Macy Gray Has ‘Learned So Much’ After Backlash To Statement On Transgender Women: ‘It Takes A Lot Of Courage To Be Yourself’
Macy Gray is changing her tune on transgender women. Gray, 54, was on the receiving end of backlash after statements she made in an interview with Piers Morgan.
The “I Try” singer argued, to “change your parts” does not “make you a woman.” In a followup interview with “TODAY” host Hoda Kotb, Gray offered a different perspective. “I never meant to hurt anybody with what I said.
I think it takes a lot of courage to be yourself and go out in the world and be honest about who you are,” Gray said. “So I think anyone in the LGBT community is a hero and sets an example for all of us with that.
I said some things that didn’t go over well but my intention was never to hurt anybody. I felt bad that I did hurt some people.” READ MORE: Macy Gray Claps Back At People ‘Threatening Me’ Over Comments Considered Transphobic “Education is about conversation and us getting to a point where we understand each other….
