Oliver Sipple
Radiolab
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Sippl's Actions in the Gay Community Are Highly Significant and Newsworthy
Sippl's activities in the gay community are highly significant and newsworthy for two important reasons. The president later said that that had nothing to do with aliver being gay. But to people at the time, the suggestion that the president's expression of gratitude to sippl might have been affected by rumors was new. Sippl's public display of heroism in saving the life of the president of the united states presented an image that gay people are like everybody else.
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