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.
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- DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
- GOOGLE AND AMAZON URGED TO FOLLOW APPLE'S 'ANTI-GAY APP BAN'
- MAN SU APPLE CLAIMG IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY
- 'ANTI-GAY' IPHONE APP PULLED FROM APPLE STORE
- APPLE’S ANTI-GAY EMOJI IS NOT REAL BUT ULD BE A REAL DISASTER
DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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 anti lgbt *
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. 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. O) 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.
GOOGLE AND AMAZON URGED TO FOLLOW APPLE'S 'ANTI-GAY APP BAN'
* apple anti lgbt *
Every Pri month, nsumers see their favore brands add rabow strip to their logos, fly flags om their headquarters buildgs and add attractive gay and lbian upl to their ads.
MAN SU APPLE CLAIMG IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY
Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle. Compani like AT&T, UPS, Comst, Home Depot and General Electric. All told, their donatns totaled almost $15 ln. * apple anti lgbt *
Of urse, e next week, the lendar will flip to July, and 's buhbye to all the cute gays, sparkly rabows and boldly-lored banners flown by big bs. Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle.
All of them voted to nfirm anti-gay members of the Tmp bet, voted to ny healthre to transgenr troops, and wouldn't sponsor or -sponsor any legislatn support of LGBTQ rights.
'ANTI-GAY' IPHONE APP PULLED FROM APPLE STORE
Those ne rporatns wh perfect x sr which ma donatns to anti-gay policians om 2017 to 2018, are, orr om most to least:. AT&T donated $2, 755, 000 to 193 anti-gay policians. UPS donated $2, 366, 122 to 159 anti-gay policians.
Comst donated $2, 116, 500 to 154 anti-gay policians. Home Depot donated $1, 825, 500 to 111 anti-gay policians.
APPLE’S ANTI-GAY EMOJI IS NOT REAL BUT ULD BE A REAL DISASTER
General Electric donated $1, 380, 500 to 97 anti-gay policians. FedEx donated $1, 261, 500 to 75 anti-gay policians. UBS donated $1, 094, 750 to 72 anti-gay policians.
Verizon donated $1, 022, 803 to 74 anti-gay policians. Pfizer donated $959, 263 to 52 anti-gay policians.
Image source, RtersImage ptn, Apple's chief executive was thanked for the app's removal om s storeCampaigners have thanked Apple for removg an app om s store that they said stigmatised LGBT software promoted a US relig group that says homosexual practice is sful and that s members should help "ll up" others to their natural-born "biblil genr"'s store now says the app is not available, but the tech firm has not mented on the and Amazon ntue to offer Android versns of the Christian anisatn volved, Livg Hope Mistri, has told NBC News that plans to challenge Apple's Arlgton, Texas-based body is not related to a UK-based church that go by the same 's l state that apps should not clu ntent that is "famatory, discrimatory, or mean-spired" cludg mentary about sexual orientatn. 'Dehumanisg app'Livg Hope Mistri' app had been on the iOS App Store for several years, but was flagged as objectnable by Tth Ws Out on source, GoogleImage ptn, Google dit that the app has been stalled om the Play store ls than 1, 000 timThe Chigo-headquartered non-prof mpaigns agast homophobia. It lnched an onle petn agast the app after the group's founr claimed to have been given "the n-around" by Apple's staff when he lled them to pla about the app's existence on s 2014, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook beme the first Fortune 500 pany lear to announce he was homosexual, and earlier this year told CNN that beg gay was "God's greatt gift to me".