Trans talk added to Oxford Literary Festival line-up after backlash over gender-critical speakers

Oxford Literary Festival has added a talk by an author presenting a “defence of trans realities” following backlash over gender-critical speakers being included in the LGBTQ+ section of the event’s programme.

In recent weeks, the Oxford Literary Festival, which runs from 29 March to 6 April, has been under fire for including gender critical campaigners Helen Joyce and Julie Bindel as part of its LGBTQ+ line-up despite no trans speakers being scheduled to speak.

At the festival, Joyce, who is the author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality and a director at Sex Matters, will take part an hour-long event entitled Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women’s Rights’ in which she will discuss her book with Bindel, who is co-founder and co-director of The Lesbian Project.

Critics described the line-up as

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