Recap of activity in Montgomery County MD since 2016
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2025/02/recap-of-activity-in-montgomery-county.html
As we gird for the struggles ahead dealing with the Trump attacks on LGBTQ+ people and on our public schools which have been acting to protect them, it may be worthwhile to review the history of what happened in Montgomery County following Trump's first election, and what has happened since then.
We rebounded after the 2016 election. We continued to stand strong throughout the first Trump term and continued to make progress. And we will not back down. These links may help those in the struggle:
December 4, 2016
Life Goes On: Advocacy for LGBTQ Youth
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2016/12/life-goes-on-advocacy-for-lgbtq-youth.html
January 12, 2017
"We are enraged, but engaged": Views from the PFLAG/LGBT Community in the face of the incoming Trump Administration
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/01/we-are-enraged-but-engaged-views-from.html
February 22, 2017
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY: YOUR RIGHTS IN MCPS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/02/transgender-students-in-montgomery.html
March 27, 2017
Recap and Resources: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Matters in the Montgomery County Public Schools
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/03/recap-and-resources-sexual-orientation.html
June 18, 2017
Grassroots victory on Transgender Rights in Frederick County, MD
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/06/grassroots-victory-on-transgender.html
October 8, 2017
Presentation at the Communities United Against Hate School Conference, October 7, 2017
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/10/presentation-at-cuah-school-conference.html
October 13, 2017
President Trump speaks to hate group
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/10/president-trump-speaks-to-hate-group.html
November 21, 2017
Transgender Day of Remembrance Interfaith Service and the Spiritual Journey of a Fine Woman
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2017/11/transgender-day-of-remembrance.html
February 8, 2018
Testimony on HB 13 in the Maryland House of Delegates
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/02/testimony-on-hb-13-in-maryland-house-of.html
March 29, 2018
Temple Emanuel Brit Olam Letter to MCPS
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/03/temple-emanuel-brit-olam-letter-to-mcps.html
April 14, 2018
New Elementary School in Montgomery County (MD) named after Bayard Rustin
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-elementary-school-in-montgomery.html
April 16, 2018
Thank you note to the Montgomery County Board of Education
http://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2018/04/thank-you-note-to-montgomery-county.html
April 12, 2019
Thoughts on the current exchanges between Pete Buttigieg and Mike Pence
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/04/thoughts-on-current-exchanges-between.html
May 13, 2019
Maryland PFLAG Chapters' Letter to Gov. Larry Hogan Urging Action to Protect Transgender Maryland National Guard Service Members and Recruits
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/05/maryland-pflag-chapters-letter-to-gov.html
September 2, 2019
Resources: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Matters in the Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools (2019)
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2019/09/resources-sexual-orientation-and-gender.html
May 3, 2020
Fomenting Fear and Division in Montgomery County, from Maryland Matters, May 1,2020
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2020/05/fomenting-fear-and-division-in.html
July 2, 2020
What the Supreme Court's Bostock decision means for the ACA -- and what the dissents signal for progress.
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-supreme-courts-bostock-decision.html
December 31, 2020
Follow up to "Fomenting Fear and Division in Montgomery County" (May 2020)
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2020/12/follow-up-to-fomenting-fear-and.html
August 20, 2022
Protecting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students: Major Court Victory Protecting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2022/08/protecting-transgender-and-gender-non.html
July 17, 2023
Maryland Matters Commentary: We can't opt out of diversity in our schools and communities
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2023/07/maryland-matters-commentary-we-cant-opt.html
November 22, 2023
Trump's 21st Century Roy Cohn comes to Montgomery County
https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2023/11/trumps-21st-century-roy-cohn-comes-to.html