My Reaction to Tim Cook's Coming Out

It's definitely not any surprise to me that Tim Cook is gay.  When he became CEO of Apple and after Steve Jobs' death it was talked about.  I was surprised for a brief moment upon that initial discovery but was happy to see Apple embracing diversity at all levels.

Today Tim Cook came out publicly as gay in hopes to inspire others to be themselves and accept others too.

What I'm really surprised and delighted to see are the reactions from other developers in the Apple/Mac/iOS community:

https://twitter.com/monkbent/status/527801313447264256

https://twitter.com/flyosity/status/527800542131929088

https://twitter.com/dlpasco/status/527799229893578753

https://twitter.com/justin/status/527797670211878912

I'm again reminded that I've chosen a career path in a community that accepts me and others for who they are.  From the days of attending my first iOS/Mac Developer conference, SecondConf, I realized that people were different in this community.  I'm proud to say I'm gay as well and happy to know that my peeps have my back.

Thanks, Tim!