Agreed.

After I came out, one of the best things was getting an email from an 18-year-old guy who had read my blog saying that he'd never spoken to or read anything from a gay person in technology and it was cool to read something from someone who as a programmer and geek came from the same perspective as him. He then said he'd gotten the courage to tell his parents from that.

Which left me feeling amazing for about a week.

Tim Cook's article will do the same for young gay techies but on a much grander scale. :)