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  1. Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @[email protected] ·

    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

    axios.com/local/chicago/2024/1

    #chicagoan #history #gayrights #organization #us #henrygerber
  2. Joan's Addiction 😷 @[email protected] ·

    #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)

    #HenryGerber #SocietyForHumanRights #LGBTQIHistory #History #OnThisDay #IHRD #InternationalHumanRightsDay

    #otd #lgbtqihistory #history #onthisday #ihrd #internationalhumanrightsday