The ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015 made this finally legal after years of fighting.
What is LGBTQA+ Marriage Equality?
100
This YouTube phenomenon, started in response to many LGBT youth suicides, encourages adults to release videos providing encouragement to LGBT youth.
What is the It Gets Better Project?
100
This originated from a Missouri high school teacher and is a month-long observation of our untold history.
What is LGBTQA+ History Month?
100
Political Party first to show support for the LGBTQA+ community.
What is the Democratic Party?
200
Open closets and have a rally on Oct. 11th.
What is National Coming Out Day/Week?
200
On June 25, 1978 this huge symbol of the LGBTQA+ community was first unveiled.
What is first LGBTQA Flag?
200
This group is a resource for straight allies who have loved ones who are LGBT, and was founded by Jeanne Manford.
What is Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays? (PFLAG)
200
Day created to honor and memorialize the deaths of a certain part of the LGBTQA+ community. Help every November 20th.
What is Trans* Day of Remembrance (TDoR)?
200
This symbol was used to show LGBTQA+ people during the Holocaust.
What is the inverted Pink Triangle?
300
Actions speak louder than words on April 27th.
What is National Day of Silence?
300
This took place on June 28, 1969 and is regarded as the event that sparked the beginning of the modern Gay Rights Movement.
What is the Stonewall Riots?
300
Founded in 1990 by a small, but dedicated group of teachers in Massachusetts to try and limit and end the discrimination of LGBTQA+ students in school.
What is the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)?
300
First openly gay man to be elected to a political office. He was later assassinated for that reason by Dan White.
Who is Harvey Milk?
300
Founded in 1973, the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights for LGBTQA+ people.
What is Lambda Legal?
400
Red ribbons and raise money on Dec. 1st.
What is World AIDs Day?
400
On June 28, 1970 this march/rally in New York on the year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots has become a more flashy event over the whole world.
What is the first Pride Parade?
400
This campaign started in response to the gay marriage ban in California, and has resulted in international art projects supported by celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
What is NOH8?
400
College student in Laramie, Wyoming that was tortured and murdered because he was gay. One can learn his story through the play "Laramie Project."
Who is Matthew Shepard?
400
This policy, enacted in 1993, prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted LGBTQA+ service members or applicants, while barring openly LGBTQA+ persons from military service.
What is Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
500
Wear purple and support bullied youth on Oct. 19th.
What is Spirit Day?
500
On January 20, 2017, this President and Vice President who ran through the White House halls with rainbow flags when LGBTQA+ marriage was passed.
Who is President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden?
500
This organization uses the widely recognized symbol of a blue square with a yellow equal sign, and works as an LGBT advocacy group (full name).
What is Human Rights Campaign (HRC)?
500
Puerto Rican and Venezuelan transwoman who helped lead the charge during the Stonewall Riots. Died from liver cancer.
Who is Sylvia Rivera?
500
Supreme Court ruling in Texas, set a standard that decriminalized homosexuality in America (including in all 13 states that had not already) in 2003.