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LGBT+ History
100

This flag used to have 8 colours, but now only has 6

Rainbow/gay pride flag

100

This famous bisexual singer was 'Born This Way'

Lady Gaga

100

Someone who identifies as the same gender as they were assigned at birth

Cisgender

100

Someone who is NOT LGBT+ but supports the community

An ally

100

These riots led to the creation of Pride marches

Stonewall Riots

200

This flag is pink, purple, and blue

Bisexual flag

200

A famous lesbian who voiced Dory in 'Finding Nemo'

Ellen Degeneres

200

The process of moving from one gender to another, sometimes using surgery or hormones

Transition(ing)

200

When a LGBT+ person's sexuality or gender is revealed to others without their consent

Outing/being outed

200

In this year, equal marriage was legalised in the UK

2014 (but agreed in 2013)

300

This flag is pink, white, and blue

Transgender flag

300

Roy and Silo were the names of a gay couple of this species at Central Park Zoo

Penguins

300

Someone who is neither exclusively a man nor a woman

Non-binary

300

Using the wrong pronouns for someone, intentionally or otherwise

Misgender(ing)

300

The red ribbon is used to raise awareness of this illness

HIV/AIDS

400

This flag is pink, yellow, and blue

Pansexual flag

400

This 2005 film about gay cowboys won 3 Oscars

'Brokeback Mountain'

400

Someone who is born a mix of male/female, e.g. a male with XX chromosomes

Intersex

400

Before equal marriage was introduced in the UK, same-gender couples had access to this instead

Civil partnerships

400

This country was the first ever to legalise equal marriage (Hint: European)

The Netherlands

500

This flag is yellow, white, purple, and black

Non-binary flag

500

This actor from 'X-Men' and 'The Umbrella Academy' came out as a trans man in 2020

Elliot Page

500

In this year, the World Health Organisation stopped classifying being trans as a mental disorder

2019

500

A person (trans or cis) whose gender EXPRESSION doesn't align with society's expectations of their gender

Gender non-conforming

500

The woman who allegedly threw the first brick at Stonewall 

Marsha P Johnson