Society for Human Rights

Society for Human Rights
Named afterBund für Menschenrecht
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
FounderHenry Gerber
Dissolved1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Typenon-profit organization
Location

The Society for Human Rights was an American gay-rights organization established in Chicago in 1924. Society founder Henry Gerber was inspired to create it by the work of German doctor Magnus Hirschfeld and the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee and by the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht by Friedrich Radszuweit and Karl Schulz in Berlin. It was the first recognized gay rights organization in the United States, having received a charter from the state of Illinois, and produced the first American publication for homosexuals, Friendship and Freedom.[1][2][3] A few months after being chartered, the group ceased to exist in the wake of the arrest of several of the Society's members. Despite its short existence and small size, the Society has been recognized as a precursor to the modern gay liberation movement.

  1. ^ "Timeline: Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement". PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  3. ^ Metcalf, Meg. "LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide: Before Stonewall: The Homophile Movement". guides.loc.gov.