Career
In 1999 he co-founded the Queer Youth Network. He writes a regular column in London"s QX magazine, and has been a contributor to the Pink Paper and OutNorthWest. David has been outspoken in the media and petitioned the government on the issue of civil partnerships and has argued that they "create a two-tier system of inequality".
In June 2009 he attempted to perform a citizen"s arrest on Salford Member of Parliament Hazel Blears at a constituency party meeting in Swinton.
He received 730 votes and Hazel Blears received 16,655. Despite the distribution of votes, David"s campaign generated notable media interest.
He was shadowed by a film crew and was the focus of the 30-minute documentary film The Candidate which premièred on Channel M. Described as an "intimate and amusing portrait". lieutenant has since been shown at a number of film festivals and has received acclaim after being nominated for the Royal Television Society Awards, Exposures 2001 and the Salford International Film Festival.