Exclusive | Parents outraged by trans film for kids at Museum of Natural History: Should be off-limits

The Museum of Natural History shocked even liberal Upper West Side parents last week by showcasing an animated film featuring a drag-performing fox and a trans kid with an identity crisis – alongside an exhibit “about sea animals.” The eight-minute stop-motion animation short titled “Dragfox” – featuring a “charismatic” fox in drag voiced by Sir Ian McKellen — played last weekend on a loop inside the august Milstein Hall in the shadow of the famed 94-foot long blue whale.In one scene 11-year-old Sam twirls around with his sister’s pink dress, eventually wearing it.The flamboyant fox, “Ginger Snap,” snatches it and breaks into a drag musical number as the duo embark on a “magical journey” in the attic. “What on Earth is this doing playing in the Natural History Museum? No connection whatsoever to space, the ocean, anything,” blasted one stunned museum-member mom in an online parents group.“There’s a time and place for drag queens but the AMNH isn’t it,” added the mom about the museum, which received at least $17 million in government funding in 2024, according to its financial disclosures.The mom was galled that the subject matter “was intentionally placed in front of us, in cartoon format, with no posted forewarning, in an exhibit about sea animals.” The “family friendly” series, part of the annual Margaret Mead Film Festival, was innocuously called “Our Friends, The Animals” and described a collection of five “imaginative” shorts that explore “the deep and often mysterious connections between humans and animals” told through “myth, magic and quiet moments of discovery.”De-transitioner Oli London rejected the film’s sentiment that transitioning magically brings happiness.“Children should not be exposed to gender ideology in any format,” said London, who’s 35 and detransitioned two years after beginning the grueling process. He railed against the animated film aimed at “targeting” youn...