A memorial to Apple Inc founr Steve Jobs has been dismantled the Rsian cy of St Petersburg after the man who succeed him at the helm of the pany, Tim Cook, me out as gay.
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- APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
- TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
- TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO
APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
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* Rsian pany remov memorial to Apple founr* ZEFS c “gay propaganda” law, fay valuMOSCOW, Nov 3 (Rters) - A memorial to Apple Inc founr Steve Jobs has been dismantled the Rsian cy of St Petersburg after the man who succeed him at the helm of the pany, Tim Cook, me out as two-metre (more than six-feet) high monument, the shape of an iPhone, was erected outsi a St Petersburg llege January 2013 by a Rsian group of pani lled the need to abi by a law batg “gay propaganda”, ZEFS said a statement on Monday that the memorial had been removed on Friday -- the day after Apple CEO Cook had announced he was homosexual. “In Rsia, gay propaganda and other sexual perversns among mors are prohibed by law, ” ZEFS said, notg that the memorial had been “ an area of direct accs for young stunts and scholars”. ”Promotg “tradnal valu”, Print Vladimir Put last year signed a law prohibg the spread of “gay propaganda” among says there is no discrimatn agast gay people Rsia and the law was need only to protect young people, although members of the gay muny say s passage has creased problems for - or Wt European Fancial Unn - groups pani offerg a range of products and servic areas such as real tate, nstctn, advertisg and said he had cid to e out to help move forward civil rights, nfirmg a fact that had been wily known the Silin Valley tech muny but was rarely Jobs, who died 2011, was not Milonov, a St Petersburg legislator who has mpaigned agast gay rights and was among legislators behd the law signed by Put, has lled for Apple’s CEO to be barred entrance to Rsia, Rsia media have Dolgopolov, the head of ZEFS who orred the removal of the monument, exprsed opposn to personal sanctns Monday’s statement, but supported the “protectn of tradnal valu” by law.
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This ma him the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 an terview wh People en Español published Thursday, the 58-year-old spoke about a range of topics related to sexual orientatn and young people. "Though Cook said he "didn't worry" about how Apple staff would react to his g out, he did acknowledge worryg about the reactn "outsi of Apple, " and noted that "the world is still not iendly to gay or trans people many untri but also wh our untry. " He ntued: "Gay is not a limatn.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
In a tragic moment for Steve Jobs, there is a bright spot: Tim Cook, who will succeed Jobs as Apple's CEO, is an credibly thorough and tail oriented boss who has revolutnized the way puters are assembled and steadily held the nfince of Apple's employe and partners. He is also, as we reported January, sted to bee an in for gay advancement. * founder of apple gay *
"Cook add that beg gay gave him a lens to how other people thk and feel. One more years of stayg relatively silent, Apple CEO Tim Cook me out as gay on Thursday for the first time publicly, sayg that "while I have never nied my sexualy, I haven't publicly acknowledged eher, until now.
TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
""So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me.
"'"So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " Cook said Bsweek, beg the first Fortune 500 chief executive to e out, who took over the role 2011 shortly before the ath of Apple founr Steve Jobs, wr that he's been open about his sexualy wh many people his life, cludg "plenty" of his Apple lleagu, and that hasn't changed the way he's been treated.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
He ntu the post:"Beg gay has given me a eper unrstandg of what means to be the mory and provid a wdow to the challeng that people other mory groups al wh every day.
"RELATED: Apple CEO tells climate change niers to sell their Apple sharThe Natnal Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce praised Cook for g out, wrg a statement that "The bs voice of the LGBT muny, mends Tim Cook for his movg and heartfelt g out say... Wyomg on Tuday beme the 32nd state to legalize gay marriage, jog several other nservative areas allowg same-sex lossal shift go for public opn, too.
A recent poll shows half of the Amerin public believ gay marriage is a nstutnal right, wh 50% sayg that same-sex marriage is protected by the U. The numbers support of marriage equaly this year far surpass those om a siar survey 2004, when jt 32% of Amerins said they favored gay as a pany has been a strong supporter of marriage equaly.
TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO
" And Cook himself has been a vol supporter of gay rights over the years.
"In December 2013, a speech Cook gave on gay rights and racism -- cludg personal discrimatn -- led some media outlets, cludg Gawker's tech se Valleywag, to ponr if that was the first time the Apple CEO acknowledged his sexual orientatn publicly. This summer, a CNBC segment of "Squawk on the Street" turned heads when one host accintally "outed" Cook, sayg “I thk Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact that he’s gay at the head of Apple isn’t he?