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- APPLE BLOCKS S GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIAAPPLE BLOCKS S GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIA
- APPLE BLOCKS THE GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIA
APPLE BLOCKS S GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIAAPPLE BLOCKS S GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIA
Comg soon to @apple on Instagram, the seri will feature works om photographers Ryan McGley at Stonewall Inn New York; Evan Benally Atwood at Wdow Rock Arizona; Meke Kle at The Homomonument Amsterdam; Caia Ramalho at Plista Avenue São Plo; Lydia Metral at Plaza Chue Madrid; and Collier Schorr at Harvey Milk Plaza San Francis, featurg Baobei. Today, on Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), Apple buts a new Apple Watch Pri Edn band and dynamic watch face, both of which rporate a broar set of lors spired by multiple Pri flags that have reprented the diverse LGBTQ+ muny throughout s rich history. Tim Cook 2014, a few years after takg the helm at Apple, bee the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 pany to publicly e out as gay.
June has been known as the month when the LGBTQ+ muny tak to the streets to publicly and volly promote the creased visibily of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) people as a social group. The history of June as an LGBTQ+ month dat back to US Print Bill Clton, who 1999 and 2000 clared June as “Gay & Lbian Pri Month. May 17 is known for beg the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — and sce 2016, Apple has been celebratg this date wh some special mpaigns.
Every June, Pri Month celebrat lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr pri, promotg digny, equaly and creased visibily of LGBTQ people.
APPLE BLOCKS THE GAY PRI WATCH FACE RSIA
Inspired by the rabow flag, ’s signed to celebrate gay pri and stand agast discrimatn to LGBTQ people. While Apple regularly touts s “unwaverg mment to equaly and diversy” highly-produced gay pri vios, the pany has s lims. Rsian’s laws are likely to blameRsia implemented a “gay propaganda” law 2013, which the European Court of Human Rights led rerc prejudice and enurag homophobia.
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