A cartoon depicting a woman wearing a ‘terf’ badge in a pride video by Oxfam was not intended to portray Harry Potter author JK Rowling. The charity was forced to remove, edit and repost the video after many people pointed out the likeness.
, who lost her job over her own tweets made about transgender people.
Forstater later took the case to an employment tribunal on the grounds that her dismissal constituted discrimination against her beliefs, which she won. Oxfam International’s original cartoon depicted three red-eyed figures scowling and pointing fiercely at a group of small rainbow-coloured people, depicting the LGBTQ+ community.
The now-deleted section of the video depicted a cartoon woman wearing a 'terf' badge with similar hair and features to the Harry Potter writer The central figure appeared to be female with auburn hair in a similar shade and style to Rowling’s, with people alleging it was ‘clearly’ meant to be the Cormoran Strike author.
An Oxfam International spokesperson commented in a statement shared online: ‘Oxfam believes that all people should be able to make decisions which affect their lives, enjoy their rights and live a life free of discrimination and violence, including people from LGBTQIA+ communities.‘We have therefore edited the video to remove the term ‘terf’ and we are sorry for the offence it caused.
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