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Quiz: Celebrate Pride Month

Test your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history, culture and community


A joyful man beams from a float decorated with rainbow flags, holding a mini Pride flag and a bubble blower.
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This quiz was created using generative AI. It was reviewed by editors before publication.

Question 1 of 9

In what year did the first Pride parades take place, one year after Stonewall?

One year after the Stonewall Uprising in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, people commemorated the event with marches in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The phrase “gay pride” was also created that year, coined by activists as a shorthand to unify the events planned for the fledgling movement.

Question 2 of 9

How many colors did the original Pride flag have?

Gilbert Baker, who described himself as the “gay Betsy Ross,” created the first Pride flag from strips of fabric dyed in trash cans in the attic of San Francisco’s Gay Community Center before the city’s 1978 Pride parade. Each of the original flag’s eight colors had a meaning: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for peace and purple for spirit.

Question 3 of 9

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politician in which state?

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politician in California. Elected to the board of supervisors of San Francisco in 1977, he led the fight for equality at the local level. His efforts included authoring a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations, housing and employment.

Question 4 of 9

Bayard Rustin was a principal organizer of what 1963 event?

Bayard Rustin was a leader in the civil rights movement and a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Rustin was not involved in the LGBTQ+ rights movement until later in life, but in the 1980s spoke forcefully about the need for society to change its treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Question 5 of 9

Edith Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court case that overturned part of which law?

Edith “Edie” Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that in 2013 overturned part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which had banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage. Windsor and her first wife, Thea Spyer, were active for decades in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, including the struggle for marriage equality.

Question 6 of 9

When the AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed on the National Mall, how many panels did it have?

While the gay pride movement brought LGBTQ+ life out of the shadows, the HIV/AIDS epidemic plunged the community into crisis. The AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1987 during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. That weekend, half a million people visited the quilt, which covered a space larger than a football field and was made of 1,920 panels. The largest community art project in the world, the quilt is both a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS-related causes and a powerful reminder of the disease’s deadly toll.

Question 7 of 9

Which Supreme Court case extended federal workplace protections to LGBTQ+ employees in all 50 states?

A landmark victory for the LGBTQ+ community, the 6-3 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County in 2020 extended federal antidiscrimination protections to LGBTQ+ employees in all 50 states.

Question 8 of 9

As shown in the biographical movie Nyad, Diana Nyad attempted to swim how many miles from Cuba to Florida?

Annette Bening played real-life record breaker Diana Nyad, who attempted to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida five times.

Question 9 of 9

Prejudice can lead to fewer work opportunities for LGBTQ+ individuals over their lifetime, resulting in meager, if any, retirement savings. Finding affordable and welcoming housing later in life can also be a challenge. For example, when Chicago’s LGBTQ-welcoming Town Hall Apartments opened, how many people applied for its 79 units?

When Town Hall Apartments opened in August 2014, there were 400 applicants (minimum age 55) for just 79 units. The long wait list has since closed.

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