LGBTQ History
Queer Icon Sappho was a poet from this location.
What is the island of Lesbos in Greece?
Idk, up to you.
An umbrella term for someone who doesn't fit within the gender binary.
What is Gender Non-Conforming/Non-Binary?
This is what PFLAG stands for.
What is Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (later broadened to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)?
He was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States in California.
Who is Harvey Milk?
This now controversial talk show host helped advance queer rights and awareness by being open about her sexuality and her relationship with her wife.
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
The word that refers to someone who is neither biologically male or female.
What is Intersex?
This day is National Coming Out Day in the United States.
What is October 11?
The Stonewall riots took place in June of this year
What was 1969?
This popular sitcom aired the first-ever lesbian wedding on American TV.
What is "Friends"?
What QPR stands for.
What is Queer Platonic Relationship?
Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson led this activist group.
What is Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.)?
The United States' first Pride parade took place in this year.
What is 1970?
He was the first Black openly gay actor to win an Emmy.
Who is Billy Porter?
A term for using a name that a trans+/nonbinary person no longer uses. Usually it is the name assigned at birth. When someone uses this name, whether intentionally or not, it is considered offensive and hurtful.
What is Deadname/Dead naming?
This group was the first gay rights organization formed after the Stonewall Riots.
What is The Gay Liberation Front?
The original Pride flag had these two additional colors.
What is Hot Pink and Turquoise?
This contestant was the first-ever winner of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Who is BeBe Zahara Benet?
This term refers to “women who like women (WLW)” or lesbian and is a reference to this historic poet's work as the first known written references to lesbian relationships.
What is Sapphic/Who is Sappho?
This United States president signed a law banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in federal benefits.
Who is President Barack Obama?