Apple's CEO is now openly gay. Is that progrs?

Contents:

• MAN SU APPLE CLAIMG IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY
• APPLE'S TIM COOK: 'SO LET ME BE CLEAR: I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
• IS GAY FOR A GUY TO GET THE ROSE GOLD IPHONE?
• RSIAN MAN SU APPLE, CLAIMG THAT HIS IPHONE MA HIM GAY
• APPLE'S CEO IS NOW OPENLY GAY. IS THAT PROGRS?
• APPLE IOS 6 'EMOJIS' WILL INCLU GAY AND LBIAN EMOTINS
• RSIAN MAN SU APPLE, CLAIMG HIS IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY
• GAY PRI IPHONE 6/6S CAS

MAN SU APPLE CLAIMG IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY

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APPLE'S TIM COOK: 'SO LET ME BE CLEAR: I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'

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"I'm proud to be gay. I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " Cook said an 800-word say posted on Bloomberg Bsweek. "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.

IS GAY FOR A GUY TO GET THE ROSE GOLD IPHONE?

"Plenty of lleagu at Apple know I'm gay, and don't seem to make a difference the way they treat me, " Cook wrote. 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.

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

"Dpe never publicly acknowledgg his sexualy before, Cook has for several years topped Out magaze's annual list of the most powerful and fluential gay men and women the US. As recently as September, Cook tweeted support of the At, Texas, pri para celebratg gay rights. " Cook on Thursday said beg gay has been "tough and unfortable at tim, but has given me the nfince to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversy and bigotry.

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APPLE'S CEO IS NOW OPENLY GAY. IS THAT PROGRS?

Razuov download an obscure cryptocurrency app lled GayCos to his iPhone 2017. Well, the plat claims that Apple erced him to a gay relatnship.

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APPLE IOS 6 'EMOJIS' WILL INCLU GAY AND LBIAN EMOTINS

"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.

RSIAN MAN SU APPLE, CLAIMG HIS IPHONE TURNED HIM GAY

Apple CEO Tim Cook ma history last week, beg the first Fortune 500 CEO to break through the steel ceilg of heterosexual privilege the bs world when he disclosed Bsweek that he is "proud to be gay.

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He even wrote, "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. "Yet, the plex and ternnected stggl of queer women, people of lor, and transgenr dividuals are often obscured when we celebrate seemg moments of sgular gay uplift.

GAY PRI IPHONE 6/6S CAS

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