Queer History
Notable moments of progress of Queer people throughout history
- Rev. Jerry Falwell famously blamed gays and lesbians for inviting the attacks on 9/11 in a list of groups who brought "God's judgement" on the US. Who wasn't included on that list?
- The murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 led to which of the following?
- The "Lavender scare" was an attempt in the 1950s to do what?
- Who was the first lesbian elected to the House of Representatives?
- Wilson Cruz is often credited with being the first openly gay actor playing an openly gay lead character on television. What TV show did he perform this role?
- The Human Rights Campaign was founded in what year?
- Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace did what to protest the infamous North Carolina "Bathroom Bill"?
- Which country was the first in western Europe to decriminalize homosexuality and in what year?
- The Stonewall riots began when?
- Alan Turing, the grandfather of computer science, was arrested for gross indecency in 1952, what was his sentence?
- The Ithaca Statement is notable for its discussion and inclusion of what?
- The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality as a mental disorder in what year?
- Wendy Carlos is credited for being one of the first transgender electronic musicians. What was her influential album called?
- The World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in what year?