Bette Midler Defends Her Tweets That Were Criticized As Transphobic

Yesterday, Macy Gray defended some transphobic comments she made in a Monday interview with Piers Morgan. Now, Bette Midler has walked back similar comments that were criticized as being transphobic after tweeting: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!” And “They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators, and even ‘people with vaginas’!,” her tweet reads. “Don’t le...