The 75-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer made the remarks in a sprawling new interview
Alice Cooper, the rock legend who has made a career out of androgyny and pushing the envelope, says he doesn’t “know one person that agrees with the woke thing.”
In a sprawling interview with Stereogum, Cooper was asked about the recent comments his contemporaries like Paul Stanley and Dee Snider have said about gender-affirming care for young people, which has recently come under attack by conservative lawmakers and certain institutions across the country.
“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” the singer said. “I find it wrong when you’ve got a 6-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.'”
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