Posted on 05/01/2023 11:46:40 AM PDT by Morgana
Twister Sister frontman Dee Snider aired his support for KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley’s controversial Sunday statement, which condemned normalizing gender reassignment surgery on children as a “sad and dangerous trend.”
Stanley, 71, who co-founded the iconic rock n’ roll group formed in the 1970s, shared his thoughts on Twitter about minors being convinced to mutilate their body parts. His remarks sparked both backlash and praise as many states craft legislation surrounding so-called gender-affirming care.
Snider, 68, who formed the iconic glam rock group Twister Sister in the 1970s, retweeted Stanley’s statement in applause, becoming the next American rockstar to speak out against the mainstream transgender narrative.
“You know what? There was a time where I ‘felt pretty’ too,” Snider said. “Glad my parents didn’t jump to any rash conclusions! Well said, @PaulStanleyLive.”
Stanley’s tweet garnered millions of views within hours of posting and generated mixed reactions from social media users across the political spectrum. Critics of Stanley’s stance labeled him transphobic and hypocritical after many users referred to the American musician performing songs about sexualizing underage girls — namely the 1977 song “Christine Sixteen.”
Yet, despite critics pointing out a man who trademarked his career wearing flamboyant makeup and clothing, supporters of Stanley’s statement applauded him for speaking out against confusing young children.
Snider recently said he is tempted to start applying makeup again as a form of support for drag queens amid a surge in legislation banning drag queen performances in front of children, which could inadvertently prohibit minors from attending wrestling and glam rock shows, too.
“You know I haven’t worn the Twisted Sister Makeup in many years…but now I’m tempted to put it back on!” Snider said last month.
Several Republican-led states, including Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, and Tennessee, passed legislation banning transgender procedures for children.
Last week, the Department of Justice sued Tennessee over a state law prohibiting transgender hormone treatments and surgeries for minors.
According to the DOJ, Tennessee’s ban on transgender treatments for minors violates the Equal Protection Clause. The law discriminates against “transgender youth” diagnosed with gender dysphoria, blocking transgender treatments for them “while allowing non-transgender minors access to the same or similar procedures,” the DOJ claims.
Tennessee officials responded to the Biden administration’s lawsuit against the state, promising to fight to uphold the law and stand up for children.
I wouldn’t even call CC a band.
“Do you really want to hurt me?”
“Yes we do!”
Dee’s been a pissy little bitch lately, glad to see he’s still got a functioning brain cell or three.
Show the classic little ones.
Mister Twister was the best!
Guess they lost their patent cuz I can’t find that “brand” anymore - but lots of knock-offs.
I don’t recall his complaint on Trump, but yes, it was there.
And I found that interesting given Dee’s prominent position on one of Trump’s “Celeb” Apprentice.
Also on Trump’s Celeb Apprentice.
How soon they forget..
Column: Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider to MAGA ‘fascists’: Write your own damn songs
Dee Snider Tells Fans Against Vaccine Mandates to Go See Ted Nugent and Kid Rock
Dee: I’m pro-vax; the COVID is real. My biggest joy right now is that by 2022, I figure all the anti-vaxxers will have died. So, we will be left witha world of intelligent people who believe in science.
Oh yeah. Same for abortion. NOT wanting babies to be dismembered & tossed in the garbage is the “controversial” viewpoint.
Favoring it= women’s health care. Yay!
Not “bad journalism.”
Leftwing politically correct journalism.
“dee snyder may see the light yet...
he fumed over trump using his hit song...
but we’re not gonna take it any more...”
Snyder is 100% pro abortion.
OMG i remember those.
Have you seen him lately? Boy George has to wear hats because he has male pattern baldness
“I wonder about that. Maybe they were closet republicans like Kid rock and ted nugent.
Paul Stanley is probably the more conservative of the two.
Snyder is very much anti Trump, and a full supporter of abortion on demand.
I wonder how many people will get the video reference.
And a vaxx fanatic, and against laws banning drag queens from performing in front of children.
I view his stance on the issue from the article as just a broken clock moment.
i thought DiDi was a true RAT???
Who could have imagined back in the day that the world would go so crazy that members of KISS and Twisted Sister would one day become voices of sanity and cultural conservatism?
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