History of Stonewall
Queerness Around the World
Terminology
Queer Symbols
Notable Queer Figures
100
What year did the Stonewall uprising occur? (Bonus points if you can name the day/month)
June 28th, 1969
100
Which country released Wong Kar-wai’s notable queer film Happy Together (which is set in Hong Kong) in 1997?
China
100
This word was originally used as a slur, but since has been reclaimed by many as an identity and a popular umbrella term for the LGBTQ+ community.
Queer
100
This color flower was first worn by poet Oscar Wilde, and has continued to be a symbol for gay pride.
Green carnation
100
This actor who starred in Juno and Inception came out as Trans in 2020.
Elliot Page
200
What group participated in Stonewall but were not recognized in the efforts?
Transgender people
200
Where did Magnus Hirschfeld, a gay Jewish man who advocated for queer and trans people in the early 1900s operate before he was forced to flee the country during the 1930s?
Germany
200
Out of all the terms in LGBTQ, which term was the first to come into existence?
Lesbian (associated with the Ancient Greek poet Sappho from the island of Lesbos)
200
This symbol was introduced by Tom Doerr after the Stonewall Riots, to signify fighting and rising above oppression.
Lambda
200
This historical figure was one of the first openly gay people elected to office before his assassination in 1978.
Harvey Milk
300
Where did the Stonewall Uprising take place?
A bar called the Stonewall Inn in New York
300
Where was acclaimed queer theorist Michel Foucault, who wrote The History of Sexuality from?
France
300
In what century was the term “homosexuality” coined?
The 19th century (Karoly Maria Kertbeny coined the term in 1869)
300
What mythical creature has largely been associated with the queer community?
Unicorn
300
In 1997, this person and talk-show host became the first person to come out on Network TV.
Ellen Degeneres
400
What events led to the Stonewall Uprising?
A gay bar in New York kept getting raided by the police making the queer bar patrons angry.
400
What was the first country to legalize gay marriage in 2001?
The Netherlands
400
Activist Virginia Price popularized this term in the 1970s, although it didn’t become widespread until the 1990s and 2000s.
Transgender (Price called herself “transgenderal”)
400
This symbol has been used by lesbians since the 1970s to represent lesbian feminism.
Labrys (axe)
400
This gay mathematician is credited with creating modern computer science.
Alan Turing
500
Name two of the leaders of the Stonewall Uprising.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera (as well as Stormé DeLarverie and others)
500
Which eastern African country did the film Rafiki (2018), which followed the romantic relationship between two girls, take place in? (Hint: it starts with ‘K.’)
Kenya
500
What identity term was first used in the early 2000s on an internet forum called UseNet?
Agender
500
This animal became a symbol of gay resistance in the 1970s.
Purple Rhinoceros
500
This person is known for creating the original pride flag.
Gilbert Baker
