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Post-Stonewall
Who's Who
Lesbians
Pop Culture
100
The genre of lesbian literature that refers to any mid-20th century paperback novel with overtly lesbian themes and content.
What is lesbian pulp fiction?
100
The day that the Stonewall Riots began on.
When is June 28, 1969?
100
Name the Intercultural Specialist for LGBTQ Students at the Ohio State University.
Who is Jeff Perkins?
100
The television host and comedian that came out in 1997, and despite initial backlash, has gone on to host their own talk show and voice a popular character Dory in Finding Nemo.
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
100
The famous drag queen that has hosted a reality show since 2009.
Who is RuPaul?
200
This person suffered a severe illness in 1776, was said to have come back from the dead as a genderless person, inspired a commune with very progressive values for the time.
Who is the Public Universal Friend?
200
Name the biggest creative outcome of the AIDS epidemic that was started by the Names Project.
What is the AIDS Quilt?
200
Name the gay author whose poetry collection Leaves of Grass was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.
Who is Walt Whitman?
200
This singer and actor is well-known for their WLW anthems, and (maybes less) well-known for their role as Velma in Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Stella Yamada in Lemonade Mouth.
Who is Hayley Kiyoko?
200
The famous musical that came to Broadway in 1996 about a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
What is Rent?
300
The first recorded transgender riots that occurred in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco in 1966?
What is the Compton's Cafeteria Riots?
300
Name the famous gay man that was elected to the position of city-county supervisor in San Francisco. He was later assassinated.
Who is Harvey Milk?
300
This comedian is best known for her work on SNL and the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters.
Who is Kate McKinnon?
300
This actor starred in the 2007 movie Juno, and has more recently been featured in the 2019 Netflix series Umbrella Academy.
Who is Ellen Page?
300
The book that Love, Simon, the 2018 American romantic teen comedy-drama film, is based on.
What is Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda?
400
One of the first gay rights activist groups, founded in Los Angeles by communist Henry Hay in 1950.
What is the Mattachine Society?
400
The Supreme Court case, decided in 2003, outlawed the remaining sodomy laws.
What is Lawrence v. Texas?
400
The famous Black writer who was a feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist who is most famous for her poetry.
Who is Audre Lorde?
400
The graphic artist who produced the graphic memoir Fun Home, which was later produced into a Broadway musical.
Who is Alison Bechdel?
400
The famous same-sex marriage case occurring in 2015 that granted equality to marriage across the entire United States.
What is Obergefell v. Hodges?
500
The year that the United States Supreme Court ruled in the first case involving LGBTQ rights.
When is 1958? The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the First Amendment rights of a gay and lesbian magazine; One, Inc. v. Olesen
500
Name the Black, gay man who organized the Civil Rights Movement March on Washington, although his sexuality and communist status was not widely known?
Who is Bayard Rustin?
500
The famous poet from the 19th Century who was notoriously considered a hermit, and used ample punctuation (especially the em dash) to produce highly emotional writing. Also mentioned in John Mulaney’s Netflix specials.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
500
The women's branch of the United States Army that had a major lesbian population during World War II.
What is Women's Army Corps (WAC)?
500
Name the colors that were on the original rainbow flag in 1978.
What are pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, turquoise, and purple?