Oxfam has bowed to the transgender lobby by withdrawing a children’s bingo game celebrating ‘inspirational women’ from sale in its stores and online.
One feminist stated that Wonder Women Bingo could have been a target for activists due to J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter author. Rowling has been attacked for questioning whether trans women are the same as biological women.
The game, which sold for £14.99, uses pictures of 48 famous women rather than numbers on cards that are matched with tokens showing the same female figures, including Jane Austen, US civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, climate-change activist Greta Thunberg and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Wonder Women Bingo has become a target of activists due to J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter author, being attacked for questioning the idea trans women are identical with biological women.
But in an email last week, the charity told staff: ‘We have taken the decision to withdraw the product Wonder Women Bingo as it has been brought to our attention that it is not in line with Oxfam’s values.’
Oxfam, which campaigns to end poverty and improve women’s rights, told The Mail on Sunday last night it had cleared the game from its shelves after transgender staff complained it was ‘offensive’.
It added: ‘We took the decision to remove the game from sale following concerns raised by trans and non-binary colleagues who told us it didn’t live up to our commitment to respect people of all genders.’
Oxfam informed The Mail on Sunday that the game was removed from their shelves after trans and non-binary staff told them that it didn’t meet the charity’s commitment to respect people of all genders.
Women criticised the decision, including Labour MP Rosie Duffield MP, who decided not to attend her party conference last month after receiving threats from trans activists for insisting that ‘only women have a cervix’.
‘I am disappointed Oxfam considers taking a political view of gender identity politics more important than raising as much money as possible for those most in need,’ she said. ‘The track record of some charities with regards to women’s rights has been far from good, and discriminating against some women due to their beliefs will do nothing to repair that.’
Julie Bindel, a feminist campaigner for women, suggested that the game was dropped because Rowling and Chimamanda Nagozi Adichie were also involved. They have challenged the transgender belief in which there is no distinction between biological and trans genders.
Ms Bindel also suspects Oxfam feared a backlash because Canadian actor Elliot Page, who now identifies as a ‘transgender guy’, is pictured in the game as Ellen Page, having been born a girl.
She added: ‘Yet again trans ideology that’s captured so much of society has prevailed over women’s rights and women’s experience. Oxfam should be ashamed. They were so lax in dealing with men who were accused of sexually exploiting vulnerable girls and women, yet they rush to remove a game celebrating women.’
Feminist campaigner Julie Bindel suspects Oxfam feared a backlash because Canadian actor Elliot Page, who now identifies as a ‘transgender guy’, is pictured in the game as Ellen Page, having been born a girl, illustrated bottom left
In April, a female aid worker quit Oxfam over its ‘toxic culture’ and said it ignored her sexual harassment claims. Sex misconduct scandals in Haiti, Africa also exposed staff.
Danny Sriskandarajah (the chief executive hired to clean up Oxfam) was accused of covering a sex crime while he was boss of Royal Commonwealth Society. He denies the allegations.
Laurence King Publishing, which created the game, said it supported the LGBT community, adding: ‘Wonder Women Bingo was released 18 months prior to Elliot Page’s transition.
‘As soon as his transition became public knowledge, we commissioned a replacement. We offered Oxfam… the updated product.’
Priti Patel, Home Secretary, orders ‘woken’ police forces to stop recording offences committed by trans women in female crime stats
By Glen Owen
Secretary Priti Patel has ordered ‘woke’ police forces to stop recording offences by trans women in female crime statistics.
Home Office officials are working with police forces on a new procedure for officers to record the sex of criminals to ensure crime statistics are ‘more accurate’.
The ban comes after cases in which violent and sexual offences committed by men who are female were recorded as being committed orally by women. This raises concerns about the manipulation of official data.
The Mail on Sunday reported earlier this year on Zoe Watts’ case. She was being held for a variety of offenses, including building an improvised weapon bomb.
Watts was born as a man, but identifies himself as a woman.
Lincolnshire Police identified the crime as being committed in a woman and will include it in national female crime figures.
However, current practice suggests that the statistics on traditionally male crimes like rape may be distorted by research.
Although rape is a crime under law, it can only be committed by a male. However, Professor Alice Sullivan from University College London has found that 436 of those who were prosecuted for rape between 2012 and 2018 were women.
The Home Office confirmed to us that police officers will receive new instructions for recording criminals’ sex more accurately.
Official responses to feminist campaigners requesting an overhaul of the rules revealed the change.