LGBTQ+ Politics
This state was the first to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.
A) Maryland
B) Iowa
C) Wisconsin
D) California
What is C) Wisconsin?
This YouTube phenomenon, started in response to many LGBT youth suicides, encourages adults to release videos providing encouragement to LGBT youth.
A) You Can Do It
B) The It Gets Better Project
C) Be a Buddy
D) Act Up
What is B) The It Gets Better Project
This movie made national headlines for depicting a gay relationship between cowboys.
A) Into the Sunset
B) Brokeback Mountain
C) Titanic
D) Desert Dreams
What is B) Brokeback Mountain?
The Stonewall Riots occurred in this year.
A) 1955
B) 1963
C) 1969
D) 1972
What is C) 1969?
Roy and Silo were a couple of these in the Central Park Zoo.
A) Monkeys
B) Penguins
C) Kangaroos
D) Frogs
B) Penguins
This man was the first openly gay man to be elected to office in California.
A) John Baker
B) Harvey Milk
C) Brian Smithson
D) James Breaker
Who is B) Harvey Milk?
This group is a resource for straight allies who have loved ones who are LGBTQ+
A) GLSEN
B) Human Rights Campaign
C) GLAAD
D) PFLAG
What is D) PFLAG?
This bisexual author won the Pulitzer Prize for her book The Color Purple.
A) Alice Walker
B) Shelly Smith
C) Amy Lightkey
D) Janelle Wright
Who is A) Alice Walker?
This Black activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor was a key figure of the Stonewall uprising.
A) Shelly Cooper
B) Linda Jones
C) Rae Burberry
D) Marsha P. Johnson
Who is D) Marsha P. Johnson?
This is the name given to a romantic relationship between women (possibly but not necessarily lesbian) in the 1800s.
A) Annapolis Marriage
B) Raleigh Marriage
C) Washington Marriage
D) Boston Marriage
What is D) Boston Marriage?
This president made it illegal for the US Government to hire gay and lesbian people.
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Richard Nixon
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who is D) Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This organization uses the widely recognized symbol of a blue square with a yellow equal sign, and works as an LGBT advocacy group.
A) Human Rights Campagin
B) Baltimore Safe Haven
C) Lambda Legal
D) Family Acceptance Project
What is A) Human Rights Campaign?
This coming of age novel published by Rita Mae Brown is considered a classic piece of lesbian literature.
A) Happy Feet
B) Rubyfruit Jungle
C) In Her Day
D) Six of One
What is B) Rubyfruit Jungle
These two presidents are the only presidents who have officially recognized Pride Month.
A) Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
B) George W. Bush and Barack Obama
C) Bill Clinton and Joe Biden
D) Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Who are D) Barack Obama and Joe Biden?
This dance craze made mainstream by gay icon Madonna originated in the LGBTQ+ underground ball culture?
A) Voguing
B) Shuffling
C) Square Dancing
D) Electric Slide
What is A) Voguing?
In 2020, the US Supreme Court rules that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed nationwide protection from what form of discrimination?
A) Housing
B) Marriage
C) Workplace
D) Athletic
What is C) Workplace
This organization provides opportunities for a higher quality of life for transgender people in Baltimore City living in survival mode.
A) PFLAG
B) Human Rights Campaign
C) Baltimore Safe Haven
D) Free State Justice
What is C) Baltimore Safe Haven?
A dramatized account of the life of Brandon Teena is told in this Hillary Swank movie.
A) Conviction
B) PS I love you
C) Something Borrowed
D) Boys Don't Cry
What is D) Boys Don't Cry?
This Latina gay liberation and transgender rights activist was also a noted community worker in New York who helped lead the Stonewall Riots.
A) Maria Martinez
B) Sofia Shannon
C) Sylvia Rivera
D) Elena Hernandez
Who is C) Sylvia Rivera?
This radical queer organization was founded by New York City transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in 1970.
A) S.T.A.R.
B) Lambda Legal
C) Purple Passion
D) Human Rights Campagin
What is A) STAR?
This man was Martin Luther King’s right-hand man and organizer of the 1963 March on Washington who kept and was kept in the background because he was gay and there were concerns he could jeopardize the civil rights movement.
A) Michael Robertson
B) Bayard Rustin
C) Bryant Jones
D) Rex James
Who is B) Bayard Rustin?
This organization works to create safe schools for all.
A) Baltimore Safe Haven
B) Free State Justice
C) GLSEN
D) Human Rights Campaign
What is C) GLSEN?
The first novel of this African‐American novelist and intellectual was Giovanni’s Room, a critically acclaimed work that explores bisexuality, as well as intimate relationships between men.
A) James Baldwin
B) Bryce Donaldson
C) Jonah Plim
D) Samuel Stockton
Who is A) James Baldwin?
These two colors were added to Philadelphia’s pride flag in 2017.
A) Gray and Pink
B) Light Blue and Light Pink
C) Black and Brown
D) Brown and Aqua
What is C) Black and Brown?
The term "the closet" was first used in which decade?
A) 1890s
B) 1920s
C) 1960s
D) 1980s
What is C) 1960s?