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Rebecca Heineman is a trans woman, award-winning Space Invaders player, and game dev who worked as a dev on The Bard’s Tale, Myth III, and more.

She was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame in 2017.


In an interview with the magazine Xtra she credited EA's support of LGBTQ+ employees with her feeling comfortable coming out:

I came out in early 2001, but I’ve been trans since I was 10. And even during that 1980 [tournament], when you were seeing me winning the prize, in my head I was saying, “Boy, I hope they [don’t] find out I’m a girl.”

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When I got hired and I read the employee manual, I cried tears of joy. It was eye-opening to me that this company was going to have my back. And that was what pushed me to finally come out. I was only at EA for about a month before I came out. At that point, I lost some friends, but everyone else was so supportive and [have been] rooting for me for the past 17 years. My only regret is that I wish I came out earlier.

She's also featured in the Netflix docuseries High Score.

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