Gaypril Quiz

Question 1

What now prominent political figure first advised then-President Reagan that AIDS could be spread by casual contact?

Accepted Answer

Chief Justice John Roberts

Question 2

Homosexual behavior has been observed in approximately how many animal species?

Accepted Answer

1500

Question 3

What does the term “pansexual” mean?

Accepted Answer

Attraction to people of all genders and sexualities

Question 4

Who plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)?

Accepted Answer

Tim Curry

Question 5

Which U.S. president publicly supported same-sex marriage before it was legalized?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 6

The original Pride flag created by Gilbert Baker had which two additional colors?

Accepted Answer

hot pink & turquoise

Question 7

You can be fired in the United States for being gay or transgender.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

How many Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ?

Accepted Answer

1 in 6

Question 9

At the time of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, it was illegal for men to dance with men and women to dance with women.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Which of these artists publicly identifies as non-binary?

Accepted Answer

Sam Smith, Billy Porter, Janelle Monáe, Demi Lovato

Question 11

How many different pre-colonial Native American tribes acknowledged third genders in their communities?

Accepted Answer

More than 150

Question 12

What identity does this flag represent?

Accepted Answer

Gay Pride

Question 13

Which actors play a gay couple in the movie 'The Birdcage'?

Accepted Answer

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane

Question 14

In what year did the American Psychological Association remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders?

Accepted Answer

1973

Question 15

What year were same sex couples allowed to legally adopt in the US?

Accepted Answer

2016

Question 16

What year did the US legalize same-sex marriage?

Accepted Answer

2015

Question 17

Which author was famously outed for being gay?

Accepted Answer

Oscar Wilde

Question 18

Based on a graphic novel, this hit Netflix series explores a gay coming of age story follows two teens in the UK.

Accepted Answer

Heartstopper

Question 19

What are the respective experts from Queer Eye known as?

Accepted Answer

The Fab Five

Question 20

Which U.S. city has the highest population of LGBT people?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 21

What does the term "drag-queen" mean?

Accepted Answer

A performer who adopts a feminine persona with glamourous costumes & makeup

Question 22

Transgender people experience higher rates of violence than other groups.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Stonewall was the first LGBTQ uprising.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

What percentage of homeless youth are LGBT?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 25

Which 2017 film follows a romance on a Yorkshire Farm?

Accepted Answer

God's Own Country

Question 26

Where was the rainbow flag first flown?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 27

What is a Boston Marriage?

Accepted Answer

A romantic relationship between women, possibly but not necessarily lesbian

Question 28

What identity does this flag represent?

Accepted Answer

Intersex Pride

Question 29

Which music artists are considered to be "Queer Icons"?

Accepted Answer

Lady Gaga, Madonna, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury

Question 30

Known for cofounding STAR and rumored to have started the 1969 Stonewall uprising.

Accepted Answer

Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson

Question 31

Which poet's work contained the first known written references to lesbian relationships?

Accepted Answer

Sappho

Question 32

Californians can be denied healthcare based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Which flowers have been queer symbols throughout history?

Accepted Answer

Lavender, Pansies, Violets

Question 34

Who was the first openly gay US congressperson?

Accepted Answer

Gerry Studds

Question 35

Why is "Pride Month" celebrated?

Accepted Answer

To commemorate years of struggle for rights and equal justice

Question 36

Famous for playing Sulu on Star Trek, this American actor, author, and activist came out as gay in 2005.

Accepted Answer

George Takei

Question 37

What was AIDS originally called?

Accepted Answer

The Gay Cancer, Gay Plague, Gay Syndrome, GRID (Gay Related Immunodeficiency Disorder)

Question 38

How many countries have laws that criminalize homosexuality?

Accepted Answer

64

Question 39

What was the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

Wisconsin

Question 40

Known for being a political activist and scholar, this woman came out as a lesbian in the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

Angela Davis

Question 41

The first known lesbian rights organization in the United States was called what?

Accepted Answer

Daughters of Bilitis

Question 42

New York City gay bars were run by the Mafia in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Which city is known for having one of the largest Pride parades in the world?

Accepted Answer

New York City

Question 44

What identity does this flag represent?

Accepted Answer

Bisexual Pride

Question 45

What was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage?

Accepted Answer

The Netherlands

Question 46

When did the term "the closet" come into usage?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 47

Which President made it illegal for the US Government to employ gay and lesbian people?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 48

Most people with HIV do not know that they have become infected.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

What does the term "genderqueer" mean?

Accepted Answer

Someone who doesn't follow binary gender norms

Question 50

What do the brown and black stipes on the pride flag represent?

Accepted Answer

Queer people of color and those lost in the AIDS epidemic

Question 51

Martin Luther King’s right-hand man & organizer of the 1963 March on Washington kept in the background for being gay.

Accepted Answer

Bayard Rustin

Question 52

Which openly gay athelete won Olympic gold medals in diving in 1984 and 1988?

Accepted Answer

Greg Louganis

Question 53

How long have transgender people been around?

Accepted Answer

5000 B.C.

Question 54

When is National Coming Out Day?

Accepted Answer

October 11

Question 55

Gay and lesbian families are less likely to have health insurance than heterosexual families.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

This famous painter was openly bisexual and a trailblazer in gender non-conformity.

Accepted Answer

Frida Khalo

Question 57

Roy and Silo were a couple of *what* in the Central Park Zoo?

Accepted Answer

Penguins

Question 58

Taylor Swift mentions 'GLAAD' in which of her songs?

Accepted Answer

You Need To Calm Down

Question 59

Which US Supreme Courthouse case legalized same-sex marriage in the US?

Accepted Answer

Obergefell v. Hodges

Question 60

LGBT people have elevated levels of suicidal ideation, substance use, and mental health conditions such as depression.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

Which disorder took homosexuality's place after it was removed from the DSM in 1973, then later removed in 1987?

Accepted Answer

Ego-dystonic homosexuality

Question 62

Considered the father of modern computers, cracking Nazi military code & more, this man was later arrested for being gay

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Question 63

The World Health Organization (WHO) believes it's possible to eradicate AIDS by 2030.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

Which popular sitcom portrayed the first lesbian wedding on primetime television?

Accepted Answer

Friends

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