Queer Vocabulary
This word is used to describe people who don't fit into the binary gender identities of male and female
Non-Binary (NB) or Gender Non Conforming (GNC)
This is the year gay marriage was legalised all across the U.S.
What is 2015?
This gay artist received homophobic backlash from conservatives after releasing a music video for his second chart topping single in which he gave Satan a lap dance
Who is Lil Nas X?
This percent of U.S. adults personally know someone who goes by gender-neutral pronouns such as “they” instead of binary pronouns
What is 26%
This lesbian music artist won the 2025 award for Best New Artist at the Grammys
Who is Chappell Roan?
The word lesbian is derived from this island in Greece
What is Lesbos?
This was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States
Who is Harvey Milk?
These two characters from a 2010's hit show on Cartoon Network are lesbians
Who are Bubblegum and Marceline
This percentage of Generation Z adults identify as LGBTQ+
What is 19.7%
These two artists became the first non-binary artist and second transgender woman to ever win an Grammy in 2023 for their hit song, "Unholy"
Sam Smith and Kim Petras
This term may be used by members of the queer community to refer to people who are straight and don't identify as transgender
What is "CisHet"?
This is the year the Stonewall Riots took place in
What is 1969?
What is Heartstopper?
At CRLS, this percent of students identifying as gender nonconforming reported bad or unfair treatment in school because of their gender identity
This famous actor came out as a trans man in 2020, and released a book in 2023 called "Pageboy"
Who is Elliot Page?
This term is used as a subtle way of disrespecting or ridiculing someone verbally or non-verbally.
What is "throwing shade"
This poet's work contained the first known written references to lesbian relationships
Who is Sappho?
Some call the support for gay relationships increasing after 2009 “The _____ effect”
What is "The Modern Family effect"
This percent of Americans personally know at least one person who identifies as transgender
What is 42%!
(Up from 30% in 2016 and 20% is NB!)
He was first Black openly gay actor to win an Emmy.
Who is Billy Porter?
This euphemism for a queer person was inspired by the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'
What is a friend of Dorothy?
This AIDS awareness group was formed in NYC in 1987
What is ACT UP?
This is the first LGBT-themed movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars
What is Moonlight?
This is (approximately) the estimated number of people identifying as lgbtq+ in the United States
What is ~23.9 million people
This Grammy Award-winning diva made one of her first public declarations of affection to her longtime partner of nearly a decade, Eboni Nichols, during her coronation as the Lifetime Achievement doyenne at the 2021 BET Awards
Who is Queen Latifah?