<Apple
CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'>
"Let
me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
gifts God has given me," he wrote in a column in Bloomberg Businessweek.
In
his column, the Apple (AAPL, Tech30) chief said that he had tried to maintain "a
basic level of privacy." But he said he decided that desire for privacy was
stopping him from working for the benefit of others.
"I don't consider myself
an activist, but I realize how much I've benefited from the sacrifice of
others," he said. "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."
