Queer Wisconsin
Before becoming a U.S. Senator, this politician was the first open lesbian elected to Congress in 1998.
Who is Tammy Baldwin?
Alice Oseman wrote a Netflix series based on her webcomic and graphic novel of this same name.
What is Heartstopper?
This UW–Madison English professor received 23 honorary doctorates, never married, and since 1971 has had a building bearing her name.
Who is Helen C. White?
Individuals of this type of bird—also a mascot for a St. Louis baseball team—have been found to simultaneously exhibit bright red plumage of a male on its left side and gray, female feathers on its right.
What are Cardinals?
This Super Mario Bros. character that hails from the Mushroom Kingdom was designed without a gender in mind.
Who is Toad?
Wisconsin was the first state to elect this number of openly gay people to Congress.
What is 3?
This American comic artist later said of her eponymous “test” about the portrayal of women in film, “The test was a joke... I didn’t intend for it to become a real gauge.”
Who is Alison Bechdel?
This “Marxist lesbian” currently serves as the president of the American Library Association.
Who is Emily Drabinski?
These formerly domesticated birds used to carry messages and they are now iconic to American city landscapes.
What are Pigeons?
After a proper, full-on gay crisis, this Stardew Valley jock accepts his sexuality just in time to marry you.
Who is Alex?
In 1971, Donna Burkett and Manonia Evans visited the Milwaukee County Clerk to apply for this legal document.
What is a marriage license?
Messy Roots by Laura Gao explores the author’s relationship to what city in China?
What is Wuhan?
The Rainbow Round Table, a professional organization within ALA, has given out this national LGBTQ+ book award since 1971.
What is the Stonewall Book Award?
An estimated one-quarter of pairings of these birds—which share a name with a 2010 thriller starring Natalie Portman—are homosexual.
What are Black Swans?
Fun fact: Gay male Black Swans steal nests or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs.
The Sims 4 debuted this customizable feature in 2022 with the aim of making the game more welcoming to trans and nonbinary players.
What are pronouns?
This West Allis-born pianist and singer who wore flashy, flamboyant costumes was the highest-paid entertainer in the world during the mid-20th century.
Who is Liberace?
Ngozi Ukazu’s comic series about a figure skater-turned-ice hockey player shares a name with a restaurant review TV program that began on Chicago PBS in 2001.
What is Check, Please!?
Launched in October 2023, this online library aims to connect LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources.
What is the Queer Liberation Library (QLL)?
A wildlife center in Baraboo dedicates itself to this family of 15 bird species, of which one displays both an iconic whooping sound and occasional homosexual behavior.
What are Cranes?
This Dungeons & Dragons-based game released in 2023 features 12 named queer characters (but all romanceable characters are canonically pansexual).
What is Baldur’s Gate 3?
An activist and writer in the 1970s and ’80s, this Wisconsin-born man was among the first to speak out about the experience of being a “female-to-male transsexual.”
Who is (Lou) Sullivan?
This American cartoonist won the 2018 Eisner Award for her graphic novel Spinning, making her one of the youngest Eisner Award winners ever.
Who is Tillie Walden?
Since 1997, this extensive controlled vocabulary has “advanced the discoverability of LGBTQ+ resources and information.”
What is Homosaurus?
These iconic pink birds can be found in pairs, trios, and quartets, and exhibit patterns of responsibility delegation based on gender and subordination/domination within their dynamic.
What are Flamingos?
Fun fact: in trios with two males and one female, the subordinate male is tolerated by both individuals and often becomes the primary incubator and caregiver of the chicks.
The Pride-themed expansion of this game includes cards that say “30 shirtless bears emerging from the fog” and “A Subaru.”
What is Cards Against Humanity?