This non-binary (& bisexual) animator is known for their work on popular Cartoon Network shows such as Adventure Time and Steven Universe. 

Natasha Lyonne played a lesbian forced to go to a conversion therapy camp in what movie?

This American drag queen and queer icon was kicked out of high school.

What queer musician wore this iconic look to the 2020 Grammys?

Die With a Smile - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

This song took the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2025.

This queer musician’s vocal range was so impressive, scientists studied it.

Freddie Mercury’s song, “Delilah”, was written about what?

This queer activist was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising.

RuPaul’s self-proclaimed “big break” was dancing in which music video? 

The Stonewall Riots took place in June of 1969. True or False?

Who was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the U.S.?

This poet’s work contained the 1st known written references to lesbian love.

This documentary film depicted NYC’s ballroom scene at the height of the AIDS crisis.

This TV show featured the largest transgender cast in history.

This EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winner came out in 1976.

This drag queen, actor, and singer is closely associated with independent filmmaker John Waters.

Roy & Silo were a couple of gay _____ at the Central Park Zoo.

In the 1990’s, this failing car company saved itself by targeting lesbians in its ad campaigns.

What horror movie creature became a queer icon when Netflix accidentally listed the film under their LGBT category.

This actor, known for his role on "How I Met Your Mother", came out in 2006.

The Enigma machine was a German cipher device used during WWII to encrypt military communications. The code was incredibly complex due to its use of rotors and a plugboard, creating billions of possible settings. Decrypting German messages provided the Allies with vital intelligence which is believed to have significantly shortened the war and is considered one of the most important Allied victories.  

This scientist was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in a movie about his life story. 

What notable LGBTQ+ scientist and mathematician cracked 'Enigma' coded messages in WWII? 

She also helped to catch 'Typhoid Mary' Mallon, known to have infected more than 50 people with typhoid. 

In 1917, this lesbian was the first woman to receive a doctorate in public health. 

He was a German sexologist who laid the foundations for contemporary understandings of human sexuality. He also launched the world’s first gay rights organization in Berlin, which would eventually bring him into conflict with the Nazi party in the 1930s. 

In 1919, who founded the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin? 

John Cameron Mitchell wrote and starred in this Sundance Award winning musical in 2001. 

Which TV series, premiering in 2013, focused on the lives of LGBTQ+ women in prison?

Who was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award?

In which year did the U.S. Supreme Court legalize same-sex marriage nationwide?

What was the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004?

QUEST (Queer Unity Empowerment Support Team)

Which organization, founded in 1973, provides crisis intervention and harm prevention services to LGBTQ+ youth?

Which WNBA player came out as gay in 2013, and was the first queer athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike?

This gay English philosopher of science coined the phrase “knowledge is power”. 

The Stonewall Inn is in which New York City neighborhood?

Which former government employee became a pioneer of the LGBTQ+ rights movement after being fired for being openly gay?

From the 1940s to the 1970s, many lesbians subscribed to the ______ and femme roles.

& was the first country in the world to do so. 

What was the first European country to legalize same-sex marriage?

Drag queen, Alaska Thunderfuck, released a song in 2015 titled, Your Makeup is _______________.

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for playing a gay man in what film? 

What was Albert’s drag name in The Birdcage?

What queer identity is represented by this flag? 

Who is this man? 

Which President made it illegal for the US Government to employ gay and lesbian people?

What was the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation?

Sister Outsider is a collection of essays and other works by which lesbian feminist?

True or false? At the time of the Stonewall Riots, it was illegal for men to dance with men, or women to dance with women.

Which 1996 U.S. law defined marriage as between one man and one woman before being struck down?

In 2019, the American Psychoanalytic Association _______  having classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. 

What actor played Harvey Milk in the movie Milk? 

Who was the first Black openly gay actor to win an Emmy?

Who was the first-ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race?

The United State's first Pride Parade took place in what year? 

The word "queer" originated in the 16th century as a Scottish term meaning "strange" or "odd"; When did the word evolve into a derogatory slur for homosexual individuals (before being reclaimed)? 

Which of the following video games is NOT known for its queer representation? 

In what year did the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race air in the US? 

Which playwright was charged with "gross indecency" for his homosexuality in 1895?

What is the name of the dance form created by Black and Latino trans, gay, and queer youth in the Harlem Ballroom scene? 

Who designed the first Pride flag?

NHTI Alliance brings you a night of fun and Queer History Trivia!

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NHTI Alliance's Queer History Trivia Night