Out Of The Closets And Courts: An Emerging Privacy Right

Law360, New York (November 3, 2014, 10:44 AM EST) -- Recently, Apple Inc.'s CEO, Tim Cook, came out publicly as a gay man. More than 17 years after Ellen DeGeneres revealed she was gay on primetime television — along with the almost immediate public backlash — today's evening lineup features a plethora of gay, lesbian and transgender characters of all ages, welcomed with overwhelming approval into our living rooms and lives. Despite this rapidly changing climate, Cook's announcement in a Bloomberg Businessweek article stated he has tried to maintain a "basic level of privacy" throughout his professional life and admitted that letting go of this last bit of privacy was not an easy decision....

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