Both stars have received massive backlash online over comments they made about trans people.
Have any other celebrities commented?
Other celebrities have chimed in and encouraged Midler and Gray to re-consider their opinions. Actress and comedian Mae Martin released a lengthy statement in response to Midler and spoke about their own experience as a nonbinary person. “Nobody is negating the fact that people assigned female at birth have a unique struggle against oppressive patriarchy,” they wrote. “Nobody is denying the power and magic of cis women. But, for instance: I was born female, and grew up with all the struggles that entails, but I am trans/non-binary, not a woman. I am medically and culturally transitioning and so “woman” is not an accurate word to use when describing me.
“We need cis women as allies - we historically have been their allies as well and continue to be. The effort to stop trans people from having bodily autonomy and receiving the health care they need is of course connected to the organized effort to restrict people with uteruses from having bodily autonomy and access to life-saving abortions,” Martin continued. “We all have the same goal and common enemy.
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