{"id":1541657,"date":"2022-07-06T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541657"},"modified":"2022-07-06T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:50:28","slug":"singer-macy-gray-responds-to-backlash-after-she-says-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-macy-gray-responds-to-backlash-after-she-says-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Macy Gray Responds To Backlash After She Says \u2018Just Because You Go Change Your Parts Doesn\u2019t Make You A Woman\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinger-macy-gray-responds-to-backlash-after-she-says-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Entertainer Macy Gray responded to the backlash she\u2019s faced after making what some have deemed \u201ctransphobic\u201d comments when she said \u201cjust because you go change your parts,\u201d it doesn\u2019t \u201cmake you a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old singer took to her Twitter and told her critics of her interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/macy-gray-piers-morgan-gender-affirming-surgery-woman?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&#038;utm_content=later-28057801&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=linkin.bio\">Piers Morgan<\/a> on \u201cPiers Morgan Uncensored\u201d that they would be hard press to find a bigger supporter of the \u201clgbt community.\u201d She then somewhat appeared to try and soften her earlier statements by saying that \u201cwoman\u201d is a title \u201cthat you earn and become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no bigger admirer of lgbt community than [yours] truly,\u201d Gray tweeted Monday to her 80 thousand plus followers. \u201cIt takes real balls to be honest about who you are. \u2018woman\u2019 is a title that you earn and become. just like \u2018man,\u2019 there are plenty of females who aren\u2019t women yet and every girl gets that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">there is no bigger admirer of lgbt community than your truly. it takes real balls to be honest about who you are. &#8220;woman&#8221; is a title that you earn and become. just like &#8220;man.&#8221; there are plenty of females who aren&#8217;t women yet and every girl gets that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Macy Gray (@MacyGraysLife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacyGraysLife\/status\/1544023885796065281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t defining trans women. just women,\u201d she added in a follow-up tweet. \u201cBecause I know what it means to be one. I don\u2019t know what it means to be a trans woman and never said I did. but that goes both ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i wasn&#8217;t defining trans women. just women. because i know what it means to be one. i don&#8217;t know what it means to be a trans woman and never said i did. but that goes both ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Macy Gray (@MacyGraysLife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacyGraysLife\/status\/1544098848540397576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSweet Baby\u201d singer also labeled one article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/macy-gray-transphobic-comments-response-1378295\/\">Rolling Stone magazine<\/a> about her original comments as \u201cthe most biased, wrong taking things out of context \u2013 column ever written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the singer\u2019s appearance on Morgan\u2019s show on Monday, Gray and the host discussed transgender athletes in female sports competitions, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/macy-gray-pokes-the-hornets-nest-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman-sorry\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Just because you go change your parts, doesn&#8217;t make you a woman, sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss Piers Morgan&#8217;s interview with singer Macy Gray on tonight&#8217;s show. <\/p>\n<p>TalkTV, 8pm.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacyGraysLife?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MacyGraysLife<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@piersmorgan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TalkTV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MacyGray?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MacyGray<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qHSNa6kXYx\">pic.twitter.com\/qHSNa6kXYx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1543972568281104390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I will say this and everyone\u2019s gonna hate me, but as a woman, just because you go change your parts, doesn\u2019t make you a woman, sorry,\u201d the singer shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that for a fact,\u201d she added. \u201cLike if you want me to call you a \u2018her,\u2019 I will, \u2019cause that\u2019s what you want, but that doesn\u2019t make you a woman just \u2019cause I call you a \u2018her\u2019 and just \u2019cause you got a surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Rolling Stone, Gray said that she has \u201cnothing but love for the LGBTQ+ and transgender community\u201d and that her \u201cstatement on Piers Morgan was grossly misunderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t hate anyone,\u201d the statement added. \u201cI respect everyone\u2019s right to feel comfortable in their bodies and live their own truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bette-midler-gets-attacked-as-a-terf-after-saying-women-are-being-erased-due-to-terms-like-birthing-people-people-with-vaginas\">Bette Midler Gets Attacked As A \u2018TERF\u2019 After Saying Women Are Being Erased Due to Terms Like \u2018Birthing People,\u2019 \u2018People With\u00a0Vaginas\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainer Macy Gray responded to the backlash she\u2019s faced after making what some have deemed \u201ctransphobic\u201d comments when she said \u201cjust because you go change your parts,\u201d it doesn\u2019t \u201cmake you a woman.\u201d The 54-year-old singer took to her Twitter and told her critics of her interview with Piers Morgan on \u201cPiers Morgan Uncensored\u201d that 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