Snider said he was &#8220;honored&#8221; to be chosen and for the classic Twisted Sister song to be &#8220;this year&#8217;s battle cry&#8221; with a new version called, &#8220;Queer Not Gonna Take It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting Children&#8217;s Choices<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I was not aware the Transgender community expects fealty and total agreement with all their beliefs and any variation or deviation is considered &#8216;transphobic.&#8217; So, my lifetime of supporting the Transgender community&#8217;s right to identify as they want and honoring whatever changes they may make in how they present themselves to the world isn&#8217;t enough? Why not?&#8221; Snider wrote in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve recently stated I do not believe young children are ready to decide their gender allocation. I believe their choices should be supported and accepted by their parents, but I do not think kids have the mental capabilities to make rational, logical decisions on things of a magnitude that will affect them for the rest of their lives. I do not believe they are mentally developed enough,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging and Supporting Children<\/h3>\n<p>Snider next pointed to medical experts who have also questioned trans interventions for minors. &#8220;Dr. Jennifer Katzenstein [director of psychology, neuropsychology and social work, and co- director of the Center for Behavioral Health at Johns Hopkins All Children&#8217;s Hospital] says, &#8216;&#8230;it is important for parents to remember that development varies across children, and that one age (such as age 7) is not the end of development, or a &#8216;deadline for developing reasoning skills.&#8217; Cognitive development continues into adulthood, and as parents, it is our responsibility to continue to challenge and support our children.&#8217; Well said. It&#8217;s just good parenting,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting the Transgender Community<\/h3>\n<p>Snider said insisting on complete fealty will only alienate &#8220;moderate&#8221; allies who are otherwise on board with left-wing gender theory. &#8220;I am a proud moderate. I drive a Tesla and a Hummer. I have too many guns but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisted-sister-frontman-issues-statement-after-being-dropped-from-sf-pride-parade-so-i-hear-im-transphohic-really\/\" title=\"Twisted Sister singer responds to being removed from SF Pride Parade: \"Am I really transphobic?\"\">strongly support intelligent gun control<\/a>. I have four children yet fight for a woman&#8217;s right to choose. I am a motorcycle riding environmentalist. I am a heterosexual who proudly supports LBGTQIA+ rights. To me (and I believe to many of you) none of these things are mutually exclusive. The Transgender community needs moderates who support their choices, even if we don&#8217;t agree with every one of their edicts,&#8221; Snider wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For some Transgender people (not all) to accuse supporters, like me, of transphobia is not a good look for their cause,&#8221; the musician concluded. &#8220;Don&#8217;t reject people who are willing to march, sing and stand with you just because we don&#8217;t perfectly see eye-to-eye. We are still your allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider issued a statement after both he and the band\u2019s hit \u201980s song \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It\u201d were dropped from the\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0Pride Parade &amp; Celebration. The controversy began when Snider responded to a tweet from KISS guitarist Paul Stanley questioning \u201ctrans-affirming\u201d surgeries for minors. 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