A SUPERMARKET has started selling gender-neutral Mother’s Day cards – as Happy You Day - in an attempt to be more “transgender inclusive”.

Waitrose has dropped the M-word from some of the Mother’s Day cards it sells and replaced the wording with “Happy You Day” as part of its range.

7 The 'Happy You Day' card offered by Waitrose Credit: Waitrose

Waitrose said the move was aimed at “broadening out who the cards can go to, whether it’s grandmas or transgender mums”.

Traditional cards are still sold by the upmarket grocery chain.

The supermarket is not the only retailer to have offered a wider selection of cards than the traditional Mother’s Day cards.

Scribbler offers a “Two mums are better than one” card for same-sex couples and a “Dad, thanks for being the most amazing mum” card.

7 Credit: Twitter

7 Credit: Twitter

7 Credit: Twitter

7 Credit: Twitter

7 Credit: Twitter

7 Credit: Twitter

The changes come after some trans activists called for the renaming of Mother’s Day

Suggestions have included Guardian’s Day and Carer’s Day.

Karen Pollock, a trans campaigner and therapist, said Mothering Sunday, the church’s traditional name for Mother’s Day, “feels more inclusive to me, since anyone can be ‘mothering’”.

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Some schools — including Consett Junior School in Co Durham and High Bank School in Liversedge, West Yorkshire — have marked the event on their websites as Special Person’s Day or Mother’s and Special Person’s Day.

But the move has angered social media users who vented their rage on Twitter.

The news comes after Coca Cola redesigned its Diet Coke cans to be gender neutral.

The soft drink giant is targeting men and people who are non-binary – meaning they do not exclusively identify as masculine or feminine‍ - instead of its more traditional focus on women.

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