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WorksheetsGay Trivia
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
When did demonstrations for gay rights begin in the US?
1955
1965
1975
1985
What group staged a 1966 "sip-in" at a New York bar to challenge a ban on serving alcohol to gays?
The Mattachine Society
Daughters of Bilitis
NACHO
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
What city did the gay rights movement start in?
San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Who led the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969, the start of the gay rights movement?
(a)
When was the nation's first Gay Pride parade?
1965
1970
1975
1980
What university opened the first office for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students?
Brandeis University
New York University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan
In what 1983 case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the constitutional right to privacy did not extend to same-sex relations?
Doe v. Reed
Bowers v. Hardwick
Romer v. Evans
Baehr v. Lewen
Whose murder spurred Congress to pass legislation, later vetoed by President George W. Bush, that would have protected gays under federal hate-crime laws?
Alan Shepherd
Jack Shepard
Jean Shepherd
Matthew Shepard
In 2000 this state became the first to legalize civil unions.
(a)
Which 90s sitcom featured the first lesbian wedding ever aired on TV?
(a)
Which US state was the first to legalize same-sex marriage?
(a)
Which country was the first to legalize gay marriage?
(a)
What ABC sitcom was the first American show where the starring character was openly gay?
The L Word
Ellen
Queer as Folk
Will & Grace
In what year did the American Psychiatric Association agree to remove homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
1973
1987
1994
2000
Who was the first president to use the word 'gay' in an inaugural address, in reference to sexual orientation?
(a)
Which state became the first to legally recognize a third gender, non-binary?
Oregon
Vermont
California
Massachusetts
