To anyone who identifies within the LGBTQ+ community, happy Pride month!
Today, Saturday 27 June, would’ve been the official Pride parade in London and while that can’t go ahead because of coronavirus, there are still ways you can join in the celebrations online.
If you want to theme your next lockdown Zoom quiz to honour the community, here are some questions to use.
Q: What year were the Stonewall Riots?
A: 1969
Q: Which country was the first to lawfully establish same sex marriage?
A: The Netherlands
Q: When was the first Pride in the UK?
A: 1 July 1972
Q: When was homosexuality legalised in the UK?
A: 1967
Q: What was the name of the radical queer organization founded by New York City transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in 1970?
A: S.T.A.R – the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries group
Q: Which US politician, who was openly gay, was fundamental in defeating Proposition 6, which would’ve made it illegal for members of the queer community to teach in schools?
A: Harvey Milk
Q: Now a famous talk show host, which TV personality played the first starring character on a TV sitcom to come out as a lesbian?
A: Ellen DeGeneres
Q: Contrary to what Sam Smith previously said, who was the first out gay person to win an Oscar?
A: Sir John Gielgud
Q: Billy Porter made history, becoming the first gay black man to win an Emmy. What show did he win his Emmy for?
A: Pose
Q: America’s first transgender statue celebrates and honours which activists from the Stonewall Riots?
A: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Q: When was the first same-sex marriage performed in the UK?
A: 29 March 2014
Q: ‘A friend of — who?’ is an affectionate euphemism for a homosexual man?
A: Dorothy
Q: Which dance craze made mainstream by gay icon Madonna originated in the LGBTQ+ underground ball culture?
A: Voguing
Q: The first pre-watershed lesbian kiss in the UK took place on which soap in 1994?
A: Brookside
Q: A 2016 BBC Radio 5 Live survey found that __ % of football supporters would have no issue with their club signing a gay player?
A: 82%
Q: In which year was the age of consent equalized for LGBTQ+ people in the UK?
A: 2001
Q: When was the red ribbon (the solidarity symbol for people living with HIV/AIDS) introduced?
A: 1991
Q: Which popular US sitcom aired the first lesbian wedding on TV?
A: Friends
Q: Chaz Bono is a successful actor and media personality. When he appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2011, it was the first time a trans man had appeared on a major network reality show. Who is his famous mother?
A: Cher
Q: Whose funeral took place on 27 June, the night before the Stonewall Riots, which some have long reported heightened the emotions and spurred many to join the fight?
A: Judy Garland
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