David Fishback's Blog: List of LGBT/DSF related links

Monday, November 6, 2017

List of LGBT/DSF related links

October 7 , 2017 Communities United Against Hate program brochure

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b4706fa5790ad8fdf51689/t/59d7aaa12aeba55aaa05168b/1507306145558/CUAH+Program+v6+FINAL.pdf

February 23, 2017 on Cronkite News (Arizona PBS): Report on Trump withdrawal of federal school gender identity guidelines

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/02/23/state-officials-welcome-feds-reversal-of-transgender-students-rule/

November 17, 2015 on presentation at PFLAG National Convention
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2015/11/successful-public-school-lgbt.html

October 25, 2015 Heschel Vision Award

http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2015/12/heschel-vision-award-jews-united-for.html

January 15 , 2015 on Truth Wins Out report on Randy Thomas recantation, including my comment

https://truthwinsout.org/opinion/2015/01/40517/

September 25, 2014 on Comcast Newsmakers discussing LGBT youth and safe schools

https://comcastnewsmakers.com/2014/09/25/lgbt-youth-safer-schools-2/

November 1, 2013 Metro Weekly reporting on my interview on Fox 5 News on the Dexter Manley comments

http://www.metroweekly.com/2013/11/metro-pflag-dcs-david-fishback/

May 24, 2012 PFOX FOIA Receipts from MCPS on “secret” emails, including several from me

http://pfox.org/secret-emails-montgomery-public-schools.pdf

May 9, 2012 on WUSA 9 debate with Chris Plante on Obama announcement in favor of civil marriage equality. Beginning at 5:28. Only the first minute.
https://archive.org/details/WUSA_20120509_210000_9News_Now_at_5pm/start/1740/end/1800

March 22, 2011 on Fox News 5: Debate on Exodus International App with Peter Sprigg

https://www.facebook.com/mikefishback/videos/817021819561/

February 17, 2011 on Fox News 5: Debate on Maryland Civil Marriage Equality with Peter Sprigg

https://www.facebook.com/mikefishback/videos/803047389431/

May 2007 on NewsTalk, News Channel 28: Debate on MCPS Curriculum with John Garza of Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum

http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2007/05/newstalk-transcript-first-part.html

http://vigilance.teachthefacts.org/2007/05/newstalk-transcript-second-part.html

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JimNovember 16, 2017 at 7:35 AM
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David S. Fishback, a retired attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, is Advocacy Chair for the Metro DC Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). His involvement in social justice efforts began as a college student in the 1960s, when he ran a tutoring program in Washington, DC. Following a year as a VISTA volunteer at a prison in Memphis, TN, he went to Harvard Law School and worked on Democratic Party reform issues.

After graduation, he joined the Office of General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. In 1983, David went to the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, where he litigated environmental tort matters, most notably the government's successful defense against lawsuits brought by asbestos product and Agent Orange manufacturers, who were seeking to shift their tort liability to the federal taxpayers.

In 1984, David became co-president of the PTA at a magnet integration primary school in Silver Spring, MD, beginning his efforts as an education activist in Montgomery County. He began advocating for LGBTQ youth in 2002 when he was appointed to the County Board of Education's Citizens Advisory Committee on sexuality education issues. During his time as chair of that committee and later through PFLAG, he was integrally involved in the ultimately successful effort to bring intelligent discussion of LGBTQ topics into the secondary school health curriculum and guidance offices.

A past member of the Temple Emanuel of Kensington MD Board of Trustees, David and his wife Bobbi co-founded and co-chaired (from 2002 to 2019) the Temple's Kulanu Committee for LGBTQ outreach. He is also a long-time member of the Temple's Social Action Council. In 2020, David was appointed to the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism.