EA, Gearbox, Microsoft, and 60+ companies speak out against Texas anti-LGBTQ+ policies
Over 60 companies that do business in the state of Texas have joined together with the Human Rights Campaign to condemn the state's recent slate of anti-LGBTQ+ policies, including recent attempts to criminalize providing gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary children as child abuse.
The open letter, published today in the Dallas Morning news and shared online by the HRC, opens "discrimination is bad for business" and spells out how recent legislation and policies targeting LGBTQ+ people harm families and prevent businesses from creating inclusive and safe environments for their staff.
Apple, Electronic Arts, Gearbox, Google, Meta, and Microsoft all signed the open letter, in addition to around 60 other major companies that do business in the state. In it, the companies implore leadership in Texas and in the United States as a whole to "abandon efforts to write discrimination into law and policy," and warn of the impact such policies have on both business and the lives of staff, customers, and their families.
"Our companies do business, create jobs, and serve customers in Texas," opens the letter. "We are committed to building inclusive environments where our employees can thrive inside and outside of the workplace."
"The recent attempt to criminalize a parent for helping their transgender child access medically necessary, age-appropriate healthcare in the state of Texas goes against the values of our companies."
It goes on to explain that policies targeting transgender youth and their families have become more frequent around the country, and that Texas' recent attempts to limit access to medically necessary, age-appropriate healthcare is in direct opposition to each company's values.
"This policy creates fear
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