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Firsts
200
2-season show featuring the 1980s New York ball scene
POSE
200
This best-selling author says she would have been in Gryffindor; after a series of trans-phobic tweets, we place her in Slytherin
JK Rowling
200
This summer-born cat sign is known as vain and loyal; they also display leadership qualities
Leo
200
Get out the grill! This word, from the Arawak people of modern-day Haiti, is a special way to prepare meat
Barbecue
200
Do you believe in life after love? Asked this singer in 1998
Cher
200
This Colorado representative is the first lesbian African-American to be elected to the state’s legislature
Leslie Herod
400
A sexy hairy gay man
Bear
400
This famous anti-feminist who died in 2016 now has a miniseries based on her life streaming on Hulu: “Mrs. America”
Phyllis Schlafly
400
Often unfairly shat on by other signs, this sign is enigmatic and passionate
Scorpio
400
First domesticated by the indigenous people of modern-day Mexico, this cereal grain now feeds American livestock
Maize/corn
400
This icon has been teaching millions of people what “throwing shade” means since 2009
RuPaul
400
Kathy Kozachenko was the first openly queer person elected to political office when she ran for the Ann Arbor City Council in this decade
1970s
600
Fill in the blank: ACT UP= _______ Coalition to Unleash Power
AIDS
600
This former Indiana governor once said “Societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family.”
Mike Pence
600
Some are surprised to know that this sign is an air sign
Aquarius
600
Many believe the Mayans enjoyed this brown treat with every meal
Chocolate/cacoa
600
This activist always said her middle initial stood for “Pay it no mind”
Marsha P. Johnson
600
Christine Jorgensen made international headlines when she went public about this in 1951, becoming the first American to do so
Gender-affirming surgery/transitioning
800
Fill in the blank: English author Radclyffe Hall wrote this lesbian novel in 1928: “The _____ of Loneliness”
Well
800
This blonde conservative media pundit authored the book “Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right” in 2002
Ann Coulter
800
This sign's symbol is:
Sagittarius
800
This green fruit, once enjoyed by the Olmecs, didn’t become widely popular in the US until the 1950s
Avocados
800
This lead singer, who died in 1991, was named Farrokh Bulsara
Freddie Mercury
800
In 1961, this midwestern state became the first to repeal its sodomy laws
Illinois
1000
This book of the Bible:
“Intreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; the people shall be my people, and thy god my god.”
Ruth
1000
Pat Robertson called this movement a “socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.”
Feminism
1000
This bovine sign is also known for its devotion
Taurus
1000
This nut was first thought by Europeans to be inedible; native Brazilians showed them they were not only safe to eat, but yummy
Cashews
1000
Pedro Zamora, who died in 1994 at the age of 22, is credited with educating millions of Americans about AIDS on this reality show.
The Real World: San Francisco
1000
This astronaut was the first American woman in space and the youngest American to ever go to space. She came out in her obituary after her death in 2012.
Sally Ride