Apple was out in full force including CEO Tim Cook for the Pride Parade in San Francisco yesterday, Seth Weintraub reports for 9to5Mac.
“Apple’s CEO hasn’t ever been ambiguous about his support for LGBT issues and he was joined by Apple Environment Director Lisa Jackson and what looks like thousands of other Apple employees on Market St. in San Francisco today,” Weintraub reports. “Employees… also [handed] out $1 iTunes gift cards in celebration.”
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“The 44th Annual San Francisco Pride Parade comes just two days after a CNBC host, Simon Hobbs, accidentally outed Tim Cook — who is widely reported to be gay, but has not formally come out — during a panel discussion,” Michelle Broder Van Dyke reports for BuzzFeed.
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Congrats to 5000 Apple employees/families who attended today’s Pride parade.Inclusion inspires innovation.#applepride pic.twitter.com/4DncX8F6fO
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 29, 2014
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