Queer History
LGBTQ+ identities
Media
Slang
100

What year was Stonewall?

what is 1969!

100

What does LGBTQ stand for

What is Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer?

100
The origin of the quote, "I'm not like homophobic, I'm an ally."

Heartstopper (S1 ep 4)

100

A recent expression meaning: to greatly impress, especially in nature or dress. (also a common exclamation) 

What is Slay?

200

Who was the first openly gay elected official in the USA? (elected in California 1976)

Who is Harvey Milk?

200

A Native American term for a person who does not conform to a gender norm.

What is Two-Spirit?
200
the competition show where drag queens compete for "the queen of drag"

What is RuPaul's drag race

200

An aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value. (ostentatious or cheesy)

What is Camp?

300

Who created the first rainbow pride flag?

Who is Gilbert Baker?

300
What percent of the US population identifies with the LGBTQ community?

7%

300

The hosts for the popular, queer Netflix lifestyle show

Who are the Fab 5 (Bobby, Antoni, Jonathan, Tan, Karamo)?

300

A somewhat derogatory term to describe a non-LGBTQ person (truncated version).

What is a cishet.

400

What was the mass moral panic regarding the presence of LGBTQ people in the government's workforce in 1950? (extension of McCarthyism)

What is the Lavender Scare?

400

A term used to describe a person who may have the biological attributes of both sexes or whose biological attributes do not fit with societal assumptions about what constitutes male or female.

What is Intersex?

400

Film that made Oscar history by being the first Best Picture-winner to have a Lgbt protagonist.

What is Moonlight?

400
The grammar system/ dialect of a specific people group which most queer/drag slang is derived.

What is AAVE (African-American Vernacular English)?

500

Who was the first transgender pharaoh?

Who is Hatshepsut?

500

A person (non male identifying) who is attracted to other non-male identifying persons.

What is Neptunic?

500
The first motion picture to depict a (speculatively) gay couple.

What was "The Dickson Experimental Sound Film"? (1894) 

500

A secret slang language used between queer folks in the 20th century.

What is Polari?

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