Apple CEO Tim Cook out: 'I'm proud to be gay'

Contents:

• RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
• TIM COOK SPEAKS OUT AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAWS
• APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'

RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)

I was prent, and I said that I have noted many younger evangelils are takg an Anabaptist-like posn; that is, that while they still believe homosexualy to be a s, they don’t thk the ernment should put that belief to law for the natn.

In explag the Anabaptist tradn, I was quoted sayg, “You n believe homosexualy is a s and still believe that same-sex marriage should be legal. “I have suggted to others that not only would I like to see Roe, Casey, and Griswold on ntraceptn dified but I’ve also ma clear my support for, for gay marriage years ago, ” she said. 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.

TIM COOK SPEAKS OUT AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAWS

Conversatn clus marriage, LGBTQ/homosexualy, and the is Part 2 of the nversatn.

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APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'

Apple CEO Tim Cook me out Thursday, acknowledgg publicly for the first time that he is gay. "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " he wrote a lumn Bloomberg Bsweek. "So 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.

" Related: Tim Cook isn't the only openly gay CEO Cook, who grew up Alabama, said he has long been open about his sexual orientatn, but had jt not prevly discsed publicly. "Plenty of lleagu at Apple know I'm gay, and don't seem to make a difference the way they treat me, " he wrote. " There have been some mors and speculatn that Cook is gay.

Out magaze had prevly named him as the most powerful gay person on s Power 50 list. But there are no other publicly gay CEO's at the 700 largt rporatns. John Browne served as CEO of BP (BP) om 1995 to 2007, and acknowledged he was gay after he was forced to leave office.