Seeing people criticizing Blizzard for rainbow capitalism, and I can understand that reflex. I’m here to set the record queer on this. I’m a queer, trans person who works at Blizzard. These shirts were a labor of love by LGBT people at this company.
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They were designed and created by LGBT people here for Pride, and a lot of us wanted them to be made publicly available. After a lot of hard work by some awesome people at this company, we made it happen.
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For me, these shirts and the pins we did for the Trevor Project charity fundraiser are meaningful, because Blizzard is interwoven with a bunch of amazing LGBT+ people who have poured ourselves into creating our games.
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Video game spaces have long felt inaccessible to me growing up. The stories that have been told and the social spaces were not representative or always welcoming to people like me. I’ve spent the last 3.5 years at Blizzard along with my colleagues, trying to change that.
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Blizzard, and the entire industry have a long way to go, but we are working on it every day. And visible representation is a big part of that. I’m really proud of the people who made these shirts happen, and I’m so glad to live in a world where our fans wanted them.
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Oh um, viral tweet ender time. Uh, please follow
@carolynmichelle, my favorite voice in trans gaming. Also if you are feeling the urge to donate, please donate to one of the following.2 replies 6 retweets 132 likesShow this thread
You’re too kind, thank you. And lovely thread, thank you for voicing this.
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