Lingo
A word for a hairy gay man with a heavyset build.
What is a bear?
This sitcom and talk show star created much controversy when she as well as the character she played on her show came out as lesbian.
Who is Ellen Degeneres?
This Gay British singer most famous in the 70s was widely known for his flamboyant outfits (especially his super funky glasses).
Who is Elton John?
A Greek island that the word "Lesbian" came from.
What is Lesbos?
This term is used to describe a woman who is attracted to other women and is named after a famous Ancient Greek lesbian poet.
What is sapphic?
This Disney movie features a villain whose design was based on the famous drag queen Divine.
What is The Little Mermaid?
This gay Russian classical composer has composed some of the most well known ballets, but his sexuality has been repeatedly denied in his own country.
Who is Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
This martial arts practicing "Final Fight" character is one of the earliest video game characters to be confirmed as transgender.
Who is Poison?
A word for a masculine of center latina or black lesbian.
What is a stud?
Both members of this sibling directing duo have come out as transgender in recent years.
Who are the Wachowskis?
This subgenre of punk rock has mainly has lyrics dealing with LGBT issues and bands such as Limp Wrist and Dicks fall under this genre.
What is queercore?
This is a scale that is used to describe a person's sexuality ranging from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual.
What is the Kinsey Scale?
A verb which means to detect that a person is gay, bisexual, or transgender.
What is clocking?
A Baltimore director who has made some of the most influential queer cult movies of all time.
Who is John Waters?
This famous rapper and ally has been widely rumored to be a lesbian, but she has yet to come out even though she has been spotted with female partners at red carpet events.
Who is Queen Latifah?
This was one of the earliest LGBT rights riots that happened in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco prior to Stonewall that protested the law against "female impersonation".
What is the Compton Cafeteria Riot?
A term that describes a transgender person who is non-disclosure about the fact that they are trans.
What is stealth?
This movie from 1986 set in 1959 Reno is one of the earlier explicitly lesbian movies.
What is Desert Hearts?
This openly gay San Franciscan is famous for the disco hits he had in the 70's such as "You Make Me Feel".
Who is Sylvester?
This biracial butch lesbian drag king had a fight with the police that was thought to be the spark that ignited the Stonewall Riots.
Who is Storme Delaverie?