Liam O'Mara IV, PhDDec 10
The #SocietyForHumanRights was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 1924. The first #GayRights / #LGBTQLiberation organization in the United States, it collapsed just a few months later when its founder, #HenryGerber, and several other members were arrested and their papers seized.
John AutryNov 10
November 10, 1924 - The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the U.S., was founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant. He had been inspired by Germany’s Scientific Humanitarian Committee, formed to oppose the oppression of men and women considered "sexual intermediates."
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 10, 2024

100 years ago, a #Chicagoan made #history by founding the first #gayrights #organization in the #US.

In 1924, #HenryGerber established the #SocietyForHumanRights, the nation’s first #gay #rights group, paving the way for #LGBTQ+ #activism in the #LandofLincoln

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Illinois #Chicago #Activism #GayRights #Representation #Culture

https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/12/09/100-years-lgbtq-rights-henry-gerber-chicago-history

100 years ago, a Chicagoan founded the first U.S. gay rights group

A discussion Tuesday digs into Gerber's life.

Axios Chicago
John AutryJun 1, 2024

June 1, 1932

Gay rights organizer Henry Gerber published an article in Modern Thinker magazine attacking the view that homosexuality is a neurosis.

In 1924, Henry Gerber, a postal worker in Chicago, started the Society for Human Rights, America's first known gay rights organization.

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Joan of Contention 😷Dec 10, 2023

#OTD 10 December 1924: the first gay rights organisation in the US, the Society for Human Rights, was founded in Chicago by postalworker and army veteran, Henry Gerber, inspired by the work of Magnus Hirschfeld in Germany. It lasted a few months, until police arrested Gerber and several others.

via Working Class History (from elsewhere)

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