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Gay Trivia

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did demonstrations for gay rights begin in the US?

a)

1955

b)

1965

c)

1975

d)

1985

2.

What group staged a 1966 "sip-in" at a New York bar to challenge a ban on serving alcohol to gays?

a)

The Mattachine Society

b)

Daughters of Bilitis

c)

NACHO

d)

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

3.

What city did the gay rights movement start in?

a)

San Francisco, CA

b)

New York City, NY

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

Phoenix, AZ

4.

Who led the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969, the start of the gay rights movement?

(a)  

5.

When was the nation's first Gay Pride parade?

a)

1965

b)

1970

c)

1975

d)

1980

6.

What university opened the first office for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students?

a)

Brandeis University

b)

New York University

c)

University of California, Berkeley

d)

University of Michigan

7.

In what 1983 case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the constitutional right to privacy did not extend to same-sex relations?

a)

Doe v. Reed

b)

Bowers v. Hardwick

c)

Romer v. Evans

d)

Baehr v. Lewen

8.

Whose murder spurred Congress to pass legislation, later vetoed by President George W. Bush, that would have protected gays under federal hate-crime laws?

a)

Alan Shepherd

b)

Jack Shepard

c)

Jean Shepherd

d)

Matthew Shepard

9.

In 2000 this state became the first to legalize civil unions.

(a)  

10.

Which 90s sitcom featured the first lesbian wedding ever aired on TV?

(a)  

11.

Which US state was the first to legalize same-sex marriage?

(a)  

12.

Which country was the first to legalize gay marriage?

(a)  

13.

What ABC sitcom was the first American show where the starring character was openly gay?

a)

The L Word

b)

Ellen

c)

Queer as Folk

d)

Will & Grace

14.

In what year did the American Psychiatric Association agree to remove homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

a)

1973

b)

1987

c)

1994

d)

2000

15.

Who was the first president to use the word 'gay' in an inaugural address, in reference to sexual orientation?

(a)  

16.

Which state became the first to legally recognize a third gender, non-binary?

a)

Oregon

b)

Vermont

c)

California

d)

Massachusetts