Bette Midler Clarifies ‘Exclusionary’ Comments After Being Accused of Transphobia: ‘It Wasn’t About That’
Setting the record straight. Bette Midler is speaking out after some fans interpreted a recent comment about women’s rights as being transphobic.The Hocus Pocus star, 76, came under fire earlier this week for tweeting, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD!
We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! 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! Every human on earth owes you!”Midler’s message instantly sparked a debate on social media, with some Twitter users defending her perspective and others claiming the post was derogatory toward the trans community.
The Beaches actress clarified her point of view in a subsequent tweet on Tuesday, July 5, telling her followers that she was referring to an article in The New York Times titled “The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don’t Count.”The Golden Globe winner wrote, “PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!
