This chapter delves into the life of Henry Gerber, founder of the Chicago Society for Human Rights, the earliest gay rights organization in the US. Despite his advocacy for gay rights, Gerber's views on bisexuals and lesbians are examined in this exploration of his impactful yet complex character.
This 2015 episode on Henry Gerber covers his founding of the Society for Human Rights in Chicago in the 1920s with the intent to decriminalize homosexuality. Gerber was inspired by Germany's homosexual emancipation movement.
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