As Former Secret Service, I Protect My Family By Saying No to Anti-Gay News
Declining a national interview feels like accepting defeat. But I’m a gay man looking out for myself
Following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, I was inundated with interview requests from media outlets across the world, asking me to weigh in on what happened and, more importantly, how it happened.
As a former Secret Service Agent and a very public one following the release of my book, Breaking Free, in 2023, the requests weren’t wholly unexpected, though the number of requests was. I didn’t have time to appear on every show and had to turn down a few — a great problem to have, no doubt.
Then I received an email asking me to appear (that very day) for a well-known conservative outlet. I replied as I did for the others, asking for more information to gauge my schedule.
That also bought me time to consider the potential downsides of appearing before a large sect of the Republican party as a gay former Secret Service Agent who authored a book about my experiences, some of which are personal.
I wouldn’t be compensated for the interview and it surely wouldn’t garner many book sales. Regardless, the potential exposure to a swath of…
