Killer Queens
This queen would be incomplete without her pageant doll alter-ego Lil' Poundcake
Who is Alaska?
This iconic queer anthem was released in 1980, and its title features an event many queer people go through.
What is "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross?
This Denver neighborhood became known and visbile as the "gayborhood" post World War Two for its prominence as a place of LGBTQIA+ gathering and organizing.
What is Capitol Hill?
This ancient author is known for her love of poetry, as well as her love for women.
Who is Sappho?
This fruit-producing plant originates from the Mediterranian and West Asia, and produces fruit one of our protagonists love to juggle.
What is a fig tree?
This queen went on to create her own makeup line, pursue a music career, and recently remodeled and opened her own motel.
Who is Trixie Mattel?
This iconic singer began publicly speaking about their nonbinary identity in 2019, and has recently released a new song that has quickly amassed over 240 million listens on Spotify alone.
Who is Sam Smith?
This group was founded by Black radical feminists in the 1970s that sought to fight against the erasure of Black women and their experiences by the white-centered feminist movement and male-centered Civil Rights Movement
What is the Combahee River Collective?
This young adult author has written many books, most notably a series that feature two young men named after historical Greek thinkers, the beauty of queerness, and a red truck.
Who is Benjamin Alire Sáenz?
Emily Dickinson wrote over 1,000 of these.
What are letters?
Fun fact: Roughly half of those were addressed to her long-term "friend," Susan Gilbert.
This season six queen never lets anyone forget she's a Libra
Who is Adore Delano?
This singer of a recent country song was the first artist to "come out" while they had a number one record.
Who is Lil Nas X?
This term was predominantly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe two women (most often wealthy) who lived together as "friends."
What are Boston Marriages?
This American author graduated from Stanford University and is known for their work with speculative fiction and Afrofuturism. Their most recent book also won the Lambda Literary Award in 2020.
Who is Rivers Solomon?
This place is home to 94 percent of the Earth's wildlife.
What is the ocean?
This queen, frequently identified as one of the most famous queens in the world, owns a 60,000 acre ranch with their partner that spans from Wyoming to South Dakota.
Who is RuPaul Charles?
Though we know her as a soft pop icon, this singer-songwriter got her start in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth.
Who is Hayley Kiyoko?
This iconic Jazz singer and pianist of the mid-1930s is one of the earliest known trans musicians in American history.
Who is Billy Tipton?
This author won the Stonewall Honor award of 2020 with their book Pet. The title of their most recent book, released in 2022, comes from a song by Florence and the Machine.
Who is Akwaeke Emezi?
This specific type of jewelry has historically been used to signal queerness who share the same identity.
What are (thumb) rings?
This season six queen hails from Puerto Rico and used her actual last name in her drag name to make her family proud.
Who is April Carrión?
This musician gained popularity in the 1920s as a Black, lesbian singer who often performed in three piece suits and top hats.
Who is Gladys Bentley?
Started in 1924 by a U.S. Army soldier when he returned from being stationed in Germany, this is one of the first known gay rights organizations in America.
The Society for Human Rights
This queer science fiction writer held many odd jobs to support herself before her career took off in 1979, including to occupation of a potato chip inspector.
Who is Octavia E. Butler?
This Danish modern and impressionist painter is renowned as one of the first trans artists in the fine arts.
Who is Lili Elbe?