戴维·纳杰布(David Najjab),机构合伙人主管 边疆3的 开发商Gearbox Software警告说,如果该州继续推行针对跨性别者的立法,该公司可能会考虑从德克萨斯州迁出。
所报告的 国家广播公司发展基金, Gearbox joined other companies including Amazon, Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and PayPal to oppose "a resurgence of efforts to exclude transgender youth from full participation in their communities, to criminalize or ban best-practice medical care that is proven to save lives, or to exclude LGBTQ people in a variety of other settings, including accessing healthcare, filling a prescription, or seeking legal representation."
"Such legislation would send a message that is at odds with the Texas we know, and with our own efforts to attract and retain the best talent and to compete for business," an 公开信 submitted by the business group says. "We will continue to oppose any unnecessary, divisive measures that would damage Texas' reputation and make our customers, our visitors, and our employees and their families feel unwelcome or unsafe."
The letter was written in response to last week's passage of 德州参议院法案29, the "Fair Sports for Women and Girls Act," which requires public school students to take part in athletic competitions based on their biological sex at birth.
In 见证 在得克萨斯州众议院之前,纳杰布说,像S29这样的法案对国家不利,可能迫使像Gearbox这样的公司(该公司成立于1999年,总部位于得克萨斯州弗里斯科)向其他地方寻找未来的机会。
"Our game company is in competition worldwide. We export more than—we sell more to Asia than we do in the United States. We bring a lot of money into this state, we're headquartered here,” he said. “Don't drive us to where we have to start expanding outside of Texas and outside the country."
Najjab also compared the legislation to “bathroom bill” legislation proposed in numerous states (including Texas) several years ago that would have required trans people to use bathrooms in schools and governments based on the sex assigned to them at birth. "Make no mistake about it, we are risking a return to the bathroom bill days of 2017," he told NBCDFW. "Just like the bathroom bill, we are presented with solutions that are looking for problems."
Gearbox拒绝就该州以外地区搬迁的可能性发表进一步评论,但这并非史无前例:本月初,美国职业棒球大联盟(Major League Baseball) 推动了2021年全明星赛 为了回应对州内选民施加新限制的法律,美国佐治亚州亚特兰大市的居民对此表示反对。
资料来源:https://www.pcgamer.com/gearbox-exec-warns-that-anti-trans-laws-in-texas-could-prompt-it-to-expand-elsewhere