A mother is anyone who channels feminine energy to nurture people and love them unconditionally.

For many LGBTQ plus folks, we've had to seek out that energy when we didn't get enough from our own mothers.

Sometimes we found it in an auntie, a friend, or a mentor,

but oftentimes it was the divas and showbiz that raised us. From the singing divas like

Eartha Kit to Shirley Basie, to open lesbian stand-up comedians like Sandra Bernhardt and

Moms Mabley, to the hilarious redheads of television like Carol Burnett and Lucio Ball. These women

cranked up the mother goddess factor like no other and brought up generations of queer youth.

Today, Alexandra Gray joins us to reflect on all the great mamas who loved us. From Diana

who taught us to stop in the name of love, to Madonna, who told us to justify our love.

Plus, some of the great women from Feast of Fun, who gave us invaluable life lessons.

I am Fausto Furnos.

I'm Mark Filian.

And this is Feast of Fun.

This is your mommy's podcast.

Why, hello, Sugar Bridges. How are you?

Well, you don't know if this is a collection agency or Fausto Furnos.

Oh, darling, Fausto Furnose popped up in my images saying FaceTime audio.

Oh.

So that's hence the reason why I could answer that way.

Foiled again.

Otherwise, I'm sorry, she ain't here.

And it's after the time.

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