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WorksheetsFLAG MENA PRIDE Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
When was the Sexual Offences Act passed, partially decriminalising homosexuality in England and Wales?
1965
1967
1969
1971
In which year was London’s first ‘Gay Pride’ march held?
1969
1972
1975
1980
In 1988, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, introduced Section 28 of the Local Government Act. The Act stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". In which year was Section 28 repealed?
1998
2000
2003
2007
In which year did the BBC broadcast the first gay kiss on UK television?
1975
1979
1985
1970
In which year was the Gender Recognition Act passed in the UK, allowing trans people to legally change their gender?
2000
2004
2008
2012
Homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967, but when was it finally decriminalised in the whole of the UK (Northern Ireland being the last country to decriminalise)
1982
1977
1996
1989
What right did gay people in England and Wales win in 2013?
Being able to adopt
Marriage
It became illegal to discriminate in the workplace
Civil partnerships
Equal marriage was then legalised in Scotland in 2014, but wasn't legalised in Northern Ireland until ...
2016
2018
2020
It still isn’t legal
It was legal to discriminate in UK workplaces on the basis of being transgender until 2010. True or false?
True
False
When was lesbianism decriminalised in the UK?
1965
1975
1985
It was never illegal
Who was the first openly gay MP in the UK?
Chris Smith
Stephen Twigg
Ben Bradshaw
Angela Eagle
Lily Parr was the first openly gay female English professional football player. She had a thirty year career and scored 980 goals. What year did she retire?
1951
1971
1991
2021
What does the ‘P’ stand for in transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson’s name?
'Push the limit'
'Peonies'
'Pose'
‘Pay it no mind’
Who was the first out gay person to win an Oscar?
Sir Ian McKellen
Ariana DeBose
Sir John Gielgud
Sam Smith
10. Which city is generally agreed to be the unofficial ‘gay capital’ of the UK?
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Brighton
Cardiff
In 2016, which British Olympic team featured the first married, same-sex couple winning a gold medal?
The basketball team
The volleyball team
The hockey team
The rugby team
What is the name of Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama which was based in London in the 1980s?
West End Girls
It’s A Sin
Go West
Domino Dancing
What is Sir Elton John’s real name?
Reginald Dwight
David Jones
Calvin Broadus Jr
Christopher Breaux
