# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-gerber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:45.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-gerber"
name: "Henry Gerber"
slug: "henry-gerber"
description: "Henry Gerber was an early gay rights activist in the United States. Inspired by the work of Germany's Magnus Hirschfeld and his Scientific-Humanitarian Committee and by the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht by Friedrich Radszuweit and Karl Schulz, Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights (SHR) in 1924, the United States' first known gay organization, and Friendship and Freedom, the first known American gay publication. SHR was short-lived, as police arrested several of its members shortly after it incorporated. Although embittered by his experiences, Gerber maintained contacts within the fledgling homophile movement of the 1950s and continued to agitate for the rights of homosexuals. Gerber has been repeatedly recognized for his contributions to the LGBT movement."
tagline: "Homosexual rights activist in the United States"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Henry_Gerber.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1892-06-29"
deathDate: "1972-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             6.485685071574643
  historical:           6.579053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gerber"
    title: "Henry Gerber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "هنري جيربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "هنرى جيربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gerber"
    title: "Henry Gerber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gerber"
    title: "Henry Gerber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gerber"
    title: "Henry Gerber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gerber"
    title: "Henry Gerber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5721949"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump