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The Latest Breaking News from Macy Gray

Macy Gray deletes tweet claiming anti-trans comments were ‘grossly misunderstood,’ tells critics to ‘fk off’

Macy Gray is changing her tune.

Tribune News Service

Macy Gray tells critics to ‘f*** off’ after receiving backlash for anti-trans comments

Singer had made controversial remarks on Piers Morgan’s show ‘Uncensored’

The Independent UK

Macy Gray slams backlash as she says trans women remark was ‘grossly misunderstood’

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also lent her support to the underfire singer

Evening Standard

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Midler joins Peterson as the latest in toxic transphobia as she panic tweets: "They don’t call us 'women' anymore"

Salon

Bette Midler says trans-inclusive language will ‘erase’ women

Her comments fall in line with that those of Macy Gray and J.K. Rowling, who have been accused of being transphobic by suggesting women other than cisgender do not belong to the same classification.

Chicago Sun-Times

Macy Gray tells Piers Morgan ‘changing your body parts doesn’t make you a woman’

Elsewhere, Bette Midler has been using transgender people to make a point about the abortion crisis in the United States

Evening Standard

JK Rowling says she’ll be buying Macy Gray’s ‘entire back catalogue’ following singer’s ‘transphobic’ comments

Rowling has repeatedly been criticised and accused of transphobia for her past comments about transgender people

The Independent UK

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Piers Morgan slams 'trans activist mob' as Macy Gray says 'surgery doesn't make a woman'

Macy Gray has been dubbed "transphobic" after she told Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show: "Just because you go change your [body] parts, doesn’t make you a woman, sorry."

Daily Mirror

Macy Gray: Fans condemn singer over ‘transphobic’ body parts comment on Piers Morgan show

‘Just because you go change your [body] parts, doesn’t make you a woman, sorry,’ says Gray

The Independent UK

American Song Contest: Who’s competing and how to vote

US version of Eurovision premieres on 21 March on NBC

The Independent UK

‘Breathtakingly starry’: is the American Song Contest about to outdo Eurovision?

Michael Bolton represents Connecticut, Macy Gray sings for Ohio and Snoop Dogg hosts with Kelly Clarkson. It’s the US’s new Eurovision imitator

The Guardian - UK

‘The song I want played at my funeral? SexyBack’: Lou Sanders’s honest playlist

The comedian has fond memories of feeling grownup listening to Macy Gray, and gets Alexa to play Barry White for a laugh. But what does she listen to behind closed doors?

The Guardian - UK

LeBron James’ reaction to Macy Gray singing the National Anthem goes viral

‘Sometimes you just can’t help it,’ one respondent writes on Twitter

The Independent UK

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