LGBTQ+ POP CULTURE
Which pop superstar released the LGBTQ+ anthem “Born This Way”?
Lady Gaga
In what year did the Stonewall Uprising begin?
1969
The Stonewall Inn is located in what New York City neighborhood?
Greenwich Village
What San Diego neighborhood is widely recognized as the heart of the city’s LGBTQ+ community?
Hillcrest
Who hosts RuPaul’s Drag Race?
RuPaul
What makeover series features a group of experts known as the Fab Five?
Queer Eye
Who designed the original rainbow Pride flag in 1978?
Gilbert Baker
What San Francisco neighborhood is famous for rainbow crosswalks and Harvey Milk Plaza?
The Castro
San Diego’s first known Pride march took place in what year?
1974
Which queen won RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3 and is known for a pink, retro aesthetic?
Trixie Mattel
Which actor played ballroom emcee Pray Tell on the TV series Pose?
Billy Porter
Which San Francisco supervisor became a national symbol after winning office as an openly gay man in 1977?
Harvey Milk
What Cape Cod town has been an LGBTQ+ arts and vacation destination for generations?
Provincetown
Who became the City of San Diego’s first openly gay elected official in 1993?
Christine Kehoe
Which drag legend played Edna Turnblad in John Waters’ original 1988 film Hairspray?
Divine
What film became the first LGBTQ+-centered movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Moonlight
What U.S. military policy, repealed in 2010 and ended in 2011, barred openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members?
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
What is the current name of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ district formerly marketed as Boystown?
Northalsted
Before becoming today’s San Diego LGBT Community Center, what name did The Center use when incorporated in 1973?
The Center for Social Services
Which queen won Drag Race Season 9 after an instantly iconic rose-petal lip-sync reveal?
Sasha Velour
Which British synth-pop group recorded the 1984 queer classic “Smalltown Boy”?
Bronski Beat
What 1966 San Francisco protest—three years before Stonewall—began after police targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming patrons?
The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
What site became the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history?
Stonewall National Monument
What two-word theme was used for San Diego’s second permitted Pride parade in 1976?
Gay Spirit
What landmark 1990 documentary introduced wider audiences to New York’s ballroom culture and the art of voguing?
Paris Is Burning