RAINBOW 101
This San Francisco artist and activist is universally credited with creating the first rainbow Pride flag.
Who is Gilbert Baker?
In 1990, pop icon Madonna brought the underground queer ballroom scene into mainstream pop culture with this chart-topping hit single and black-and-white music video.
What is Vogue?
The first Pride marches were held in June 1970 to mark the one-year anniversary of the uprising at this Greenwich Village bar.
What is the Stonewall Riots?
This drag icon and reality TV host won multiple Emmys for asking contestants to "lip sync for your life."
Who is RuPaul?
Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos, whose works inspired the term “lesbian” and whose passionate love poetry made her a cultural icon.
Who is Sappho?
In 2017, the city of Philadelphia added these two colors to the top of the flag to explicitly highlight and honor LGBTQ+ people of color.
What are black and brown?
This iconic "Goddess of Pop" topped the charts in 1998 with her massive dance hit "Believe" and has spent decades as a fierce advocate for her trans son, Chaz Bono.
Who is Cher?
San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker debuted the iconic rainbow Pride flag at the city’s parade in this specific decade.
What are the 1970s?
This groundbreaking 2018 FX drama series made history by featuring the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles.
What is Pose?
This US Olympic diver came out in 2013 via YouTube and later won gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
Who is Tom Daley?
The chevron on the Progress Pride Flag features light blue, pink, and white stripes, which are the exact colors of the flag representing this specific community.
What is the transgender community?
After being threatened with a $50,000 fine and jail time for violating local "gay propaganda" laws on her 2012 world tour, this pop star famously yelled from a Moscow stage, "Arrest me, Russia! I don't give a f***!"
Who is Lady Gaga?
This bisexual activist is known as the "Mother of Pride" for organizing the first NYC march and coordinating the week-long events surrounding it.
Who is Brenda Howard?
Based on a concept album by John Cameron Mitchell, this 2001 rock musical film follows a fictional genderqueer East German rock singer.
What is Hedwig and the Angry Inch?
In 1977, this legendary activist made history by becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in California.
Who is Harvey Milk?
Along with hot pink, this vibrant color representing "magic and art" was dropped from the original flag because the fabric was too difficult to source commercially.
What is turquoise?
This Oscar-nominated actor came out as transgender in 2020 and documented his journey in the best-selling 2023 memoir Pageboy.
Who is Elliot Page?
This capital city held Europe's first-ever official Pride parade in 1972, marching from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square.
What is London?
Based on a series of romance novels by Rachel Reid, this breakout Crave and HBO Max drama series follows the secret, years-long romance between rival hockey players.
What is Heated Rivalry?
This artist and bisexual icon openly defied gender norms, had a famous romance with Josephine Baker, and often painted self-portraits exploring identity.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The violet stripe at the very bottom of the traditional six-color flag was explicitly chosen by its creator to represent this internal human quality.
What is spirit?
This German pop star made history alongside Sam Smith as the first openly transgender woman to win a Grammy Award for Pop Duo/Group Performance with their smash hit "Unholy".
Who is Kim Petras?
Boasting millions of attendees annually, this South American metropolis plays host to the largest Pride parade in the world.
What is São Paulo?
Played by actors Omar Ayuso and Arón Piper, the high-profile relationship between characters Omar and Ander became a global fan-favorite storyline on this hit Spanish Netflix drama.
What is Élite?
This pioneering Black transgender activist, known for throwing one of the first bricks at Stonewall, also cofounded STAR House to Shelter homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
Who is Marsha P Johnson?