‎EDGE Gay/Lbian News on the App Store

Contents:

• RSIAN MAN SU APPLE, CLAIMG THAT HIS IPHONE MA HIM GAY
• TTH WS OUT'S PETN URGG APPLE TO DUMP 'EX-GAY' IPHONE APP HS 20,000 SIGNATUR
• STEVE JOBS TARGETED ANTI-GAY IPHONE APP WAR
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• TEXAS MAN IS SENTENCED FOR USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN
• 'ANTI-GAY' IPHONE APP PULLED FROM APPLE STORE

RSIAN MAN SU APPLE, CLAIMG THAT HIS IPHONE MA HIM GAY

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As one of only a handful of gay stunts at his high school ral Utah, Mih was stgglg wh prsn, anxiety, and social isolatn. "The rollout of the new genr-ntral emoji the same week that Apple CEO Tim Cook — the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 firm — spoke out about why he cid to publicly e out 2014.

TTH WS OUT'S PETN URGG APPLE TO DUMP 'EX-GAY' IPHONE APP HS 20,000 SIGNATUR

Acrdg to a report om Newsweek, a Rsian man is sug Apple on the allegatn that an app he download turned him gay. Razuov download an obscure cryptocurrency app lled GayCos to his iPhone 2017.

STEVE JOBS TARGETED ANTI-GAY IPHONE APP WAR

Well, the plat claims that Apple erced him to a gay relatnship. Ined, Rsia has for some time been one of the least Gay-iendly untri when to the treatment of dividuals the LGBT muny. Today, on Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), Apple buts a new Apple Watch Pri Edn band and dynamic watch face, both of which rporate a broar set of lors spired by multiple Pri flags that have reprented the diverse LGBTQ+ muny throughout s rich history.

NBC Out shows feature stori, origal vios and other unique ntent about, and of tert to, the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny.

In 2021, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) teamed up wh Rankg Digal Rights and Goodw Simon Strategic Rearch to addrs the uptick of cyber-based vlence head-on. From gaymers to nng enthiasts, queer parentg groups, hikg clubs, practners of the healg arts, queer Star Wars fandom, you name —there’s a space on the app for everyone.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tth Ws Out today urged people to ntue signg s petn to mand that Apple remove an offensive and scientifilly bankpt "ex-gay" iPhone app that was created by Exod Internatnal, a group that believ people n and should "pray away the gay.

If Apple ntu to bury s head the sand, we will hold a prs nference ont of their offic featurg sexual and spirual abe victims of "ex-gay" programs. "If Apple do not rpond, we will take steps to ensure that Apple meets the victims of 'ex-gay' mistri and learns how their liv were stroyed, " said Tth Ws Out's Executive Director Wayne Ben.

"It is astoundg that Apple would allow an app om an anizatn that promot gay exorcisms, moniz LGBT people, and is rejected by every rpected mental health associatn Ameri.

TEXAS MAN IS SENTENCED FOR USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN

Surpassg the 20, 000-signature thrhold is important bee Apple removed the anti-gay Manhattan Declaratn app after only 7, 730 petn signatur. "Apple don't allow racist or anti-Semic apps s store, yet giv the green light to an app wrten by an anti-gay extremist group that targets vulnerable sexual-mory youth wh the msage that they are 'sful' and 'perverse, '" said Tth Ws Out's Director of Communitns and Development John Becker.

Tth Ws Out is a non-prof anizatn that fights anti-LGBT relig extremism and the "ex-gay" myth. Comg soon to @apple on Instagram, the seri will feature works om photographers Ryan McGley at Stonewall Inn New York; Evan Benally Atwood at Wdow Rock Arizona; Meke Kle at The Homomonument Amsterdam; Caia Ramalho at Plista Avenue São Plo; Lydia Metral at Plaza Chue Madrid; and Collier Schorr at Harvey Milk Plaza San Francis, featurg Baobei.

Like apps wh the right to abortn and gay marriage, " and then the mera pans across shots of apps the App Store, cludg "Oh My Gay Stars — Gay Marriage the US" and a voter gui by Planned Parenthood. The app was yanked om the App Store recently after receivg petns om gay rights activists who found to be Manhattan Declaratn group scrib self as "proment Christian clergy, mistry lears, and scholars, " which released the 4, 700-word claratn the "fense of the sancty of life, tradnal marriage and relig liberty" November 2009. "Apple happily allows all kds of apps for pro-abortn and pro-gay marriage groups, yet when Christians velop an app to support tradnal marriage and life, is lled offensive and is pulled om the iTun store, " said Brian Brown, NOM's print, a news release.

'ANTI-GAY' IPHONE APP PULLED FROM APPLE STORE

And one of the most powerful gay rights groups the untry, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) is urgg Apple to stand firm, and for those agast the app to sign an onle petn.

"The 'Manhattan Declaratn' lls gay and lbian upl 'immoral, ' lls the regnn of their relatnships 'false and stctive, ' and claims that allowg them to be married will lead to 'genue social harms, ' " GLAAD says on s webse. "We need to let Apple know that no matter how strong the prsure they're hearg om anti-gay activists and no matter how many ads NOM puts out, they ma the right cisn.

A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments. SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola.