acronym and communities
LGBTQ HISTORICAL FIGURES
History Facts
Other Facts
100
Identify each letter's meaning in the acronym version LGBTQIA
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual
100
This historical figure was one of the first openly gay people elected to public office before his assassination in 1978. He was also the subject of an Academy Award-winning film.
Who is Harvey Milk?
100
This took place on June 28, 1969 and is regarded as the event that sparked the beginning of the modern Gay Rights Movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots.
100
Which annual day that is important to the LGBTQ community is observed October 11th since 1988?
National coming out day
200
This umbrella term is represented in the acronym and previously was a slur until reclaimed in the late 20th century -present
Queer
200
This bisexual biologist created the scale from which many people measure sexual attraction.
Who is Alfred Kinsey?
200
What year was gay marriage legalalized in the United States:
a. 2009
b. 2015
c. 2001
d. 2020
2015
200
Who designed the original rainbow flag in 1978?
Gilbert Baker
300
The official GSA network using the acronym TQ2S+ to describe students in the clubs. What does this acronym stand for?
Trans, Queer and two spirit
300
The birthplace of this Ancient Greek poet is said to be the origin of the term, "Lesbian."
Who is Sappho?
300
This symbol was worn by nearly 100,000 German homosexual men placed in concentration camps along with Jewish people, disabled people, and other marginalized minorities between 1933-1945.
pink triangle
300
TDOV is an acronym for what observance?
Transgender Day of Visibility
400
the identify Two Spirit is exclusive to which community?
Indigenous Native Americans
400
Name this important figure
Marsha P Johnson
400
In what city was the first Pride Parade?
New York City
400
What was the dance form created by Black and Latino trans, gay and queer young people in the Harlem Ballroom scene during the 1980s? *
Voguing
500
Before the AIDs crisis, the community was known by just a 3 letter acronym. What 3 letters? And in what original order?
GLB
500
This gay man helped defeat Germany in WWII and was the subject of the movie Imitation Game
Alan Turing
500
At the beginning of the Aids crisis, the disease was known by the acronym GRID.
What did GRID stand for?
Gay related immune deficiency
500
The Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), an organization helping trans and gender nonconforming youth, was founded by this veteran of the Stonewall Riots
Sylvia Rivera