Posted on 06/27/2015 8:02:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Apple has added an LGBT section to its App Store that showcases apps, books, movies, TV shows and podcasts to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots.
It's Gay Pride in cities worldwide this month, an event sure to get a big boost of excitement following the US Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide on Friday. And in what some digerati may consider added cause for celebration, Apple has added an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) section on the App Store that showcases tons of content for the LGBT community.
The section, which went live on the App Store on Thursday, is intended to commemorate the June 28, 1969 Stonewall riots that served as one of the most prominent historical events leading to the gay liberation movement. App Store visitors will find books, apps, movies, TV shows and podcasts that represent the LGBT community.
Some of the more prominent selections include movies like "Milk," a biography of Harvey Milk's struggles as a gay activist who became California's first openly gay elected official, and "Philadelphia," about a gay lawyer with AIDS who gets fired, and finds help suing his former company. TV shows like "Orange is the New Black" and "Modern Family," and books like "The Right Side of History" and "Raising My Rainbow" also appear in the section.
Apple has been outspoken about LGBT issues of late. The company's CEO Tim Cook, who recently announced he was gay, has spoken out often against anti-LGBT legislation, and his name was featured on Alabama's anti-discrimination bill. The company also participated in Pride 2014 in San Francisco, posting a video to YouTube of the many Apple employees who marched in the parade.
You can check out the company's LGBT-friendly selections by visiting the LGBT featured section on the App Store as you get ready for what should be a pretty jubilant Pride Weekend in light of Friday's Supreme Court news.
Yesterday on Facebook Criterion was celebrating Harvey Milk.
A number of posters pointed out he was having sex with minors and was a friend (and paramour) of Jim Jones of the People’s Temple.
Hundreds of corporations got on board for this. The lavender mafia is everywhere.
Funny how not one of these companies ever stands up as issue advocates for two parent households.
Two parent households don't picket and don't have the main stream media in their back pocket nor have the entire Hollyweird propaganda mill behind (not going to touch that symbolism with a fork) them. . . to attack them if they don't toe the line.
Sad but true.
I’ve got an iPad, a miserable piece of cr*p. Is there some way to complain to Apple about this?
What the hell is this “Pride” about. Libs are running around screaming about the confederate flag as a symbol of white pride and demanding the flag be destroyed and hidden from view. Homos run around waving their pride flag and all is A OK. A bunch of damned hypocrites!!!
That is why they are queer.
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