Black Queer History
She's said to have thrown the first brick at Stonewall.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
This bisexual, nonbinary person was the lead of 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Who is Janelle Monáe?
This queer icon has hosted the largest drag race on tv since 2009.
Who is RuPaul?
Occasionally, "grand rag" an old name for a
masquerade ball, is said to be the origin of this word.
What is Drag?
In 2012, Frank Ocean released this album alluding to his sexuality.
What is Channel Orange?
The queer life of this jazz singer is often glazed over, but she was highly popular during her time, she famously sang "Strange Fruit"
What is Billie Holiday?
This absolute icon wrote the popular songs, Material Girl and Walk Em Like a Dog.
What is Saucy Santana?
This actress plays Elektra in the world famous tv show POSE
What is Dominique Jackson?
This term, originating from house culture, is most commonly used today to describe a women who slays beyond compare.
What is Mother?
This Grammy Award-winning artist was first to come out as gay while having a No. 1 record.
Who is Lil Nas X?
This gay black man worked was deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement, organizing a march on Washington, and regularly working with MLK Jr.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
This bisexual black icon who won two grammys after starting his career, started off as a ghost writer.
Who is Frank Ocean?
This women, while not outwardly queer, coined the term "intersectionality" which is now a very useful and common term used term in queer and feminist theory.
Who is Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw?
Born into slavery, this queen went on to organize drag balls in DC, they are often given the title of "the first drag queen"
Who is William Dorsey Swann?
This queer singer released their debut studio album, SweetSexySavage in 2017.
Who is Kehlani?
This queer writer is best known for his groundbreaking 1956 novel "Giovanni's Room" which depicts themes of bisexuality and homosexuality.
What is James Baldwin?
This term is commonly used to describe "how black people talk", with words being attributed to it that are often taken from black women and queer folk.
What is AAVE?
The self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet, warrior" who made lasting contributions to feminist theory, critical race studies, and queer theory.
Who is Audre Lorde?
This documentary, released in 1991 goes into the lives of queer folk working in the ballroom scene.
What is "Paris is Burning"?
After releasing this hit single featuring Drake, iLoveMakonnen came out as gay via Twitter in 2017.
What is Tuesday?
A Harlem Renaissance blues singer who was known for her masculine clothing and "gender-bending." The image of this gender-nonconforming lesbian is still an icon to this day.
Who is Gladys Bentley?
This song popularized a style of dance well known in ballroom culture.
What is Vogue by Madonna?
After resisting at Stonewall, she became the the current director of the Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project, which supports those in prisons and detention centers.
Who is Miss Major Griffin-Gracy?
Season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" introduced these two new judges?
Who is Carson Kressley and Ross Matthews?
Best known as an architect of disco, illuminating queer dance clubs from Los Angeles to London, this "Mighty Real" singer went by a mononym.
Who is Sylvester?