Apple CEO Tim Cook was the first CEO of a Fortune 500 pany to e out as gay 2014 and he says he do not regret the cisn to shed his privacy.
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- WATCH TIM COOK EXPLA WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY
- TIM COOK: BEG GAY IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
- FROM GAY TO GOSPEL: THE FASCATG STORY OF BECKET COOK
- GAV LEATHERWOOD AND LE COOK’S GAY ROMANCE EXPLAED
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK: ‘I’M PROUD TO BE GAY’
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
- GAY COOK
- OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
WATCH TIM COOK EXPLA WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY
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TIM COOK: BEG GAY IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME
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APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY AFTER READG LETTERS OM KIDS STGGLG WH THEIR INTY
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APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
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FROM GAY TO GOSPEL: THE FASCATG STORY OF BECKET COOK
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One more years of stayg relatively silent, Apple CEO Tim Cook me out as gay on Thursday for the first time publicly, sayg that "while I have never nied my sexualy, I haven't publicly acknowledged eher, until now.
""So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me. "'"So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " Cook said Bsweek, beg the first Fortune 500 chief executive to e out, who took over the role 2011 shortly before the ath of Apple founr Steve Jobs, wr that he's been open about his sexualy wh many people his life, cludg "plenty" of his Apple lleagu, and that hasn't changed the way he's been treated. He ntu the post:"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.
GAV LEATHERWOOD AND LE COOK’S GAY ROMANCE EXPLAED
"RELATED: Apple CEO tells climate change niers to sell their Apple sharThe Natnal Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce praised Cook for g out, wrg a statement that "The bs voice of the LGBT muny, mends Tim Cook for his movg and heartfelt g out say... Wyomg on Tuday beme the 32nd state to legalize gay marriage, jog several other nservative areas allowg same-sex lossal shift go for public opn, too.
A recent poll shows half of the Amerin public believ gay marriage is a nstutnal right, wh 50% sayg that same-sex marriage is protected by the U. The numbers support of marriage equaly this year far surpass those om a siar survey 2004, when jt 32% of Amerins said they favored gay as a pany has been a strong supporter of marriage equaly. " And Cook himself has been a vol supporter of gay rights over the years.
"In December 2013, a speech Cook gave on gay rights and racism -- cludg personal discrimatn -- led some media outlets, cludg Gawker's tech se Valleywag, to ponr if that was the first time the Apple CEO acknowledged his sexual orientatn publicly. This summer, a CNBC segment of "Squawk on the Street" turned heads when one host accintally "outed" Cook, sayg “I thk Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact that he’s gay at the head of Apple isn’t he?
APPLE CEO TIM COOK: ‘I’M PROUD TO BE GAY’
Ten years ago, Becket Cook was a gay man Hollywood who had achieved great succs as a set signer the fashn dtry. He never looked back, tradg his gay inty for a new inty Christ.
In the years sce, Cook pleted a gree at Talbot School of Theology and wrote a memoir of his nversn, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn, which jt released. But I knew God was never an optn, bee I was gay.
I wasn’t nfed about what the Bible had to say about homosexualy. I asked what their church believed about homosexualy, and they explaed that they believed is a s. There are nversatns today about whether one n be a “gay Christian.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
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Defg yourself as a “gay Christian, ” even if you are celibate and not active a homosexual relatnship, is wildly misleadg. The LGBT movement has gaed so much ground by amg homosexualy as an immutable, personhood-level inty.
What are your thoughts on the state of how Wtern culture se “gay” today? The book Makg Gay Okay do a really good job showg how that happened. When I was g of age as a gay kid, wasn’t like this.
OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
There were gay-pri paras, but they weren’t at Macy’s. When I was gay, I felt shame. In terms of rpondg to those close to who e out as gay or lbian, ’s important to love them unndnally whout promisg your nvictns.
I certaly felt that way whenever I remembered that my fay, even though they loved me, believed homosexual behavr is a s.