Oxfam axes inspirational women bingo game after complaints from transgender and non-binary staff

Oxfam has not disclosed the nature of the complaints it has received from staff.
Oxfam has not disclosed the nature of the complaints it has received from staff.
Yui Mok
Charlie Bayliss

By Charlie Bayliss


Published: 25/10/2021

- 18:11

Updated: 25/10/2021

- 18:20

Oxfam would not disclose what specific remarks it had received from workers

Oxfam will not longer sell its bingo game which featured "inspirational women" - after concerns were raised by transgender and non-binary workers.

Oxfam said in a statement: "We took the decision to remove the game from sale following concerns raised by trans and non-binary colleagues who told us that it didn't live up to our commitment to respect people of all genders.


"The product had been recently added to our range to address supply difficulties."

The charity would not confirm the specific complaints it had received from staff.

The axed game, which was first published in August last year, referred to actor Elliot Page by his birth name.
The axed game, which was first published in August last year, referred to actor Elliot Page by his birth name.
Yui Mok

The axed game, which was first published in August last year, referred to actor Elliot Page by his birth name.

Page came out as transgender in December 2020 and is best known for his roles in Juno and Inception.

Wonder Woman Bingo contains illustrated cards of 48 women from around the world - including Greta Thunberg, Amelia Earheart, and Serena Williams.

It also features writers JK Rowling and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who have both been criticised for comments on transgender people.

Last year the Harry Potter author posted a series of tweets that described hormones and surgery for transgender people as a "new kind of conversion therapy".

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