Macy Gray and Bette Midler accused of transphobia after comments

Both Macy Gray and Bette Midler are being accused of making transphobic comments.

Gray, best known for her 1999 hit “I Try,” appeared to anticipate the backlash during an appearance that aired Monday on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”

“I will say this and everyone will hate me, but as a woman, changing your (body) parts doesn’t make you a woman, I’m sorry,” Gray said after Morgan raised the issue of trans athletes in sports.

“Do you feel it?” Morgan replied.

“I know for a fact,” Gray replied.

“Being a girl is pretty epic, you know? And you can’t have that just because you want to be a woman,” Gray told Morgan, later adding, “I don’t think you should be labeled transphobic just because you don’t agree.”

Meanwhile, singer, actress and comedian Bette Midler also sparked controversy when she posted on Twitter on Monday: “Women of the world! We are being stripped of rights to our bodies, our lives and even our names!”

“They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore, they call us ‘givers’ or ‘menstruers’ and even ‘people with vaginas’!” her tweet reads. “Don’t let them erase you! Every human being on earth owes you!”

Their comments were not well received.

“What is it about ‘femininity’ that TERFs (a term defined as a feminist who excludes transgender women’s rights from their advocacy of women’s rights) like Macy Gray and Bette Midler are so desperate to cling to? the writer Arielle Tschinkel. “The existence of trans women does not make me any less of a woman, no matter how different our experiences may be. Honestly, it’s just ridiculous.”