LGBTQ+ history
NIU LGBTQ+ history
Guess that song: Queer Anthems
GSRC facts
Pop Culture
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The original Pride Flag from 1978 was designed by Gilbert Baker, outside of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, indigo, and purple what two other colors were in this original pride flag?
Hot pink and Turquoise
100
1970, a year after the Stonewall Rebellion, this organization was founded on NIUs campus to support and promote the inclusivity of LGBTQ+ students.
Gay liberation Front which is what is now called Prism
100
Which 2010s song was deemed as the "next gay anthem?"
Born this way-Lady Gaga
100
In June 2014, the Center's new name was announced and it was called?
Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, which was located in the Arndt house.
100
The longest running LGBTQ+ character in tv history, this bisexual icon not only can break hearts but also fixes broken bones
Callie Torres, Grey's Anatomy
200
Which poet's work contained the first known written references to lesbian relationships?
Sappho
200
Where were the first officially signed “All Gender” single-stall gender inclusive restrooms launched?
Holmes Student Center
200
Which rapper and singer-songwriter shot to fame in 2019 with the release of his country rap song that was later remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus, and came out as gay while the single was on top of the US Billboard Hot 100?
Lil Nas X
200
This is the current location of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center
Peters Campus Life Building room 132
200
What ground-breaking musical starred queer artists in NYC at the time of the HIV/AIDS outbreak?
RENT
300
The Stonewall Inn is in which New York City neighborhood?
Greenwich Village
300
What was one of the first names of NIU’s College of Law LGBTQ student Organization?
Outlaws, now called the Gender and Sexualities alliance
300
What band performance at Live Aid in 1985 was voted the greatest live performance in the history of rock music, whose lead singer has gone down as one of the greatest singers of all time?
Queen
300
When did the first Lavender Graduation Ceremony, honoring the achievements and persistence of NIU graduates (at all levels) with diverse and underrepresented gender and sexual identities take place?
May 2009
300
What TV show featured the largest transgender cast in history?
Pose
400
What is the name of this flag?
The Progress Pride Flag (intersex inclusive Progress Pride Flag)
400
This short-term student led committee is responsible for organizing and building momentum for more inclusive spaces on campus: expansion of gender inclusive restrooms, starting in HSC then Altgeld Hall, a transparent and student-directed preferred/proper name option, and helping administrators know the important difference between information systems like “PeopleSoft” and “The Directory.” As a result of the re-emerged efforts of the group in 2022, a Queer and Trans Pedagogy Transformation seminar for faculty was launched as well as a Faculty Toolkit in 2023
TransAction Task Force (2016-2017)
400
What 1990 single brought this popular dance style into the mainstream culture that began in the LGBTQ+ ballroom dance scene?
Vogue-Madonna
400
This captain may run a tight ship at the precinct but it's his love for his dog, his husband, and puns that makes this Captain the best for the 99.
Captain Ray Holt
500
What year did Dekalb put Gender Identity and sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination clause
In 2005, one year before the state of Illinois put this clause in their nondiscrimination _____
500
NIU's Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality offers academic courses, research opportunities, certificates and minors in Women and Gender and LGBTQ+ Studies. (IG: @CSWGS) Students may major in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as well. What semester and year did first alum with this degree graduate?
May 2022 and was recognized at the 13th Annual Lavender Graduation Ceremony?
500
Who was the first openly trans women to win a Grammy Award?
Kim Petras
500
In what year did the LGBT Resource Center open as a unit within Academic Support Services in the Division of Academic and Student Affairs?
March 2003
500
What iconic tv series turned feature film follows a boy along with his Gemstone friends who fight to save the world one mission (and hit song) at a time?
Steven Universe: The Movie