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One of Silin Valley’s most succsful entreprenrs has rigned om his latt venture to fend himself agast accatns of sexual harassment by a former gay lover. Back the 80s, Gene Falk, chief executive officer at StartOut, an anizatn that helps gay entreprenrs, says there was an unspoken "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy rporate circl.

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For example, a cursory search through YouTube displays thoands of g out stori and gay-themed movi. The onle world, which thriv on unnventnal and niche narrativ, is enthralled wh the emergg story around gay rights. "As more and more people e out, there are fewer people who don't know a gay person, " says Marie Trexler, venture palist and mentor at StartOut.

Falk chalks down the tech sector's enthiasm for gay rights to a batn of enlightened self-tert and a relatively young workforce as pared to other dtri, which place a premium on experience.

"It (gay rights) is an emotnal issue and youth do not have the emotnal burn of senrs, " says Falk. But, the most important reason for the tech sector's embrace of gay rights is pure enomics.