Skillet Removes Tour Opener Bad Wolves After Fans Call the Lead Singer a “Trans OnlyFans B***h”

The internet is abuzz after Christian rock band Skillet removed its opening act Bad Wolves from their upcoming tour after accusations began to circulate that lead singer Sara “Killboy” Skinner is a transgender OnlyFans creator. Skinner was forced to clarify that she is cisgender but does maintain an OnlyFans account in a since-deleted video statement about the fan behavior, saying, “Upon their findings, I am a trans OnlyFans bitch. Now, unfortunately, only one of those things is true. Have fun finding out.” After Skillet announced on August 18 that Bad Wolves would be an opening act for their upcoming fall tour, some of the group’s fans appear to have gone online to dig up information on Skinner, circulating a variety of allegations about her identity and online activitiy. “Why in the world is Skillet yoking with pagans, and why did their fans have to do their due diligence vetting *for* them?” one commenter on X wrote.“'Trans onlyfans bitch’ drop this person from society not just the tour,” another wrote.The strategy that some Skillet fans used to attack Skinner — known colloquially as “transvestigation” — largely stems from a fringe alt-right conspiracy theory called “Elite Gender Inversion” that asserts most major celebrities are secretly trans. Its proponents use pseudoscientific tactics frequently-rooted in racism, misogyny, and antisemitism to judge a person’s features to “transvestigate” them, or assert they are trans. In a since-removed video posted to the Bad Wolves social media pages on August 25, Skinner said that while Skillet did not want her to release a statement, she felt the need to provide clarity about the allegations made by the group’s fans. “I am not someone who’s ever hidden who the f*ck I am,” Skinner said. “So let’s not leave you to speculate, okay?”She continued, “Here’s the truth. Skillet announced us on their tour, and their fans had a field day doing very extensive research that the