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Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay"
An anonymous reader writes Apple CEO Tim Cook has publicly come out as gay. While he never hid his sexuality from friends, family, and close co-workers, Cook decided it was time to make it publicly known in the hopes that the information will help others who don't feel comfortable to do so. He said, "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."
Cook added that while the U.S. has made progress in recent years toward marriage equality, there is still work to be done. "[T]here are laws on the books in a majority of states that allow employers to fire people based solely on their sexual orientation. There are many places where landlords can evict tenants for being gay, or where we can be barred from visiting sick partners and sharing in their legacies. Countless people, particularly kids, face fear and abuse every day because of their sexual orientation."
Cook added that while the U.S. has made progress in recent years toward marriage equality, there is still work to be done. "[T]here are laws on the books in a majority of states that allow employers to fire people based solely on their sexual orientation. There are many places where landlords can evict tenants for being gay, or where we can be barred from visiting sick partners and sharing in their legacies. Countless people, particularly kids, face fear and abuse every day because of their sexual orientation."
For starters, he's an Apple user...
I don't see why it should be a reason to be "proud". Gay is the way he is rather than something he has chosen but it does not confer some form of superiority on him. If he was a paedeophile though, that definitely *would* be a reason to be "unproud".
Whatever, see if I care.
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect.
Oh please, of course he wanted it public. Why make a "I'm proud to be Gay" public announcement if he didn't want to make his private life public?
Personally, I could care less, right up to the point where people start making press releases and public statements, then it ticks me off. I didn't care before, I wasn't asking, I wasn't even thinking about your sexual orientation because it wasn't my business, but now you shove it into my face and demand acceptance, like some flasher in a trench coat, I get ticked off. No, I won't accept what you do as moral, stop flashing me and keep your private life just that PRIVATE and stop asking me to accept your private behavior like I think it's normal. Just go live your life as you see fit and LEAVE ME OUT OF IT.
All the PC garbage has gone way to far. There was a day when talking about one's sex life in public was taboo (no matter which way you where). We should return to that. That way you don't have to accept what I choose and I don't have to accept what you choose. What we have now is unseemly and embarrassing to most, in short it's impolite.
How is it Gays seem to think that their sexual preference is not abnormal but most other sexual preferences are? And don't start in with the consenting adults bullshit.
Is that the old homophobic claptrap again? Didn't quite expect it on Slashdot, but then again, I don't expect it anywhere.
The reason is that (a) the "consenting adults bullshit" isn't bullshit, but that's what makes the difference, and (b) that being homosexual is indeed a behaviour that happens quite naturally in a small minority of people.
Do you consider paedophilia to not be a choice? How do you get +4 insightful for saying something so blatantly illogical?
A homophobic asshole is quite easily identified by noticing how they just _must_ make a connection between homosexuality and either child abuse or bestiality.
The Public's Best Interest is none of his concern. The Shareholder's best interests are his concern. Period. End of Story.
Your period is of no public concern. If you weren't a complete fucking hypocrite, you would have kept your mouth shut.
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.