Front and center at the National Gay Task Force in 1985 David Rothenberg ran for city council, using his platform to raise awareness about AIDS.
David Rothenberg is a man who has been a powerful, consistent force in the fight for equality in the LGBTQ community."The world has changed dramatically," David Rothenberg said. "The mere fact, I am being interviewed openly with you I would have never done in 1967."
He feared revealing his true self would negatively affect his organization and so Rothenberg told several clients he would make the announcement and resign. Front and center at the National Gay Task Force in 1985 David ran for city council, using his platform to raise awareness about AIDS. David took part in his first pride march in 1970 and will be back out there sunday. The 89-year-old said he'll draw strength from what Barack Obama once noted about democracy, that this nation will have many peaks and valleys.
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