>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CHANGED
ABOUT THE COMPANY IS THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE A CHARITABLE
COMPONENT BEFORE AND YOU'VE MADE THAT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
WORK YOU DO FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU, YOURSELF CAME OUT AS GAY RECENTLY.
WAS THAT AN UPGRADE OR JUST A FEATURE THAT HAD NOT BEEN TURNED
ON?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BEFORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THE REASON I ASK, THE REASON
I ASK IS THAT EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP IN ALABAMA AS SORT OF
A RESIDENT OUTSIDER BECAUSE OF YOUR SEXUALITY, DID THAT INFORM
IN ANY WAY YOUR TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HARDSHIP
AROUND THE WORLD?
>> IT DID, YEAH.
IN ALL HONESTY, EVERY DAY I COME TO WORK I HAVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF
MY DESK I HAVE A PHOTO OF ROBERT KENNEDY AND A PHOTO OF DR. KING,
AND EVERY DAY I SORT OF ASK MYSELF-- IT WAS DR. KING'S QUOTE
THAT SAID, "LIFE'S MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION
IS 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS?
'" AND IT BECAME SO CLEAR TO ME KIDS WERE GETTING BULLIED IN
SCHOOL.
KIDS WERE GETTING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
KIDS WERE EVEN BEING DISCLAIMED BY THEIR OWN PARENTS THEY NEEDED
TO DO SOMETHING, AND THAT WHERE I VALUED MY PRIVACY
SIGNIFICANTLY, I FELT THAT I WAS VALUING IT TOO FAR ABOVE WHAT I
COULD DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO I WANTED TO TELL EVERYONE MY TRUTH.
AND MANY PEOPLE ALREADY KNEW, AND SO TO MANY PEOPLE IT WAS NO
REVELATION.
IT WAS LIKE THIS-- IT'S LIKE DISCOVERING SOMETHING ON YURKS
iPHONE IT'S ALWAYS DONE BUT YOU YOU DIDN'T QUITE KNOW IT, RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: INTERESTING,
INTERESTING.
>> AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A REVELATION TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
THEY WORK WITH.
BUT IT WAS MAYBE TO THE BROADER WORLD.
AND I FELT A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT.