Identity
Famous Queer People
Queer Media
Queer Vernacular
Know your readings!
100
Why is the L first in LGBTQ+?
What is to honor lesbians for their critical role in supporting gay men during the HIV/AIDS crisis?
100
Spearheaded the mainstreaming of drag culture, transforming it from a niche, underground counterculture into a globally recognized, multi-million dollar industry
Who is RuPaul?
100
This 2005 film queers the cowboy Western by depicting two men who must hide their love in the mountains while living under the constant surveillance of small-town masculinity. Was highly controversial when released.
What is Brokeback Moutain?
100
Another word for gossip
What is tea?
100
Born in 1933, this author was described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation".
Who is Susan Sontag?
200
A term that describes women being attracted to other women? (It's not lesbians)
Sapphic
200
Established the "Born This Way Foundation", made several anthems for the queer community & consistently advocates for the LGBTQ+ community.
Also wore a meat dress to an award show.
Who is Lady Gaga?
200
This 2009 cult classic, horror-comedy, uses a toxic friendship between two girls to explore queer desire through violence and obsession.
What is Jennifer's Body?
200
20th-century slag as a way for queer people to identify each other
What is a friend of Dorothy?
200
Russell highlights that this particular group has historically benefited from feminism.
What is white, middle-class women?
300
First person to undergo gender-affirming surgery in America?
Who is Christine Jorgensen?
300
Artist & activist, active during the 1980s in New York. Most recognized for his stick figure pop art style
Who is Keith Haring?
300
The first queer movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars
What is Moonlight?
300
Marketing that hints at, but never delivers, LGBTQ+ representation
What is Queer-baiting?
300
Legacy Russell, describes glitch feminism as a : _____ prayer.
What is "activist"?
400
When was the word "queer" reclaimed?
What is the 1960s?
400
Who threw the first brick at the Stonewall riots?
Who is Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera?
400
This 2017 queer film portrays a summer romance in Italy where desire is expressed primarily through glances and pauses.
(Hint, also involves Timothee Chalamet & a peach)
What is Call Me By Your Name?
400
Where does most queer vernacular come from?
What is the Black, Queer community?
400
Finish this sentence from Sontag's book "Notes on Camp": "The ultimate Camp statement: it’s good because ____."
What is "it’s awful"?
500
A word that defines how social identities overlap to create compounded experiences
What is intersectionality?
500
This American artist & designer created the original pride flag in 1978, comissioned by Harvey Milk, who was California's first openly gay elected official.
Who is Gilbert Baker?
500
This novel by Madeline Miller retells the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus as a queer love story rooted in Greek mythology
What is the Song of Achilles? 
500
What doll did Mattel release by accident in 1993?
What is Earring Magic Ken/Cockring Ken/Gay Ken?
500
What do both ideas from the book have in common?
What is celebrates breaking out of the binary?