TDOV Trivia: SPECTRUM & WPL 2023 Edition

Question 1

German-American sexologist Harry Benjamin coined the term “transsexual” in what year?

Accepted Answer

1966

Question 2

Which 2021 novel by Torrey Peters follows three women (trans and cis) whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

Detransition, Baby

Question 3

What documentary showcased the LGBTQ+ underground ballroom scene in New York City in the 1980&#x27;s-1990&#x27;s?

Accepted Answer

Paris is Burning

Question 4

What year did Canada establish an “X” gender option on passports, citizenship certificates,and permanent resident cards?

Accepted Answer

2019

Question 5

How early are there written records of reverance for gender fluidity in Mesopotamian religious sects?

Accepted Answer

2280 BC (4,302 years ago)

Question 6

Jesse James Keitel played the villainous non-binary Dr. Aspen on which Star Trek series?

Accepted Answer

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Question 7

Who is the trans author of the forthcoming memoir, Pageboy?

Accepted Answer

Elliot Page

Question 8

Which trans artist wrote and performed EP&#x27;s such as "Part Time Woman" and "Angry"?

Accepted Answer

Vivek Shraya

Question 9

What Canadian wrote a memoir called Love Lives Here about both their child and partner coming out as trans?

Accepted Answer

Amanda Jette Knox

Question 10

Who is the transgender Canadian playwright, writer & actor who created the critically acclaimed CBC show, "Sort Of"?

Accepted Answer

Bilal Baig

Question 11

How many Indigenous nations in North America have pre-colonial cultural concepts and roles for gender-fluid people?

Accepted Answer

155

Question 12

In what year did the first Trans March officially organized by Toronto Pride take place?

Accepted Answer

2009

Question 13

The term “trans” originates in Latin, meaning what?

Accepted Answer

Across

Question 14

In 2014, this woman became the first out transgender person to win an Emmy?

Accepted Answer

Laverne Cox

Question 15

The first European clinical centre for trans people was the Institute of Sexology in Berlin. What year was it founded?

Accepted Answer

1966

Question 16

What is the 2015 film set in Hollywood, entirely shot on an iPhone, and starring two trans women played by trans actors?

Accepted Answer

Tangerine

Question 17

Which star of Transparent was the first openly trans model to sign with IMG Models?

Accepted Answer

Hari Nef

Question 18

“2-Spirit” is a term used by many Indigenous peoples to describe those with fluid sexualities and gender identities.*

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Which Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist wrote I’m Afraid of Men?

Accepted Answer

Vivek Shraya

Question 20

Marsha P. Johnson was a trans woman, activist & organizer in the 1960-1970&#x27;s - what does the “P.” in her name stand for?

Accepted Answer

Pay It No Mind

Question 21

What is the name of the trans author who wrote books such as Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars & I Hope We Choose Love?

Accepted Answer

Kai Cheng Thom

Question 22

The only child of Sonny and Cher, he documented his transition from female to male in a 2011 film.

Accepted Answer

Chaz Bono

Question 23

Which Canadian trans man was the first openly transgender man to be signed to a major record label?

Accepted Answer

Lucas Silveria (The Cliks)

Question 24

Which electronic/hyperpop musician came out as a trans woman in her music video, “It’s Okay to Cry” in 2017?

Accepted Answer

SOPHIE

Question 25

What is the name of the critically acclaimed 2022 Americana-Southern gothic concept album by trans artist Ethel Cain?

Accepted Answer

Preacher&#x27;s Daughter

Question 26

Which TV show has the largest cast of transgender actors in TV history?

Accepted Answer

Pose

Question 27

What year did the World Health Organization stop classifying transgender as a mental and behavioural disorder?

Accepted Answer

2019

Question 28

What does "gender identity" mean?

Accepted Answer

A person&#x27;s innate sense of their own gender

Question 29

What is the title of the book by Jazz Jennings that was made into a reality show?

Accepted Answer

I Am Jazz

Question 30

What does the term “cisnormativity” mean?

Accepted Answer

The assumption that everyone is cisgender

Question 31

Who is the first trans woman (and Canadian) to come out in North American professional hockey?

Accepted Answer

Jessica Platt

Question 32

Which San Francisco business did the first transgender-led uprising against police harassment before Stonewall in 1966?

Accepted Answer

Compton&#x27;s Cafeteria

Question 33

Which pop artist came out as a trans woman in 2017?

Accepted Answer

Teddy Geiger

Question 34

What term describes someone whose gender identity and expression match that which they were assigned at birth?

Accepted Answer

Cisgender

Question 35

Who is the Canadian author who is known for the comic, “Assigned Male,” which details her experience as a trans woman?

Accepted Answer

Sophie Labelle

Question 36

True or false: All trans people medically transition.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Which pioneering Canadian transgender soul musician has her own Canadian Heritage Minute?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Shane

Question 38

Which trans actor starred in the teen drama Euphoria?

Accepted Answer

Hunter Schaefer

Question 39

Who is the trans activist and whistleblower who was a former United States Army soldier?

Accepted Answer

Chelsea Manning

Question 40

What is the surname of the director sisters Lana and Lilly, who are the the first two openly transgender directors?

Accepted Answer

Wachowski

Question 41

Who is the first openly trans actor to appear in a Marvel film?

Accepted Answer

Zach Barack

Question 42

Who formed the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) activist organization in New York City in 1970?

Accepted Answer

Marsha P Johnson & Sylvia Rivera

Question 43

Who designed the transgender flag?

Accepted Answer

Monica Helms

Question 44

Which punk band features Laura Jane Grace, a transgender woman as lead vocalist?

Accepted Answer

Against Me!

Question 45

In 18th-19th century Britain & America, what term was used for a person assigned female at birth and married to a woman?

Accepted Answer

Female Husband

Question 46

Which Canadian wrote, Behold, I Am A Woman,and may have been the 1rst person in Canada to have gender-affirming surgery?

Accepted Answer

Dianna Boileau

Question 47

In 2012, which trans activist started the hashtag #GirlsLikeUs to empower trans women?

Accepted Answer

Janet Mock

Question 48

What is the name of the first trans person to win a Grammy in 1970, for her album, "Switched-On Bach"?

Accepted Answer

Wendy Carlos

Question 49

True or false: A transgender man pioneered the use of x-ray photography to detect tuberculosis.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

Which duo were the first openly non-binary & transgender artists to win a Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance?

Accepted Answer

Kim Petras & Sam Smith

Question 51

What is a term to describe a powerful feeling of happiness when presenting and feeling like one’s authentic gender?

Accepted Answer

Gender euphoria

TDOV Trivia: SPECTRUM & WPL 2023 Edition

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TDOV Trivia: SPECTRUM & WPL 2023 Edition

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