WATCH: Video game manager says trans activist got her fired for following conservative figures
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A woman recently fired from a video game company said a transgender activist led the charge to make her lose her job because she followed conservative accounts on Twitter.
Kara Lynne lost her position at Limited Run Games on Jan. 6 after the activist labeled her “a transphobe who follows a veritable who’s who of right-wing transphobic creeps,” according to a report.
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“The funny thing about it is … I follow accounts of every political affiliation,” Lynne told Fox News host Tucker Carlson Thursday. “I am the type of person who likes to see from every direction, so I follow a variety of accounts.”
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Lynne had been with Limited Run Games since November 2020, but the company became worried about the negative backlash she was receiving, she said.
“It was more of the publicity it was getting,” according to Lynne. “That was the main thing. They had no qualms with who I followed or anything like that.”
In another interview, she opened up about getting fired from the company she had been with for over two years, the report noted.
“It hurt,” she said. “I wasn’t angry with [the company] because from a PR perspective, being in a marketing position, you’ve got to understand where they were coming from with this.”
“I wish they would’ve had my back.”
Lynne is not an overly political person and tries to stay away from controversy, she said.
“I typically keep to myself, politics-wise, in the workplace, just because … my beliefs don’t need to be pressed on anybody else,” she said. “I’ve always been very adamant about that, like, you do you, I’ll do me.”
Lynne said her firing came hours after Jessica Blank, a biological male who identifies as female and uses the moniker “Purple Tinker,” blasted her for the accounts she follows, the report noted.
Blank plastered screenshots of the accounts Lynne followed.
“Unless and until she is fired from the company permanently, I am not giving them another single dime,” Blank said.
Accounts followed by Lynne include Libs of TikTok, Blaire White, and Ian Miles Cheong, according to the report.
Lynne also believes her tweet supporting a new Harry Potter-themed video game infuriated Blank, she said.
After her firing, Limited Run Games released a statement.
“LRG respects all personal opinions, however, we remain committed to supporting an inclusive culture. Upon investigating a situation, an employee was terminated,” it read.
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“Our goal as a company is to continue to foster a positive and safe environment for everyone.”