Film
Tom Hanks won an Oscar for playing a gay man in what film?
Philadelphia
Laura Jane Grace fronts which rock band?
Against Me!
What year did Gilbert Baker create the original Rainbow Flag?
1978
It was originally eight colors, but it was later reduced to six – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet
What show aired the first-ever lesbian wedding on American TV?
Friends
The first gay and lesbian bookstore in America was called what?
The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York City
Who played Harvey Milk in Milk?
Sean Penn
Cyndi Lauper wrote the music for Kinky Boots based on whose book?
Harvey Fierstein
Who was the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
Tim Cook
The CEO came out in an essay published by Bloomberg in 2014.
What TV show featured the largest transgender cast in history?
Pose
Greg Louganis won Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 for what sport?
Diving
Natasha Lyonne played a lesbian forced to go to a conversion therapy camp?
But I’m A Cheerleader
Actress Tessa Thompson starred in the music video for "Pynk" by which artist?
Janelle Monáe - Identifying as pansexual, Monáe came out publicly as non-binary in 2022, stating that their “pronouns are free-a** m**********r—and they/them, her/she”.
Who became the first openly gay anchor to host a major primetime news show in the US?
Rachel Maddow, in 2008
What show features the longest-running queer character in TV history?
Grey’s Anatomy (Dr. Callie Torres)
Who was the first Black openly gay actor to win an Emmy?
Billy Porter