Apple Boss: I'm Gay And I Want To Inspire People

[Payton]

How fortunate he's gay because if he was straight then he would be working at Mcdonald's as a hateful unsympathetic poverty stricken man.

That's the way he comes off when he tries to make his sexuality out to be some big deal as if it had any bearing on where he is and what he is doing with his life professionally. It's not some big act of bravery to come out as gay anymore. It's more brave to admit you don't support this lifestyle then it is to come out as a person who lives that lifestyle.

He was actually making a greater statement to the LGBT community, and I'm sure he gave it some considerable thought. A man with such a high status as Tim Cook would not be one to hastily decide to make a grand appeal about something without a motive especially pertaining to this topic. Let's also consider that he likely had to bounce this idea off of more people than simply himself, because he is representing one of the largest corporations in the world.

The statement he's making is also a very positive one so I'm confused as to why people would respond negatively toward it.

To say that it requires more bravery to come out against LGBT people is true at a very high level. It requires the bravery to deal with understandable backlash to those ideals. There is no reason someone should be against LGBT people. Those who are must be responding out of some deep rooted insecurity, which is why at a lower level coming out against LGBT people is cowardly. It is dishonest, counter progressive, and wrong to make that stance.

I personally believe that coming out as queer does require bravery. Thankfully there's less social stigma than has surrounded it in the past, but I know plenty of LGBT people whose indoctrinated family and/or friends make coming out a very difficult thing. Fearing that people will stop loving you for who or what you identify as is both frightening and upsetting.

Now the Apple board can't fire him if the next release tanks.

I think Bluezone was trying to point out that his sexuality is his sexuality, not an accomplishment that got him anywhere in life.

He never said that it was an accomplishment. People misread this and think that Cook is boasting or making some grand appeal about this but he is sharing real experiences.