Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially come
out as gay.
'I consider being gay among the
greatest gifts God has given me,' he writes in a personal essay in Bloomberg
Businessweek.
'I’ll admit that this wasn’t an easy
choice. Privacy remains important to me, and I’d like to hold on to a small
amount of it.'
The head of Apple, who took over from
Steve Jobs in 2011, has never denied being gay and to an extent it has been
considered to be public knowledge
But until today, Cook has also never
confirmed his sexuality.
'I don’t consider myself an activist,
but I realize how much I’ve benefitted from the sacrifice of others,' Cook
adds.
'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.'
While it may be the first time he has
publcly confirmed his sexuality, he has repeatedly been shown to support LGBTI
rights.
In July, Cook greeted 5,000 employees
before they marched in San Francisco's Pride parade.
A month earlier, he supported the White
House's decision to ban LGBTI discrimination at federal contractors, calling it
a 'matter of basic human dignity'.
Cook concludes: '[Apple] will continue
to fight for our values, and I believe that any CEO of this incredible company,
regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation, would do the same. And I
will personally continue to advocate for equality for all people until my toes
point up.
'When I arrive in my office each
morning, I’m greeted by framed photos of Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. 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.'
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