Whether you’re looking at this solo or quizzing your friends, brush up on your Pride knowledge and show off your smarts with these Qs!
LGBTQIA+ Trivia Questions and Answers
Question: The Stonewall Inn is in which New York City neighborhood?Answer: Greenwich Village Question: The Stonewall riots took place in June of what year?Answer: 1969 Question: The United States’ first Pride parade took place in what year?Answer: 1970 Question: Laura Jane Grace fronts which rock band?Answer: Against Me! Question: Which former government employee became a pioneer of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement after being fired for being openly gay?Answer: Frank Kameny Question: Taylor Swift mentions “GLAAD” in which of her songs?Answer: “You Need to Calm Down” Question: Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson led which activist group?Answer: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) Question: Larry Kramer founded which AIDS activist group?Answer: AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) Question: Who wrote Hedwig and the Angry Inch?Answer: John Cameron Mitchell Question: Cyndi Lauper wrote the music for Kinky Boots based on whose book?Answer: Harvey Fierstein Question: When was the first protest for gay and lesbian rights in Washington, D.C.?Answer: July 4, 1965 Question: What show features the longest-running LGTBQ character in TV history?Answer: Grey’s Anatomy Question: What was the first European country to legalize same-sex marriage?Answer: The Netherlands Question: What actress starred in Janelle Monáe’s “Pynk” music video?Answer: Tessa Thompson Question: The original Pride flag had which three additional colors?Answer: Pink, indigo and turquoise Question: Who was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States?Answer: Harvey Milk Question: Who played Harvey Milk in Milk?Answer: Sean Penn Question: What TV show featured the largest transgender cast in history?Answer: Pose Question: Who was the first Black openly gay actor to win an Emmy?Answer: Billy Porter Question: Will & Grace premiered in what year?Answer: 1998 Question: The Mattachine Society organized what sort of protest at a New York City bar in 1966?Answer: Sip-in Question: Tom Hanks won an Oscar for playing a gay man in what film?Answer: Philadelphia Question: Philadelphia added which two colors to their Pride flag in 2017?Answer: Black and brown Question: Which state became the first to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples?Answer: Vermont Question: Which activist is often credited as the “Mother of Pride?“Answer: Brenda Howard Question: Who was the first-ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race?Answer: BeBe Zahara Benet Question: What TV show featured the first-ever openly gay character?Answer: The Corner Bar Question: Which of The Golden Girls had a gay brother?Answer: Blanche Devereaux Question: Which iconic writer was a member of The Order of Chaeronea?Answer: Oscar Wilde Question: When is National Coming Out Day in the United States?Answer: October 11 Question: Demi Lovato played a love interest for which Glee character?Answer: Santana Question: To which actress did Ellen DeGeneres come out of the closet on Ellen?Answer: Laura Dern Question: Michael Scott forcefully kisses which character on The Office in a misguided effort to promote tolerance?Answer: Oscar Question: Who wrote the Tony-winning play focused on AIDS, Angels In America?Answer: Tony Kushner Question: Who is credited with founding PFLAG?Answer: Jeanne Manford Question: PLFAG stands for what?Answer: Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Question: What show aired the first-ever lesbian wedding on American TV?Answer: Friends Question: The first known lesbian rights organization in the United States was called what?Answer: Daughters of Bilitis Question: What country currently holds the record for the biggest Pride parade ever?Answer: Brazil Question: What was the first gay rights organization formed after the Stonewall Riots?Answer: Gay Liberation Front Question: Who designed the first Pride flag?Answer: Gilbert Baker Question: The Asexual Pride flag is composed of what color stripes?Answer: Black, gray, white, purple Question: Which United States president signed a law banning discrimination in federal benefits?Answer: President Barack Obama Question: Which poet’s work contained the first known written references to lesbian relationships?Answer: Sappho Question: What documentary depicted New York City’s drag ball life at the height of the AIDS crisis?Answer: Paris Is Burning Question: The first gay bookstore in America was called what?Answer: The Oscar Wilde Bookshop in New York City Question: The first known LBGTQ rights organization in America was called what?Answer: Human Rights Society Question: Greg Louganis won Olympic gold in 1982 and 1984 for what sport?Answer: Diving Question: What was Albert’s drag name in The Birdcage?Answer: Starina Question: Natasha Lyonne played a lesbian forced to go to a conversion therapy camp in what movie?Answer: But I’m A Cheerleader Next, here’s everything you need to know about Pride.
