Flags
The number of colors on the classic (most common) rainbow flag.
What is six?
The lead singer of the band Queen.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
This short word means people who are not queer or trans.
What is cishet?
The most common queer symbol! Hint: flags.
What is a rainbow?
Pride month is celebrated in this month in the US and many other countries.
What is June?
The colors of the nonbinary flag.
What are yellow, white, purple, and black?
This gay man is considered the father of computer science.
Who is Alan Turing?
This is an abbreviated, somewhat "cutesy" term for non-binary.
What is enby (NB)?
This symbol was used to label gay men during the holocaust and has since been reclaimed by the queer community. It is often used by the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP).
What is the pink triangle?
This famous queer artist was originally from Pittsburgh, before moving to New York.
Who is Andy Warhol?
These colors were featured on the original rainbow flag, but aren't commonly used because they were hard to print at the time.
Iconic queer author, writer of "The Portrait of Dorian Gray".
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This royal title is used as a compliment. It comes from Black and queer culture but has been adopted by many younger people across demographics.
What is queen?
This plant and the shade of purple named after it are common symbols for the queer community, especially lesbians. It is used in terms such as "______ Marriage" and "The ______ Scare".
What is lavender?
The year gay marriage was legalized federally in the US.
What is 1999?
One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US, the first openly gay person elected to public office in California.
Who is Harvey Milk?
A type of performance (often crossdressing) that incorporates costumes, exaggerated makeup, and over-the-top characters.
What is drag?
This flower name was used as an insult for queer men. The flower and its name have been reclaimed and are sometimes used by queer men now.
What is a pansy?
This event kickstarted the queer movement of the 70s.
What is Stonewall?
The meanings of the colors of the bisexual flag.
What are attraction to the same gender, different gender(s), and the combination of the two?
Iconic Black transgender woman, present at the Stonewall riots. Often falsely believed to have thrown the first brick.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
This phrase was a covert way of saying someone was queer: "A friend of _______"
What is Dorothy?
This green flower was made a queer symbol by Oscar Wilde.
What is a carnation?
This was the year that the first official pride parade was held.
What is 1970?