National Coming Out Day (NCOD)
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This famous gay NYC artist created the iconic coming out image that is associated with NCOD to this day!
Who is Keith Haring?
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This international occasion is a month-long celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that takes place in the same month as the Stonewall Riots.
What is Pride Month?
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This "Old Town" rapper came out in 2019 on the last day of Pride Month.
Who is Lil Nas X?
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This former first lady was believed to have an affair with Lorena Hickok.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
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This "hot" color was included in the original Pride flag design by Gilbert Baker to represent sexuality.
What is hot pink?
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True or False: National Coming Out Day is also celebrated in countries outside the U.S., such as Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Portugal.
True!
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This trans-focused celebration takes place in March of every year to celebrate transgender people and acknowledge their contributions to society.
What is Transgender Day of Visibility?
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In 1997, this TV actress and celebrity was one of the first to come out as lesbian on her self-titled television show.
Who is Ellen Degeneres?
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This famous poet was believed to have had an affair with her sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
The name of this common assumption that everyone is (or ought to be) heterosexual.
What is heterosexism?
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National Coming Out Day was created in this year to raise awareness about the LGBT community and its civil rights movement.
What is 1988?
300
This is an annual day of action organized by GLSEN where students avoid speaking to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of LGBTQ+ students in schools.
What is Day of Silence?
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On June 1, 2015, Caitlyn Jenner came out as a transgender woman on the cover of this magazine with the title "Call Me Caitlyn".
What is Vanity Fair?
300
John Laurens is believed to have been the secret lover of this American Founding Father.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
In this campy 2000 film, Natasha Lyonne plays a lesbian forced to go to a conversion therapy camp.
What is But I’m a Cheerleader?
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National Coming Out Day is celebrated each year on October 11, which is the anniversary of this 1987 LGBTQ+ protest.
What is the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights?
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This event has been observed annually since its inception in November 1999 to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?
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This film actress openly dates women and confirmed her sexuality on a 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live with a curt “I’m so gay, dude.”
Who is Kristen Stewart?
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This King of England, while married to Anne of Denmark, was believed to have male courtiers.
Who is King James the First?
400
This television drama features the longest-running queer character in TV history.
Bonus points if you can name the character!
What is Grey's Anatomy?
Bonus: Who is Dr. Callie Torres, played by Sara Ramírez?
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To celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11, 2002, the Human Rights Campaign released an album with this name, featuring artists such as Kevin Aviance, Cyndi Lauper, and Sarah McLachlan.
Hint: It was the same as that year's NCOD theme.
What is Being Out Rocks?
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This international day is observed in December every year to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourn those who have died of the disease.
What is World AIDS Day?
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This Asian-American actor publicly came out as gay at age 68 in 2005, a decision motivated by anger over California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoing a marriage equality bill.
"Why did I come out when I did? Because Schwarzenegger presented himself as a movie star who had worked and was friends with gays and lesbians, many of whom voted for him, but then vetoed that bill. I was so angry that I spoke to the press for the first time as a gay man at the age of 68.”
Who is George Takei?
500
This quirky, suited television and film star was not out publicly until the release of a post-humous documentary where it was revealed that his most famous character was inspired by his relationship with a man.
Who is Pee-wee Herman / Paul Reubens?
500
This lesbian writer's "test" on gender disparity in Hollywood movies began as "The Rule" in a 1985 comic strip.
Who is Alison Bechdel?