iPhone Monument Dismantled in Russia After Apple’s CEO Comes Out as Gay
A Russian company has removed a memorial to Apple’s founder, Steve Jobs, outside a St. Petersburg college “to comply with the country’s laws on gay propaganda.” The move follows Tim Cook’s coming out as a gay man.
Once a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs, a giant iPhone in St. Petersburg has become the latest casualty of Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws. A Russian group of companies called ZEFS or West European Financial Union dismantled the smartphone replica after Jobs’ successor Tim Cook came out publically with his homosexuality last week.
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