Zach Bryan shows his support for the transgender community.
This American Heartbreak The 27-year-old denounced provincial artists for “insulting transgender people”, tweeting a quote by Travis Tritt, who previously announced that he was removing all Anheuser-Busch products from the tour in response to the beer brand’s trans-inclusive campaign.
“I don’t want to disrespect anyone in particular, I don’t even care about @Travistritt,” Bryan wrote. twitter. “I think it’s totally wrong to insult transgender people because we live in a country where we can all be who we want to be. I thought it was a great day to be alive.”
His last sentence was about Tritt’s 2000 single “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive”.
Tritt, 60, had previously joined Kid Rock, denouncing Bud Light for featuring the influential transgender Dylan Mulvaney in their latest ad campaign. twitter He said he “deleted all Anheuser-Busch products from my tour hospitality rider”.
Bryan followed chirp“And I don’t support transgender attacking swimmers, I just have family in transition and I have the blood to defend myself, please no one threaten me.”
The tweet is from former college swimmer Riley Gaines”verbally and physically assaultedGaines is a spokesperson for the Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative nonprofit that advocates banning transgender athletes from gender-appropriate sports teams.
Howard Stern also addressed the demonstration of transphobia after 52-year-old Rock posted a video on Instagram of him filming several Bud Light cases.
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On Monday’s SiriusXM radio show, “I wish I could call Kid Rock and get him on the show and say, ‘Why are you so upset about this? How hurts is this?’ I would like him to say,” he said. “I don’t know why he got so angry.
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“Kid Rock, I know him. He’s got a great life. He’s transitioned from a Michigan kid to a rock superstar. I’m really surprised why anyone cares enough to blow up a can of Bud Light and say, ‘F—Anheuser-Busch .’ I don’t understand,” added Stern, 69.