Transgender Awareness

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Who was Marsha P Johnson?

• an LGBT rights activist that helped start the stonewall riots

• A famous actress that starred in 3 movies

• A famous singer part of the band "Hull Revival"

• A politician

​Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969.

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Who was Laura Jane Grace?

• the first high-profile pop star to come out as trans

• the first high-profile rap star to come out as trans

• the first high-profile punk star to come out as trans

• the first high-profile hip-hop star to come out as trans

​Laura Jane Grace is an American musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!.

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How many anti-trans bills have been brought up in 2021 alone?

• 50+

• 250+

• 10+

• 100+

​Amongst the bills being suggested, there were ones that targeted sports teams, religion, bathrooms, and medical care, all ending badly for trans youth and individuals.

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Who was Christine Jorgensen?

• First American to get top surgery

• First American to undergo a sex change

• First American Soldier to come out as trans

• First American Celebrity to be openly trans

​Christine Jorgensen was an American transsexual woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

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When did the Clashes at Cooper's Donuts occurs?

• September 1959

• December 1959

• August 1959

• May 1959

​Police officers tried to arrest individuals at Cooper's Donuts in Los Angeles, a popular hangout for transgender people and others in the L.G.B.T. community. They clashed with the officers over the treatment, throwing coffee, doughnuts and utensils.

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Who wrote 'The Transsexual Phenomenon'?

• Shawn Mcintyre

• Harry Benjamin

• Roman Petty

• Eden Goodwin

​The physician Harry Benjamin published “The Transsexual Phenomenon,” a groundbreaking book that outlined how transgender people could transition medically in 1966

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What city was the first to prohibit discrimination against transgender people?

• Minneapolis

• New York

• Pheonix

• Los Angeles

​Minneapolis became the first city to pass a law prohibiting discrimination against transgender people.

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Who was the first openly Transgender judge?

• Victoria Kolakowski

• Samera Webb

• Lowri Delacruz

• Elouise O'Quinn

​Victoria Kolakowski a lawyer since 1981, was sworn in as a judge in Houston, becoming the nation’s first openly transgender judge. Victoria Kolakowski was sworn in as the first transgender trial judge a few months later.

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Who was the First Transgender Mayor?

• Cairon Cooper

• Zayan Wooten

• Curtis Macleod

• Stu Rasmussen

​Stu Rasmussen was elected mayor of Silverton, Ore., becoming the first openly transgender mayor in America

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When was the first Transgender Day of Remembrance?

• November 20th, 1999

• November 20th, 2011

• November 20th, 1989

• November 20th, 2003

​The advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith organized the first Transgender Day of Remembrance, to honor the memory of Rita Hester and other transgender people like her who were lost to bigotry and anti-transgender violence.

​Now for two December LGBTQ+ Events!

​Human Rights Day + Pansexual Pride Day

Multiple Choice

When was United Nations General Assembly adopt Human Rights Day?

• December 16th, 1948

• December 26th, 1948

• December 10th, 1948

• December 2nd, 1948

​When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights become an official document that proclaims that everyone is entitled to as being human regardless of race, religion, sex, langauge, political opinions, sociall or national orgin, proprety, birth and other status. 

THe Human Rights helps reduce inequality throughout to different people that may not be the standard norm. 

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When is Pansexual pride day?

• December 5th

• December 16th

• December 8th

• December 15th

​A lot of times people mistaken pansexual as bisexual but these two are different from each other. While being bi means you are attracted to two or more genders it’s a range of attraction between the binary or non binary.