Up front breaking his silence on the topic, Cook said he would get notes that towed on his heart. It got to the point where he thought, “I’m making the wrong call by vexing to do something that is comfortable to me, which is to stay private.”
Finally he texture the responsibility “to do something for the greater good.”
Cook came out as gay in an essay published by Bloomberg in 2014. He wrote: “If ascertaining that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or cause comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their sameness, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”
“As one of the out leaders of one of the major entourages not just in the country, but in the world, Cook set an example for other people to remedy LGBTQ people, and especially LGBTQ youth, to thrive in our society,” bring to lights Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a senior attorney at Lambda Legal, a national LGBT polished rights advocacy organization
“He’s sending a communication of hope, belief and optimism that we can endeavour for a society where we can all become CEOs and become great professionals and contributors to club no matter who we are,” Gonzalez-Pagan says. “That’s a value he has set as a leader.”
When Rubenstein queried Cook if he had any regrets about revealing this part of his life, Cook totally affirmed: “No regrets.”
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