Jad Abumrad
speaker
6,321 appearances
21 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Jad Abumrad’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But his personal business was his personal business.
I have never attempted to obtain publicity for the fact that I am gay or predominantly homosexual in my sexual orientation.
I have made my home approximately 1,800 miles away from home of my parents and my family so that I could move somewhat freely in the gay community without the fact of my sexual orientation getting back to my parents and family.
And it goes on.
But the newspapers made this other argument that was like, okay,
Whether or not you're living a double life, whether or not you wanted to or whether or not you had to, there's something here that's bigger than that, that's bigger than you.
Which was he was a private citizen who thrust himself as anybody would hope they would do.
He ran toward—he went toward danger.
And when he did, he also thrust himself into the public eye.
And a journalist, when you're in the public eye, you become something else entirely.
You become a public figure.
When that happened to Oliver, he lost his right to privacy.
I'll make one more try on the gay thing.
And the newspapers argued, when it came to Oliver's sexuality... You don't want to change your mind.
It was news at the time.
It is, was, and at all pertinent times has been my judgment that Mr. Sipple's activities in the gay community are highly significant and newsworthy for two important reasons.
So, like we said, when Daryl Lemke was writing that article about Oliver, you had this big story about the U.S.
Air Force trying to kick this guy, Leonard Matlovich, out because he was gay.
And Oliver has heard nothing from the president.
The president later said that that had nothing to do with Oliver being gay, but to people at the time.
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