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Elliot Fishman

Elliot Fishman was born in 1959 in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Miami University before getting his law degree from the Ohio State University. Studying at the Moritz College of Law in the 1980s put him in the orbits of professors Rhonda Rivera and Douglas Whaley, two of the strongest gay-right advocates in the State of Ohio. Between their influence and an importance of community service fostered by his family; Fishman took leadership roles in the newly forming gay-rights organizations, Stonewall Union and the Human Rights Campaign. He was also essential in the fight against AIDs in the 1980s, serving on the AIDs Taskforce. In his interview Fishman talks about his family and their views on being gay, first realizing he was "different," and his awareness of other gay-people when he was young. He shares his experience coming out, how and where he found his community, and how he became involved in gay-rights activism. Fishman discusses the founding of Stonewall Union, his roles in the organization in the early years (fundraising), and some people who were supporters of the organization. He describes the Gay Pride Parade and accompanying protests before moving on to talk about the 1984 fight at the Columbus City Council meeting to determine job protections based on sexual orientation. He speaks on the response to the AIDs epidemic in Columbus in the 1980s, his work with city and state leaders, and the gay-rights leaders who worked for change in the 1980s and 90s. Fishman helped form an LGBTQ focused law association and was the 2nd president of the Human Rights Campaign. He discusses parties and gay clubs in Columbus inclduing the Kismet, Tradewinds, The Garage, Imaginations, Corbett Reynolds's Rudely Elegant, and the history of the Berwick Ball. He concludes his interview by talking about, discrimination, the changes in Columbus's gay community, and his hopes for its future. Ohio Memory: https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collec...