A look back at how Apple and Steve Jobs have long been champns for Gay Rights.
Contents:
- APPLE AND STEVE JOBS HAVE LONG BEEN CHAMPNS FOR GAY RIGHTS
- THE RNER CLOSET: WHY THERE ARE SO FEW GAY AND TRANSGENR EXECUTIV RPORATE AMERI
- LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
APPLE AND STEVE JOBS HAVE LONG BEEN CHAMPNS FOR GAY RIGHTS
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A look back at how Apple and Steve Jobs have long been champns for Gay Rights.
Apple, along wh a slew of other pani, recently leant s support to a recent filg on gay marriage that will soon be prented before the U. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposn 8 — we should not elimate anyone’s fundamental rights, whatever their sexualy, to marry the person they 8 asi, here are some other exampl of Apple stickg up for Gay kicks hateful apps to the curbIn Febary 2011, a Christian group lled Exod Internatnal released an app on the iTun App Store lled "Gay Cure.
THE RNER CLOSET: WHY THERE ARE SO FEW GAY AND TRANSGENR EXECUTIV RPORATE AMERI
The tech giant is lobbyg, filg urt briefs and recg alli om other big pani to oppose bills targetg gay and transgenr people stat like Iowa, Texas and Florida. * apple gay rights *
" As the name impli, the app was meant to "helpg homosexual stgglers. " And if you take a look at the Exod Internatnal webse, they appear to be an anizatn oddly obssed wh "curg" homosexual app somehow ma past Apple's review procs, wh a 4+ ratg no ls. Notably, this wasn't the first time Apple removed an app for s stance on homosexualy.
"Apple has a gay-iendly reputatn and rporate cultureIn a 2008 survey nducted by PlaOut, nearly 40% of gay and lbian rponnts dited that they strongly nsir Apple to be gay-iendly. Amongst all brands, Apple me send, cedg the top spot to the Bravo TV for those keepg track at home, Samsung the survey was at the bottom of the heap, tg only a 4% favorable rponse om wh the release of iOS 6, Apple clud emotins pictg gay and lbian upl holdg hands.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
Apple Inc Chief Executive Office Tim Cook raised ncern on Thursday over LGBTQ laws the Uned Stat, maly those foced on young people that opponents refer to as "don't say gay" legislatn. * apple gay rights *
A tax break which was origally slated for Apple was subsequently taken away after Williamson County exprsed disapproval of Apple's equal rights policy for gays. Williamson County, however, soon changed their tune amidst much Jobs stands up for gay rightsBut one of the more touchg exampl of Apple's support for gay rights volv Steve Jobs Steve Jobs passed away, former NeXT and Apple employee Ronald Hayn wrote a post tailg his first experience wh Jobs back the 1980s. A uple of months later they turned that to verage for all gay employe at NeXT.
Of urse, Apple is hardly alone s support of gay rights. The pany, whose CEO, Tim Cook, is the natn’s most visible gay executive, has ployed s lobbyists to oppose legislatn that lims protectns for trans and gay people or their fai Iowa, Florida, Texas and at least six other stat.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
The pro-LGBTQ group Equaly Florida said an email that s staff hadn’t noticed any of Apple’s lobbyg agast the new state law that rtricts teachers om talkg about genr and sexualy the classroom, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Supporters of the new law say would ensure that the state’s youngt stunts learn about sexual orientatn and genr inty om their parents and not at school, but opponents say will create a hostile environment for gay and transgenr children or children om LGBTQ fai.
“The efficy of makg big public statements is lower than ed to be, ” said Jsi Shortall, managg director of the gay rights bs group Texas Compet. As one of only a handful of gay stunts at his high school ral Utah, Mih was stgglg wh prsn, anxiety, and social isolatn.