Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally spoken out to the public about his gender orientation by announcing that he has come out and is proud of it. Cook came out with this public acknowledgment because he felt that the people who are struggling with their identity may benefit from his announcement. He wrote about it in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek on October 30. Since the time he became the chief of Apple after Steve Jobs departure, many people kept speculating about his gender orientation. He never really denied anything and at the same time, he never acknowledged about his gender orientation either and always tried to maintain a basic level of privacy until now.
Cook also challenged his home state of Alabama to make sure that the rights of other different gender orientations are upheld. In the article, he also mentioned that he is no activist, but admitted that he benefited from the sacrifices made by others. He considers being born as a different gender orientation, one of God’s greatest gift to him. He said that if anyone who is finding it difficult to come to terms with the fact about who they are and if knowing that the CEO of Apple is also one among them is going to be of any help, then its totally worth the trade-off of his privacy.
In his article, he also quoted Martin Luther King’s words when he said “What are we doing for others?” Cook has challenged himself with this question many times and then decided finally that he should stop holding himself back and do something very important. He also stated that he was lucky to work with colleagues who completely understood about his situation and never ever treated him with any difference.
Cook who has earned a fortune for himself since becoming the Apple chief said that being a different gender orientation made him more empathetic and helped him rise above bigotry and adversity. He also said at the same time that his privacy still remains very important to him and hope that people will understand and focus more about the Apple products than his personal life.