Queer BIPOC Visionaries
This prevalent African American gay liberation advocate and drag queen of the mid 20th century is best known for their part in the Stonewall Riots of 1969.
Initials: MJ
Marsha P. Johnson
Hailing from Black and Latine LGBTQ+ ballroom culture of the late 1900's, this term can also mean to kill.
Slay
Prolific Latin American feminist and artist, this person was openly bisexual during the early 1900's
Frida Kahlo
What does BIPOC stand for?
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
This famous bisexual musician i
Frank Ocean
This contemporary of Marsha P Jonhson and Sylvia Rivera during the Stonewall Riots was a licensed domestic violence councilor but was best known for receiving the 2012 National Crime Victim Service Award.
Initials: VC
Victoria Cruz
This term stems from the dialect of Queens Borough, New York and made it's way into LGBTQ+ Vocabulary via intersectional queer rights advocates of the 20th century.
Hint: You are meant to do it every morning.
Ate
Stemming from phrasing like "I ate that homework for breakfast"
This openly bisexual musician is best known for her songs Solitude, Blue Moon and I'll Be Seeing You all during the 1930's.
Initials: BH
Billie Holiday
What does AAVE stand for?
Bonus: is it a dialect or is it slang?
African American Vernacular English
A dialect
This young, gay and black musician known for his southwestern viral song sings "That's What I Want"
Lil Nas X
Known popularly as Mexico's Gay Icon, this popular singer, songwriter and actor was known for breaking barriers in the Latin music industry during the late 20th century.
Initials: JG
Juan Gabriel
Used either at the end of a sentence or in agreeance with something someone says, this term originates in AAVE dialect groups within the queer communities of the American South.
Period / Periodt
Known for her Disney show airing in 2003, which had her name in it, this actress is now happily out as bisexual.
Hint: Bird
Raven Symone
This term is used to refer to non-binary indigenous peoples across multiple North American tribes.
Two-Spirit
Sapphic 2022 song "For The Girls" is by Asian American musician...?
Hayley Kiyoko
This indigenous and non-binary Queer Rights advocate is best known for helping create the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in the early 1900's
Initials: HK
Hastiin Klah
This term is used to denote content or media which is centered around women, and often relationships between women. The works of authors such as Lorraine Hansberry and other early black lesbian activists would be described as such.
Sapphic / WLW
This widely known black feminist made lasting contributions to fields like feminist theory, critical race theory, and queer theory, in her writings: "The Black Unicorn", "The Cancer Journals", "Coal", etc.
Initials: AL
Audre Lorde
What does ALAANA stand for?
Hint: Used in the arts somewhat similarly to BIPOC
African, Latinx, Arab, Asian, or Native American
This musician and actress is not only known for her song "I Like That" but also for her role in the recent Netflix movie Glass Onion
Janelle Monáe
This prolific black and gay essayist, novelist, and playwright, who uses he/him pronouns, had a prevalent role in the civil rights movement of American and later in similar events of Western Europe.
Initials: JB
James Baldwin
Said to originate both from the reclaiming of a derogatory term by the same name, and from early use of the term in AAVE, this regal word is prevalent in the queer community today.
Queen
This author and playwright, as well as socialist and civil rights movement activist, lived in the mid 20th century and was famous for his lecture "Race, Racism, and the Gay Community".
Initials: JB
James Baldwin
What does MOGII stand for?
Marginalized Orientations, Gender Identities, and Intersex
This Asian American musician is known for his instrumental piece simply titled "I'm Gay"
Eugene Lee Yang