Pride Month Quiz
June is Pride Month which is focused on the visibility of LGBTQ+ people and celebrating movement toward equality.
QUESTION #1
Which presidents have acknowledged Pride month?
Choose all that apply.
ANSWER #1
A, C, D
Bill Clinton, Barak Obama and Joe Biden
(1 point for each correct answer)
QUESTION #2
Why was June chosen as Pride month in the US?
ANSWER #2
B
Commemorates the Stonewell Uprising in New York city.
The Stonewell Uprising is often considered the start of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Some consider the smaller Black Cat bar demonstration in Los Angeles, which took place 2 years earlier, the start of the of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
QUESTION #3
The Stonewall Uprising took place in June of what year?
A. 1966
B. 1971
C. 1963
D. 1969
ANSWER #3
D - 1969
The Stonewall Uprising began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay “bottle” club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. 13 people were arrested, employees for bootleg liquor and patrons for violating the state’s gender-appropriate clothing statute. Patrons and neighborhood residents became increasingly agitated with the aggressive police behavior, sparking protests, sometimes violent, over the next five days.
QUESTION #4
When was the first Pride parade in the United States?
ANSWER #4
B - 1970
On the one-year anniversary of the riots on June 28, 1970, thousands of people marched in the streets of Manhattan from the Stonewall Inn to Central Park in what was then called “Christopher Street Liberation Day,” America’s first pride parade.
Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco also held marches in 1970
QUESTION #5
In what year was the first Pride flag introduced?
ANSWER #5
D – 1978
In San Francisco, Artist Gilbert Baker designed the first rainbow flag at the urging of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., to create a symbol of pride for the gay community. Baker decided to make that symbol a flag because he saw flags as the most powerful symbol of pride.
QUESTION #6
Which flag was the original Pride flag?
A B
ANSWER #6
A
Hot Pink
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Turquoise
Indigo
Violet
Sex
Life
Healing
Sunlight
Nature
Magic/Art
Serenity
Spirit
The first Pride Flag had 8 stripes, the current Pride flag only 6
QUESTION #7
Which of these flags are also Pride Flags?
(Chose all that apply)
A B
C D
ANSWER #7
A, B, C, D - One point for each flag chosen
Philadelphia Flag (2017) Progress Flag (2018)
Asexuality Flag (2010) Transgender Flag (1999)
QUESTION #8
What country holds the record for the biggest Pride parade?�
ANSWER #8
C. Brazil
QUESTION #9
In what state was the first same-gender marriage ever recorded?
ANSWER #9
B - Minnesota
On September 3, 1971, James Michael McConnell and Richard John Baker were married after being granted a marriage license in Blue Earth County.
Previously, in 1970, University of Minnesota law student Baker tried unsuccessfully to get a marriage license to marry McConnell in Hennepin County. The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the Hennepin County district judge dismissal of the Baker lawsuit.
Legal scholars argue that the marriage is legal as it occurred before the Minnesota
Supreme Court Ruling.
QUESTION #10
Which country was the first to legalize same sex marriage?
ANSWER #10
B - Netherlands, 2001
Followed by:
The US was the 22nd, in 2015
QUESTION #11
Which State first legalized same sex marriage?
ANSWER #11
B - Massachusetts
Massachusetts - May 17, 2004 law passed following a state supreme court decision.
Vermont – In 2000, 1st state to allow 2000 civil unions, marriages approved in 2009.
2015 – became legal throughout the United States
Pride Month Quiz
Perfect Score is 16
11 questions
3 possible points for question #1
4 possible points for #6