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SF Pride Cuts Ties with Rock Singer Over Support of Transphobic Tweet

  • Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider's performance at San Francisco LGBTQ festival cancelled after he backed KISS frontman Paul Stanley's offensive comments.
  • Snider, previously an ally of LGBTQ community, favoured Stanley's tweet that has been widely criticised as transphobic.
  • Snider and San Francisco Pride agreed to end their working relationship following backlash over the tweet.
  • San Francisco Pride will proceed with its events this weekend without Snider, who had been slated to perform and lend his song "We're Not Gonna Take It" as an anthem.
  • San Francisco Pride called for educating allies to prevent them from amplifying transphobic views.
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