Amazon kicked a trans employee off the board of its 'Glamazon' LGBTQ group after they asked the company to stop selling anti-trans books
its reputation and once again demanding it stop selling the books.
Amazon has said that it supports the transgender community and its trans employees."As a company, we believe strongly in diversity, equity, and inclusion," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement to Insider."As a bookseller, we've chosen to offer a very broad range of viewpoints, including books that conflict with our company values and corporate positions.
In early May, Hauck sent an email to a Glamazon listserv in response to a company-wide call for questions for Amazon's"I'm asking: Why Amazon continues to do business with a fascist who takes pleasure in the trauma of Amazon associates?" she wrote, a reference to right-wing commentator Matt Walsh who wrote the anti-trans book"Johnny the Walrus." Thethis spring published an internal video of Amazon employees discussing Walsh's book.
Within a week, Hauck had been asked to leave the board of Glamazon, according to another email she sent to the listserv on May 16. Hauck relayed that the group's leadership cited her"blatant negativity" and told her she was a"bad actor," according to one current Amazon employee and one former Amazon employee familiar with the situation.that some workers have said they've lost faith in the Glamazon group to represent Amazon's LGBTQ employees.
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