Pride Around the World
Science, Tech and Innovation
Icons & Allies
Literature
Queer Music and Art
200
This country hosts the world’s largest Pride parade, with over 3 million attendees.
What is Brazil?
200
This transgender individual would become one of the Pioneers of the use of Synthesizers in the scorring of music for Film, and recording.
Who is Wendy Carlos?
200
This singer and actress became a gay icon for her campy style an powerful ballads like, "Believe" and she's also the mother of transgender advocate Chaz.
Who is Cher?
200
Graphic novel series by Alice Oseman. Love story between Nick and Charlie
What is Heartstopper?
200
This queer icon and outspoken ally of the LGBTQ community recently set a record for the largest concert for a female musician
Who is Lady Gaga? 
400
Since 1994, this Asian city-state has hosted “Pink Dot,” a public gathering supporting LGBTQ+ rights despite strict public assembly laws.
What is Singapore?
400
This British Mathematician would make invaluable contributions to during World War 2 to break the Engima Code. He would later go on to make invaluable contributions to the field of Computer Science. His career would be tragically cut short by a bigoted legal system.
Who is Alan Turing
400
This trailblazing politician was the first openly gay man elected to public office in CA and a martyr for LGBTQ+ rights after his assassination in 1978.
Who is Harvey Milk?
400
Novel by Andre Aciman explores romantic relationship between Elio and Oliver in 41980s in Italy.
What is Call Me By Your Name?
400
This drag superstar coined the phrase “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” on her Emmy-winning reality competition show.
Who is RuPaul?
600
This European country held the world’s first official government-recognized Pride parade in 1972 in its capital, Stockholm.
What is Sweden?
600
This openly gay man would go on to take the reigns of one of the most influential technology companies in the United States following the passing of its founder.
Who is Tim Cook?
600
Known for hits like "Born This Way," this pop star has consistently advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and founded the Born This Way Foundation.
Who is Lady Gaga?
600
Book by Ocean Vuong blends poetry and prose explore queer identity and immigrant experience
What is "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"?
600
Though often seen as a party anthem, this 1978 disco hit by the Village People became a coded celebration of gay culture and safe communal spaces.
What is "YMCA"?
800
In this Middle Eastern country, where LGBTQ+ rights are severely restricted, underground Pride events and online activism continue to grow as acts of resistance.
What is Iran?
800
This Famous Bisexual man and freed slave of the 19th and 20th centuries was a prolific inventor whose contributions to industrial technology are felt to this very day.
Who is George Washington Carver?
800
This transgender activist and Stonewall veteran is celebrated for her role in sparking the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement in the U.S.
Who is Marsha Johnson?
800
Virginia Woolf novel is one of the first trans-themed English literature works.
What is Orlando?
800
In a 1983 MTV interview, this British rock star directly challenged the network on its lack of representation of Black artists, demonstrating his long-standing advocacy for marginalized communities, including the LGBTQ+ community.
Who is David Bowie?
1000
In this island nation, Pride is celebrated with a week-long festival in Valetta, and it became the first EU country to ban conversion therapy.
What is Malta?
1000
This American Physician and noted Lesbian, was a pioneer of the principle of preventative care in medicine, most notably in regards to decreasing infant mortality. She would later go on to become the Assistant Surgeon General.
Who is Sara Josephine Baker?
1000
This beloved children's television host was known for his quiet advocacy and inclusion and his show has been praised for promoting tolerance
Who is Mr Rogers?
1000
James Baldin semi-autobiographical novel exploring love and identity in Paris.
What is Giovanni's Room?
1000
A powerful Broadway musical set during the AIDS crisis, this Pulitzer Prize–winning show introduced characters like Angel and Collins and ends with the message “no day but today.”
What is "Rent"?