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What do the letters in LGBTQIA+ stand for?

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, other sexual and gender identities

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Orange, white & pink flag

Lesbian flag

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What major event is considered to have jumpstarted the gay rights movement?

The Stonewall Riots of 1969

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Considered a transgender pioneer, she was instrumental in the Stonewall riots and later opened S.T.A.R., a safe haven for transgender youth

Marsha P. Johnson
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What does it mean if someone is "transgender"?

They don’t identify as the gender they were assigned at birth; they could identify as the “opposite” gender or somewhere in-between

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Yellow, white, purple, black flag

Nonbinary pride flag
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What year was gay marriage federally legalized in the United States?

2015

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Tennis star and the first openly gay athlete

Billie Jean King

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What does it mean if someone is "asexual"?

They don’t feel sexual attraction &/or aren’t interested in participating in sexual behaviors; it’s a spectrum of comfort levels

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Pink, purple, blue flag

Bisexual pride flag

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What symbol was used by the Nazis to identify gay men and lesbian women during the Holocaust, and since has been reclaimed by many as a symbol of pride?

The pink triangle

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One of the first openly gay politicians elected to San Francisco public office

Harvey Milk

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What is "nonbinary"?

A gender identity where someone doesn’t identify along the “male/boy,” “female/girl” binary; often use “they/them” pronouns

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black, grey, white, purple flag

Asexual pride flag

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What well-known symbol of gay pride was developed in 1978?

The rainbow pride flag

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Designed the Rainbow Pride Flag

Gilbert Baker

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What is the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity?

Sexual orientation relates to the type of person someone is physically &/or romantically attracted to (Ex. A man who’s attracted only to other men is gay). Gender identity is whether someone is man, woman, nonbinary, or another gender

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What year was the rainbow flag officially adopted as the national symbol of gay pride?

1994

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What year was the first Transgender Day of Remembrance held?

1999

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The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that declared DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) unconstitutional

Edith Windsor