Why do we celebrate Pride?

How much do you think you know about the LGBTQIA+ community?

• I am a LGBTQIA+ scholar!

• I know quite a bit!

• I don't a little about the community

• I have zero knowledge of the community.

What historical event started the modern gay rights movement?

• Stonewall Riots in NYC

• Chicago Pride Festival in 1975

• Death of Socrates in Ancient Greece

• Signing of the Freedom to Marry Act

Who is credited with being the first to lead the modern gay rights movement?

• Ellen DeGeneres

• Marsha P. Johnson

• Judy Garland

• RuPaul

What happened in the 1980s that decimated the LGBTQ+ community?

• The San Francisco Earthquake

• DOMA

• Stonewall Riots

• AIDS epidemic

What year did it become legal to be gay in the United States?

• 1969

• 2003

• 1955

• 1985

True or False: In order to attend pride events, you need to be LGBT+.

• True- You need to be able to identify as one of the letters to be let into the events!

• False- Pride is a great place to learn about and celebrate gay community no matter how you identify!

The LGBTQ+ community has many flags to represent them. One of them is the upside down pink triangle. What is its importance in history?

• It is the symbol of an ally of the LGBTQ+ community.

• It identified a gay person in Nazi Germany during WWII.

• It symbolizes underground gay clubs in 1920.

• There is no connection to the LGBTQ+ community.