The BBC is accused of taking 'offensive' mothers after two transgender drag queens as examples of 'inspiring mothers' on her CBEEBIES website for young children.
American Drag Queens Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera are listed as the selection of inspiring mothers on the online channel 'for International Women's Day'.
In the meantime, other women are on the list of TV presenter Holly Willoughby and former First Lady Michelle Obama, the Telegraph reported for the first time.
The BBC told MailOnline that the page was launched five years ago, aimed at adults to celebrate International Women's Day.
But parents and feminist activists have closed the company for implying drag queens should be celebrated as mothers.
Lucy Marsh, from the Family Education Trust, said: 'CBeebies are not allowed to promote Drag Queens because they are very sexualized caricatures of women and completely inappropriate for children, especially for among the six -year -olds who may believe that these men are really women.
Marsha P. Johnson (photo) was a transgender woman and drag performer who fought for LGBT rights in America in the 1960s and 1970s
Sylvia Rivera, also a transgender woman and Drag Queen, came to friends with Johnson while they campaign for LGBT -Rights
The BBC is accused of including 'offensive' mothers after two transgender drag queens as examples of 'inspiring mothers' on the CBEEBIES website
“This is also deeply offensive to real mothers, many of whom can be seen as role models for young children.”
Diana Alistair, a feminist demonstrator on X, claimed that celebrating Johnson and Rivera is an insult to all women for the annual day for women '.
Johnson and Rivera, both transgender women, were drag artists who became friends while campaigning for LGBT -rights in America in the sixties and seventies.
The CBEEBIES -WEB page for International Women's Day states that Johnson and Rivera were 'revolutionary LGBTQ+ Rights Activists'.
A BBC spokesperson said MailOnline: “This archived page was published five years ago in the” Adult “section of the CBEEBIES website to celebrate International Women's Day.”
