The terms homosexual and heterosexual were coined by Karl-Maria Kertbeny in private correspondence in 1868 and published in two pamphlets in 1869, becoming the standard terms when used by Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

Is LGBT history required?

States like California, New Jersey, Colorado, Oregon, and Illinois have public school curricula that legally require LGBT history lessons, including prominent gay people and LGBT-rights milestones, in history classes.

What happened to Henry Gerber?

Gerber was 80 years old when he died at the home on December 31, 1972. He was buried in the adjoining United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery .