Gay history quiz
Gay History Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts
Alexander Wood, a merchant and magistrate, was checking a rape case in A woman who claimed to have been raped, did not know who her attacker was but did state that she scratched the genitals of her attacker. Wood inspected the genitals of a number of suspects in order to try and find the attacker. It was suggested that the rape did not arise , the victim did not exist, and that Wood had made the whole thing up in arrange to satisfy his lgbtq+ urges. There was no evidence that Wood acted inappropriately; however, he was ridiculed and given the nickname "Molly Wood." At the time, "Molly" was a derogatory term for homosexual men.
Years later, Wood purchased land that was given the nickname "Molly Wood's Bush" and this area is now part of Toronto's homosexual village. In , the business association for the area erected a statue of Alexander Wood and a beer was named for him. A perform based on Wood's being was launched in called "Molly Wood".
I was recently charged with writing a quiz for my local Pride team, to be held virtually during LGBT+ History Month Rather than putting all that work into a short one-off event, I figured I should distribute the quiz with followers on my blog. The full event included additional picture rounds with images shown on screen (one about flags, another for recognising celebrity couples or co-stars), but I&#;ve slice those out. Below are eight rounds of ten questions each, with bonus questions to bring the overall maximum score up to , on LGBT+ topics relating to British history, film & TV, literature, sport, activism & terminology, art, world history, and music. Answers to all the questions are found at the very bottom of the upload. Feel free to scamper through the quiz yourself and test your retain knowledge, or to leverage it for an event where you test friends and family (in the latter case, please credit this blog appropriately).
Round 1: British History (12 points)
- Which Labour politician, who passed away in February , was the first out lesbian MP in the United Kingdom?
For a bonus point,Quiz: Do you and your kids realize this Pride month history trivia?
You may be celebrating Lgbtq+ fest with your family, but how much do you and your kids realize about the history of Pride and LGBTQ+ rights?
From key advancements in homosexual rights to courageous LGBTQ+ heroes over the years, Homosexual history is a little-known but main part of kind where our population came from and where it’s going.
Does your family understand why the homosexual rainbow flag symbolizes the LGBTQ+ community? Take our quiz!
Curious kids (and adults!) might want to know more about famous LGBTQ+ heroes, where the “gay rainbow” symbol comes from, when queer marriage became legal, when the first Pride parade was, or why June is Pride month.
Plus, GLSEN’s research has shown that knowledge about LGBTQ+ tradition and history in school leads to LGBTQ+ students feeling safer at college and hearing less frequent homophobic and transphobic comments.
Trivia for families on Identity festival & LGBTQ+ rights, movement, and history
Let this Pride history quiz guide you towards some answers — and fodder for further investigate, learnin
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Q: Which of the following countries have legalized homosexual marriage?
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Belgium
- Canada
- South Africa
- All of them
A: All of them
Q: Which President made it illegal for the US Government to employ gay and lesbian people?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Executive Order in There was fear that they could be blackmailed in to committing treason. No such incident is known to have occurred, but these laws were not repealed until and federal security clearances were not permitted to gays and lesbians until
Q: What is Lawrence vs Texas?
A: The Supreme Court Case that outlawed Texas anti-sodomy laws and served as a precedent for the banning of sodomy laws around the country.
Q: In what nation did the first large-scale lgbtq+ rights movement begin?
A: Germany, in the s.
Q: What was the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation?
A: Wisconsin, in
Q: In how many states c