{"id":351768,"date":"2018-03-12T00:28:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T23:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T00:28:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T23:28:02","slug":"prison-planet-com-mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Mother\u2019s Day cards go gender-neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral-nc0rpxf00\"><strong>The Sunday Times<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 11, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waitrose is selling gender-neutral Mother\u2019s Day cards as retailers reduce their use of the M-word to make today\u2019s celebration more \u201ctransgender inclusive\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The supermarket chain is selling a \u201cHappy You Day\u201d card in its Mother\u2019s Day range in which the word \u201cmother\u201d does not appear.<\/p>\n<p>Waitrose said the move was aimed at \u201cbroadening out who the cards can go to, whether it\u2019s grandmas or transgender mums\u201d. Traditional cards are still sold.<\/p>\n<p>Waitrose has been joined by other retailers, including Scribbler, whose Mother\u2019s Day offerings include a \u201cTwo mums are better than one\u201d card for same-sex couples and a \u201cDad, thanks for being the most amazing mum\u201d card.<\/p>\n<p>The changes come after calls by some trans activists to rename Mother\u2019s Day. Suggestions include Guardian\u2019s Day and\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral-nc0rpxf00\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018  at  4:49 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunday TimesMarch 11, 2018 Waitrose is selling gender-neutral Mother\u2019s Day cards as retailers reduce their use of the M-word to make today\u2019s celebration more \u201ctransgender inclusive\u201d. The supermarket chain is selling a \u201cHappy You Day\u201d card in its Mother\u2019s Day range in which the word \u201cmother\u201d does not appear. Waitrose said the move was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-351768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}