(L) Singer, songwriter, actress, and comedian Bette Midler walks the red carpet ahead of the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
on Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Both Bette Midler and Macy Gray faced criticism on Monday for comments they made that some have deemed as transphobic.
Midler, 76, who has had many fans in the LGBTQ community throughout her decades-long career, shared a tweet that appeared to be in response to the U.S.
Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to an abortion."WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!