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Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook has publicly come out as gay for the first time today in the article written for Bloomberg below. Cook has always been private about his professional life but today has written: “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me”.
This week Mr Cook challenged his home state of Alabama to ensure the rights of gay and transgender people. In a speech he claimed Alabama citizens can still be fired based on their sexual orientation.
Mr Cook, writing in Bloomberg Businessweek, said: “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.”
Citing Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King he added: “I don’t pretend that writing this puts me in their league. All it does is allow me to look at those pictures and know that I’m doing my part, however small, to help others. We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.
“I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”
Lord Browne, former BP chief executive, who resigned after being forced to admit his sexuality in 2007, told Reuters: “By deciding to speak publicly about his sexuality, Tim Cook has become a role model, and will speed up changes in the corporate world.”
Apple Chairman Art Levinson said Cook’s announcement was “courageous”.
“(His) decision to speak out will help advance the cause of equality and inclusion far beyond the business world,” Levinson was quoted by CNBC as saying. “On behalf of the board and our entire company, we are incredibly proud to have Tim leading Apple.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
How is being gay something to be proud of? He can pretend all he likes, but it is not something to staple pride to.I would say more but free speech is now a thing of the past. So I will just laugh at this guy saying he is proud to be abnormal.
I’m SHOCKED black communities aren’t upset by these insensitive comments. How is slavery, torture, racial segregation, lynching, denied voting rights, and centuries of violent resistance to families in ANY WAY related to someone’s sexual preference? Honestly.
And how is sodomy “a gift from God?” To what god is he referring? And why is announcing private, sexual interests a cause of prideful celebration?