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Anti-poverty charity Oxfam has issued an apology over a cartoon it produced featuring a bunch of evil eyed ‘transphobic’ characters hating on the LGBTQ+ lifestyle, with one wearing a button labelled ‘TERF’ and very much resembling author JK Rowling.
The charity edited the video and deleted the original after complaints over the term TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) being offensive to women’s rights activists.
Oxfam’s statement noted “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.”
Here’s the video in question, which was released to mark ‘Pride’ month, just as seemingly every other organisation and company in the world now feels compelled to do, even if they have nothing to do with Pride or LGBTQ+ lifestyles.
Those who caught the original before it was deleted noted how the ‘TERF’ starkly resembled JK Rowling:
Oxfam has denied that the character was meant to depict the Harry Potter author, claiming “There was no intention by Oxfam or the film-makers for this slide to have portrayed any particular person or people.”
Others pointed out that the other two characters next to JK Rowling the TERF were lazy stereotypes of muslim and asian men.
Since it backtracked, Oxfam has now managed to anger pretty much everyone, and is now being accused of pushing trans ideology on young people while also “caving in” to “anti-trans fanatics”.
Anti-trans fanatics have bullied the charity Oxfam into removing a video supporting LGBTQ+ people because they claim an image of a sinister looking TERF persecuting queer people is a picture of JK Rowling.
Bit of a self-own there imo pic.twitter.com/IszDUmCqf5
— Bad Writing Takes
(@BadWritingTakes) June 6, 2023
Others questioned why Oxfam, which is an anti-poverty charity, feels the need to inject itself into matters of ‘inclusivity’.
As we highlighted recently, the charity also released an “inclusive language” guide which apologises for using the English language before going on to deem a number of words ‘offensive’, such as “headquarters,” “local,” “people,” “mother” and “feminine hygiene.”
Despite backlash, the charity doubled down on its woke insanity, releasing a statement clarifying, “This guide is not prescriptive but helps authors communicate in a way that is respectful to the diverse range of people with which we work. We are proud of using inclusive language; we won’t succeed in tackling poverty by excluding marginalised groups.”
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