Frank Mugisha

The first openly gay rights organization in the United States was established in 1924 by a German immigrant, Henry Gerber. The Society for Human Rights had a significant and prophetic name. Over two decades before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Gerber understood that sexuality was defined as a human right. It’s true, this did not represent a breakthrough for gay people in the US in the wider culture: police raids led to the Society’s disbanding in 1925. Rather, it was the beginning of a struggle. Ninety-five years later, the Stonewall rebellion. This act of resistance, considered to be the […]