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Gay guy weighing in here: Apple is not homophobic in keeping this nonsense app from their store. By throwing the accusation around, we risk devaluing it. Apple,

Gay guy weighing in here: Apple is not homophobic in keeping this nonsense app from their store. By throwing the accusation around, we risk devaluing it. Apple, Inc scored 100% on the Human Rights Council's Corporate Equality Index. Calling them homophobic is like calling Edward R. Murrow a communist -- it shows your desperation immediately.

jiggy2011 14y ago
The "Human Rights Council's Corporate Equality Index" is something that seems to mostly relate to employment practises. I doubt it has provisions that cover app stores.
- intopieces 14y ago
  You are correct, it does not cover app stores. It does, however, display a certain corporate culture that is indicative of how such mechanisms within the company are likely to operate. My hypothesis regarding this rejection is that the reviewers found the app itself to be homophobic because it relies on tired stereotypes about gay men and is, in fact, not funny at all.
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    I have no idea why they rejected in this instance. Not sure if such accreditation really prove anything other than that a company is willing to jump through some hoops to get a sticker though. It's like PCI accreditation and other stuff like that.
    - intopieces 14y ago
      Apple pays the tax on health benefits for same-sex couples, a tax that opposite-sex, married couples don't have to pay because the government recognizes their union. Meijer, the grocery store chain, has a history of firing employees for being gay. For this reason, I see the HRC Equality Index as more than 'some hoops to get a sticker': companies go out of their way to improve the lives of gay people who work for them are awarded such distinction.
      - jiggy2011 14y ago
        or companies who want a sticker that says they "go out of their way to improve the lives of gay people who work for them". That's really the point of these things, to provide capitalist incentives for such behaviours.

jiggy2011 14y ago

The "Human Rights Council's Corporate Equality Index" is something that seems to mostly relate to employment practises. I doubt it has provisions that cover app stores.

intopieces 14y ago
You are correct, it does not cover app stores. It does, however, display a certain corporate culture that is indicative of how such mechanisms within the company are likely to operate. My hypothesis regarding this rejection is that the reviewers found the app itself to be homophobic because it relies on tired stereotypes about gay men and is, in fact, not funny at all.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  I have no idea why they rejected in this instance. Not sure if such accreditation really prove anything other than that a company is willing to jump through some hoops to get a sticker though. It's like PCI accreditation and other stuff like that.
  - intopieces 14y ago
    Apple pays the tax on health benefits for same-sex couples, a tax that opposite-sex, married couples don't have to pay because the government recognizes their union. Meijer, the grocery store chain, has a history of firing employees for being gay. For this reason, I see the HRC Equality Index as more than 'some hoops to get a sticker': companies go out of their way to improve the lives of gay people who work for them are awarded such distinction.
    - jiggy2011 14y ago
      or companies who want a sticker that says they "go out of their way to improve the lives of gay people who work for them". That's really the point of these things, to provide capitalist incentives for such behaviours.