Apple shock at 'gay' dictionary definition "I felt like they had to take care of it," she said. How the definition appeared originally Photo: Apple/Business Insider How the defintiion appeared ammended Photo: Apple/Business Insider In her letter to Tim Cook, she wrote: "I assume that you are a pro-gay company, and would never intend for any one of your products to be as offensive as this definition was. "Even with your addition of the word informal, this definition normalises the terrible derogatory twist that many people put on the word "gay"." A representative from Apple called Miss Gorman an hour later to express their shock at the dictionary definition. They told me it's so hard to track the dictionaries they're getting sources from, and that they were also shocked themselves. I feel like we're going to have to make a bigger deal about it before they act on it. Apple's CEO has previously urged the U.S. senate to update its employment laws to stop descrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees. In a piece for the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Cook wrote: "Protections that promote equality and diversity should not be conditional on someone's sexual orientation. For too long, too many people have had to hide that part of their identity in the workplace. Those who have suffered discrimination have paid the greatest price for this lack of legal protection. He spoke about Apple as a "safe and welcoming" workplace that does not discriminate against LGBT employees, and said it was a basic human right to be treated equally.