Ilhan Omar’s Ex-Husband and Alleged Brother Describes Himself As ‘Gay Man’ In ‘Woke Slop’ Research Paper

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi — whom President Donald Trump accuses of being her brother — described himself as a “gay man” in an August 2026 academic paper.

Elmi, a University of Bristol doctoral researcher, wrote that studying violence against gay individuals in Africa was “not just an academic undertaking” due to “the complexities of [his] identity” as a “gay man of the East African diaspora.”

Tabloids have over the years described Elmi’s colorful social media posts and described him as “flamboyant.” The 2026 paper provides the first explicit evidence of his sexual orientation.

The paper consists of his reflections on interviewing research subjects in Kenya. The text is laden with academic phrases like “standpoint theory” and “fluid insider-outsider positioning.”

“It has all the features of woke slop: Not methodologically serious, ideologically slanted, and more concerned with academic ornamentation than clear communication,” Ian Kingsbury, senior director of the Center for Accountability in Medicine at Do No Harm, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The fact that it’s so tedious and painful to read signals that it isn’t meant for an audience outside a small clique of sociologists or gender theorists.”

Department of Homeland Security authorities raided Omar’s Washington, DC, home on Oct. 12. The investigation reportedly involves immigration fraud and originated in the war crimes unit, suggesting the probe may examine the legitimacy of her naturalization through her father, a Somali military official. But the investigation is also examining evidence pointing to a sham marriage with Elmi, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Elmi and Omar’s congressional office did not respond to requests for comment.

The discovery of his sexual orientation adds to the list of peculiarities about Omar’s first marriage.

In an interview with MS NOW she called the accusation she married her brother “insane” but stopped short of giving a flat-out denial.