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• TIM COOKCOMPANY: APPLE INC.TENURE: SCE AUGT 20112023 RANK: NO. 4COOK HAS SAID HE HAS “NO REGRETS” ABOUT G OUT 2014. IN THE YEARS SCE, HE’S SPOKEN ON LGBTQ ISSU AND PUBLICLY EXPRSED NCERN OVER ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS. APPLE HAS ALSO LOBBIED AGAST RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS IOWA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS.JIM FTERLGCOMPANY: DOW INC.TENURE: SCE SEPTEMBER 20182023 RANK: NO. 75FTERLG WAS NAMED CEO OF THE MATERIAL SCIENC PANY MARCH 2018, FOLLOWG S SPOFF AS AN PENNT PANY OM THE DOW DUPONT MERGER 2017. A DOW EMPLOYEE SCE 1984, FTERLG FIRST ME OUT TO CLOSE LLEAGU AFTER A NCER DIAGNOSIS 2008. HE THEN ME OUT TO ALL EMPLOYE 2014. “I WAS GOG THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERI, A YEAR’S WORTH OF CHEMO,” HE TOLD BLOOMBERG 2019. “I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND AND SAY, ‘YOU KNOW, I’M GOG TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANG MY LIFE.’ AND ONE DAY, I WAS THKG ABOUT A LOT OF STRS THAT I NEED TO RCE AND ONE OF THEM WAS TRYG TO LIVE TWO DIFFERENT LIV.”JEFEY GENTECOMPANY: MACY’S, INC.TENURE: SCE MARCH 20172023 RANK: NO. 158GENTE HAS BEEN OUT PROFSNALLY SCE HIS FIRST DAY AT MACY’S ON JULY 5, 1983. HE RELLS PEOPLE WARNG HIM THAT BEG OPENLY GAY ULD BE A “TERRENT” TO HIS REER AND RECEIVED ADVICE OM A MENTOR TO “BE LS TRANSPARENT” ABOUT HIS SEXUALY IF HE WANTED TO GET AHEAD HIS REER. HE REFED TO HEED THE ADVICE AND STILL ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, BEG CHIEF MERCHANDISG OFFICER 2009 AND PRINT 2014, BEFORE HIS CURRENT TLE. GENTE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE FEBARY 2024.BETH FORD
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TIM COOKCOMPANY: APPLE INC.TENURE: SCE AUGT 20112023 RANK: NO. 4COOK HAS SAID HE HAS “NO REGRETS” ABOUT G OUT 2014. IN THE YEARS SCE, HE’S SPOKEN ON LGBTQ ISSU AND PUBLICLY EXPRSED NCERN OVER ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS. APPLE HAS ALSO LOBBIED AGAST RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS IOWA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS.JIM FTERLGCOMPANY: DOW INC.TENURE: SCE SEPTEMBER 20182023 RANK: NO. 75FTERLG WAS NAMED CEO OF THE MATERIAL SCIENC PANY MARCH 2018, FOLLOWG S SPOFF AS AN PENNT PANY OM THE DOW DUPONT MERGER 2017. A DOW EMPLOYEE SCE 1984, FTERLG FIRST ME OUT TO CLOSE LLEAGU AFTER A NCER DIAGNOSIS 2008. HE THEN ME OUT TO ALL EMPLOYE 2014. “I WAS GOG THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERI, A YEAR’S WORTH OF CHEMO,” HE TOLD BLOOMBERG 2019. “I STARTED TO LOOK AROUND AND SAY, ‘YOU KNOW, I’M GOG TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANG MY LIFE.’ AND ONE DAY, I WAS THKG ABOUT A LOT OF STRS THAT I NEED TO RCE AND ONE OF THEM WAS TRYG TO LIVE TWO DIFFERENT LIV.”JEFEY GENTECOMPANY: MACY’S, INC.TENURE: SCE MARCH 20172023 RANK: NO. 158GENTE HAS BEEN OUT PROFSNALLY SCE HIS FIRST DAY AT MACY’S ON JULY 5, 1983. HE RELLS PEOPLE WARNG HIM THAT BEG OPENLY GAY ULD BE A “TERRENT” TO HIS REER AND RECEIVED ADVICE OM A MENTOR TO “BE LS TRANSPARENT” ABOUT HIS SEXUALY IF HE WANTED TO GET AHEAD HIS REER. HE REFED TO HEED THE ADVICE AND STILL ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS, BEG CHIEF MERCHANDISG OFFICER 2009 AND PRINT 2014, BEFORE HIS CURRENT TLE. GENTE ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE FEBARY 2024.BETH FORD

The famoly private Cook me out an say published by Bloomberg 2014, makg him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 pany.

In the say, he wrote: “If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the traoff wh my own privacy. In addn to stillg an LGBTQ+-iendly pany culture, Gente clud a give-back program to raise funds and awarens for the Trevor Project—the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng young people. Ford has been openly gay her whole profsnal reer, tellg CNN, “I ma a cisn long ago to live an thentic life, and if my beg named CEO helps others do the same, that’s a wonrful moment.

GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) is a media monorg anizatn that is famo for takg a strong stance agast biased and rogatory LGBT reprentatn. That wouldn’t change until Apple CEO Tim Cook me out as gay October 2014. “If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy.

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He rells people warng him that beg openly gay uld be a “terrent” to his reer and received advice om a mentor to “be ls transparent” about his sexualy if he wanted to get ahead his reer. 213Ford beme the first openly gay woman to lead a Fortune 500 pany upon her appotment as CEO of the Mnota-based food and agriculture pany Augt 2018.

Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny. His directorial work on Love, Simon marked the first major stud movie to center on a gay teen romance. After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny.

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