The LGBTQ+ Rights Movement

What happened to gay men in the military during WWII?

• They were not allowed to join the Marines

• They were given blue discharge letters

• They were arrested

• They were promoted

Which senator claimed to have lists of both communists and gays/lesbians inside the United States military and government?

• Eugene McCarthy

• Strom Thurmond

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What were gay men referred to as during the early part of the Cold War?

• Communists

• lavender lads

• Socialists

• Radicals

During what event were gays and lesbians working in the U.S. government removed?

• Red Scare

• Lavender Scare

• Stonewall Riots

What did Executive Order 10450 do?

• Banned transgender citizens from voting

• Banned gays and lesbians from serving in the military or working in the federal government

• Banned transgender people from playing sports

• Banned gays and lesbians from attending medical school

What did the American Psychiatric Association list homosexuality as in the 1950s?

• a sin

• a mental disorder

• a tax burden

• an illegal substance

How did many gay and lesbian people respond to the discrimination they faced during the 1940s and 1950s?

• By leaving the country

• By hiding their sexuality

• By resigning from their jobs

One of the nation's first gay rights group was known as

• Lavender Lads

• Mattachine Foundation

• Stonewall Foundation

• Red Scare

What type of organization was the Daughters of Bilitis?

• a civil rights organization

• a gay rights group

• a lesbian rights group

What type of nonviolent protest was used by gay and lesbian people to protest anti-gay liquor laws?

• Sit-Ins

• Boycotts

• Marches

• Sip-ins