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 impact Texan workers.

"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," the letter states. "This policy creates fear for employees and their families, especially those with transgender children, who might now be faced with choosing to provide the best possible medical care for their children but risk having those children removed by child protective services for doing so."

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 impact Texan workers.

"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," the letter states. "This policy creates fear for employees and their families, especially those with transgender children, who might now be faced with choosing to provide the best possible medical care for their children but risk having those children removed by child protective services for doing so."