Oxfam, an anti-poverty charity, has been accused of depicting J. K. Rowling looking evil and wearing a “TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) badge in a Pride cartoon.
This has shocked me – a still from an Oxfam video, made in support of Pride month. https://t.co/J3S4Ne5zhf
— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) June 6, 2023
https://twitter.com/francesweetman/status/1666017758264344579
A spokesperson for the charity said: “In efforts to make an important point about the real harm caused by transphobia, we made a mistake. We have therefore edited the video to remove the term ‘terf’ and we are sorry for the offence it caused.”
Why was an anti-poverty charity getting involved in the ‘terf’ wars in the first place? Instead of demonizing women’s rights activists, shouldn’t they be feeding the hungry?