Tim Cook, A Apple CEO: "I am Proud to be Gay'

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Technology - A Apple CEO, Tim Cook has publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in a column in Bloomberg Business week, saying he is 'Proud to be gay." Though he has 'tried to maintain a basic level of privacy, "he wrote, he has since some to realize that this" desire for personal privacy has been holding me back from doing something more important."

For Cook, the decision to come out publicly reflects his desire to build a better future: "If hearing the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to everyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy."

"I am proud to be gay," the 53 years old CEO writes, "and I consider and that many pf his colleagues already knew he was gay. "It does not seem to make a difference in the way they treat me," said him. Even before coming out, Cook was a passionate champion of LGBTQ rights. On Monday, he slammed his come state of Alabama over its reluctance to embrace gender and sexuality.

When this is the first time that Cook has publicly discussed his sexuality, it has long been an open secret in the tech world that the head of the industry's most scrutinized and revered company was gay. This spring, Out magazine ranked him number 13 on its Power 50 list. In June, a CNBC anchor accidentally outed Cook, saying, "I think Cook is fairly open about the fact that he is gay at the head of Apple, isn't he?"

Cook finished his essay by recounting how, when he arrives at his office each morning, he is 'greeted by framed photos of Dr. King and Roberts F. Kennedy. I do not pretend that writing this puts me in their league. All it does is allow me to look at those pictures and know that I am doing my part, however small, to help another."

"We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick," wrote Cook. "This is my brick."