Macy Gray Slams Online Critics For 'Threatening' Her Over Transphobic Comments

Macy Gray, who previously shared how changing parts of your body doesn't make you a woman, has once again responded to haters after they threatened her online, accusing her for making transphobic comments.

"All of you coming on my page, threatening me and calling me names – just becuz [sic] i said something you don’t agree with," the 54-year-old singer wrote Wednesday on Twitter. "Be whatever you wana be, and fk off."

Fans and online critics both took to the comments section to share their reactions.

"Here's a positive thought for you," one of the fans wrote. "You have a right to your opinion. Others have a right to be respectful in their disagreement. That leads to discussing and understanding."

"It’s not that we don’t agree with what you said, what you said was wrong, derogatory and discriminatory as well as hateful," a Twitter user commented. "People in glass houses should t throw stones!"

The post came after the singer spoke on Piers Morgan's talk show, "Piers Morgan Uncensored" about transgender people.

"What women go through is a completely unique experience and surgery or finding yourself doesn't change that. I will say this and everybody’s gonna hate me but — as a woman — just because you go change your parts, it doesn’t make you a woman, sorry," she said. "I know that for a fact."

"You want me to call you a ‘her,’ I will, because that’s what you want but that doesn’t make you a woman just because I call you a ‘her’ and just because you got surgery," she explained.

Apart from Gray, actress Bette Midler also shared a tweet on Monday, noting how women's right are being sabotaged.

"WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!" Midler wrote. "They don’t call us 'women' anymore; they call us 'birthing people' or 'menstruators', and even 'people with vaginas'!"

"Don’t let them erase you!" she urged. "Every human on earth owes you!"

"Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling reshared the tweets by Gray and Midler to support them. Rowling has been previously called out by the transgender community for similar comments.

"If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased," Rowling tweeted in June 2020. "I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth."