A UK charity has been branded “ridiculous” by the Free Speech Union after banning an eight-year-old disabled child from their summer camp due to a “pronouns” row.
Over the Wall Camp has been referred to the charity watchdog after rejecting the boy from their July camp held at Strathallan School in Perthshire.
The child’s mother had expressed gender-critical views during the application process, which asked for her and her son’s “pronouns” on the paperwork.
Outraged at the question, the 52-year-old mother wrote “seriously?” on the form, prompting a confrontation from the charity and the boy’s subsequent ban from the camp.
Discussing the incident on GB News, Case Officer at the Free Speech Union Celeste Warren said: “This is a really strange case of a child who was essentially refused entry to the summer camp because on the application form, they asked for his and his mother’s pronouns.
Criticising the decision as “clear discrimination”, Ms Warren stated: “Clearly this is gender-critical discrimination and completely ridiculous.
“So our General Secretary Toby Young wrote to the Charity Commission and the Scottish Charity Commission, pointing out that the charity is actually going against its own charitable objectives by doing this.
Source: UK charity slammed after banning disabled child from summer camp in ‘pronouns’ row: ‘Ridiculous!’