Originally born on July 6, 1907, this Mexican Painter, known for her self-portraits, allegedly wanted the year of her birth to coincide with the beginning of the Mexican revolution so she gave July 7, 1910 as her birth date.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
100
This military policy was originally signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1993, and was recently repealed.
What is Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
100
The murder of this young man spurred Congress to pass legislation, later vetoed by President George W. Bush, that would have protected gays under federal hate-crime laws
Who is Matthew Shephard?
100
These twin indie rockers from the Great White North have found success with albums such as "Sainthood" and "The Con."
Who are Tegan and Sara?
100
The word 'Lesbian' is derived from the home of this Greek poet
Who is Sappho?
200
Heiress and fashion model, Edie Sedgwick, was once this artist’s muse, before her untimely death in 1971.
Who is Andy Warhol?
200
This proposed federal legislation would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. One wording of the bill would also add gender expression to the list of employment protections.
What is ENDA?
200
The Stonewall Riots broke out in this city on June 28th, 1969
What is New York City?
200
This actor plays a sexy Vulcan in space...when he isn't cutting people heads open that is
Who is Zachary Quinto?
200
The acronym GSM stands for this
What is Gender and/or Sexuality Minority?
300
This artist and social activist, who died of AIDS-related complications in 1990, responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.
Who is Keith Haring?
300
The 1983 Supreme Court case that ruled that the constitutional right to privacy did not extend to same-sex relations
What is Bowers v. Hardwick?
300
This group staged a 1966 "sip-in" at a New York bar to challenge a ban on serving alcohol to queer people
Who are The Mattachine Society
300
This lesbian singer/songwriter made headlines when her partner Julie Cypher gave birth to rocker David Crosby’s child in 1997.
Who is Melissa Etheridge?
300
A person who identifies as the gender/sex they were assigned at birth could identify as this
What is cisgender?
400
This iconic artist’s contribution to the Pop movement created quite a splash when he unveiled his pool series in 1967.
Who is David Hockney?
400
In this 2003 case, the Supreme Court ruled that laws banning sodomy are unconstitutional.
What is Lawrence v. Texas?
400
This transwoman, an ex-soldier, was one of the first to highlight transgender issues in the American mainstream; her widely-read autobiography was originally published in 1967.
Who is Christine Jorgensen?
400
Freddie Mercury was front man of this band, known for hits such as “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions!”
Who is Queen?
400
The belief that heterosexuality is the normal and preferred sexual orientation and all others are deviant, and the assumption that everyone you meet is straight or should be.
What is heterosexism?
500
This Finnish artist, notable for his stylized fetish art, influenced gay culture in the late twentieth century when he created a world in which masculinity was caricatured.
Who is Tom of Finland?
500
In 2009, President Barack Obama invited this man, who was fired from his government job in the 1950s for being openly gay, to the signing ceremony for a presidential order barring discrimination in federal benefits.
Who is Frank Kameny?
500
The year in which the American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders
What is 1973?
500
This man made history when he portrayed Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu
Who is George Takei?
500
This word is a shortened version of and slang term for Asexual