LGBTQ+ Fun Facts | True or False | Identities | History |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, plus many other identities.
What does LGBTQ stand for?
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True
An individual can be transgender without undergoing hormones and/or surgery
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A person who does not have romantic or sexual desires for any person or thing
What does asexual mean?
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Stonewall
What was the riot that took place in 1969 called that is considered the beginning of Pride Parades?
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Anyone who does not share the same identity, but believes in the liberation and equality for those of which they do not share the same identity.
What is an ally?
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True
You can be transgender and pansexual at the same time
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Intersex is a term used to describe someone born with both male and female reproductive parts.
What does Intersex mean?
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A transgender woman of color who became a leader of the human rights movement during the Stonewall Riots.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
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Preferred pronouns align with persons preferred gender and acknowledges that person as their best self.
What are preferred pronouns and why are they important?
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True
LGBTQ youth are more than 5 times as likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual youth
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This describes a person who is not transgender. The term non-transgender can also be used.
What does Cisgender mean?
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An American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California.
Who is Harvey Milk?
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People who are poly are committed to multiple partners. Pansexual people are attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender expression and base their attraction on their personality.
What is the difference between polyamory and being pansexual?
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False - Just make sure that you use a kind and openminded approach!
Asking questions about the LGBTQ+ community is not okay to do at work.
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The name given to transgender person at birth, which they often change when they transition. This name should not be used to address someone who uses a different name.
What is a Dead Name?
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GRID, which stands for Gay Related Immune Deficiency
What was the original name of the disease now known as AIDS?
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22
How many different PRIDE Flags are there?
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False! Not everyone feels safe coming out in certain situations or at all! Coming out is a personal choice.
Someone has to be out publicly to be a valid member of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Someone for whom gender identity and presentations is a spectrum. A gender-fluid person doesn't subscribe to only one gender, but may fluctuate between presenting as many.
What does Gender Fluid mean?
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The first person known to describe himself as "the queen of drag", who was born and enslaved in Maryland. Hosted drag balls in the 1880s.
Who is William Dorsey Swann?
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