Microsoft, EA, And Gearbox Sign Letter Opposing Anti-Trans Bill In Texas
Earlier today, 65 companies–including gaming giants Electronic Arts, Gearbox Software, and Microsoft–signed a letter opposing Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent “anti-LGBTQ+ efforts.” Published in The Dallas Morning News, the letter calls for “public leaders in Texas and across the country to abandon their efforts to write discrimination into law and policy.” The plea comes shortly after the Texas governor issued an order for child protective services to begin investigating the families of transgender children receiving gender-affirming healthcare, likening it to child abuse.
Organized by the LGBTQ organization the Human Rights Campaign, the letter begins with a simple proclamation–“Discrimination is bad for business”–before further elaborating on how Abbott’s policies impa…