CBeebies website says: “Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, transgender drag queens and ‘drag mothers’ to the STAR House, provided a home, food, clothing and a sense of family to many LGBTQ+ kids made homeless by their biological families.”.
Among them they cite American drag queens Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera who they say were “drag mothers”.
The BBC’s children’s TV channel has a list on its website celebrating mothers in honour of International Women’s Day.
Lucy Marsh from the Family Education Trust said: “This is not only completely inappropriate for children but hugely insulting to women to celebrate these men as ‘mothers’.”.
Shadow women’s minister Mims Davies said: “We all know and appreciate families these days can come in all shapes and forms and that is to be roundly celebrated too.
