Vince Zampella, general manager of Respawn Entertainment and head of some of the largest Electronic Arts franchises, spoke on Twitter to defend transgender rights before the start of Pride Month on June 1. my boxes learned that this rare display comes after today’s internal roundtable discussion, in which FIFA managers again faced employee questions about his relative silence on these issues.
“Transparency is a human right,” Zampella wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “It’s so simple.” Respawn grew up on the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion and strives to promote these values. Let’s be better people. “
Zampella was previously a co-founder Call of Duty Infinity Ward and is currently EA’s head of liaison studios Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Survivorand Battlefield. The publisher has relied heavily on his vision and leadership, which now includes talking about pressing social issues where his employer was silent. Many developers, including some from EA, thanked Zampell in comments on the tweet for expressing his support. Zampella and EA did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
Trans rights are human rights. It’s so simple. Respawn grew up on the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion and strives to promote these values. Let’s be better people.
– Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) May 31, 2022
The gaming industry veteran’s statement came after an earlier meeting on LGTBQ + issues, led by EA DEI Director Asha George and EA Studies Operations Director Kate Kellogg, according to two sources familiar with the event. There, they again faced staff questions as to why EA had not taken a public position on issues such as transgender rights and the right to abortion.
Sources said some employees were again appalled by the lack of clear responses from management, whose response again seemed to be based on the idea of abortion and trans rights, which lacked company-wide support. One week ago, Kellogg and George effectively repeated the remarks of Mala Singh, the head of the internal town hall.
“These are incredibly complex personal matters, and part of being an inclusive society is to include all these perspectives,” she said at the time, without specifying what other “perspectives” might be on issues such as transgender rights. Sources said Kellogg and George followed suit and tried to focus the conversation instead on what EA can do to support the individual health needs of its employees amid the ongoing wars of right-wing culture and attacks on human rights.
The Battlefield the publisher previously sponsored a Morning news from Dallas advertising along with dozens of other companies condemning grossly transposition government regulations in Texas. “We are proud to be able to join the human rights campaign with others in the business community to oppose discriminatory laws and policies in Texas, Florida and other countries across the country,” the press release said. on time.
However, neither this sentiment nor Zampella’s has ever been shared on EA’s websites or social media channels. This is in stark contrast to studies such as Bungie and Certain Affinity, which have not backed down from attitudes to polarizing issues that other gaming companies have apparently found too controversial to consider. It is not yet clear how EA will reconcile its current silence with Pride Month 2022 activities.
“Pride is not about ignoring this harsh reality in order to celebrate, Pride is and has always been a celebration of hatred,” the publisher wrote in a blog post earlier this month in Pride. “We know we can do more for our LGBTQIA + employees and players.”
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