Queer History and Culture 1.0

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1. In 2004, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom authorized same-sex marriage in his city; the California Supreme Court later ruled these unions invalid. In 2008, however, that same court legalized same-sex marriage in the state. What San Francisco couple was the first to take advantage of both opportunities to marry? George Takei and Brad Altman Colin Clive and James Whale Ellen Degeneres and Portia Del Rossi Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon

2. What international Drag Queen organization (founded by Absolute Empress José Sarria, the Widow Norton, in 1965) throws lavish costume balls for charity throughout the United States? Ladies in Red Imperial Court System Julie Newmar Society Girls Night Out

3. What gay African-American author’s works include "The Fire Next Time" and “Sonny’s Blues”? Alex Haley James Baldwin Paul Dunbar Zane

4. In 1998, rock singer Rob Halford came out as a gay man to MTV. For what band was Halford the frontman? Iron Maiden Metallica Judas Priest Black Sabbath

5. What public law was used to justify persecution of gay men in Nazi Germany? Article 63 Section 24A Paragraph 175 Code 82

6. What semi-iconic superheroine was revived by DC Comics as a 21st-century lesbian? Quicksilver Batwoman Green Hornet Red Bee

7. Male-to-Female transsexual actress/model Tula appeared as a scantily-clad extra in what series of action films? James Bond Rambo Indiana Jones Batman

8. What AIDS awareness group was formed in 1987 in New York City? The Hundredth Monkey ACT UP Mothers Against AIDS The Mattachine Society

9. Albert Cashier was a biological woman who lived as a man and served in what war? US Revolutionary War US Civil War World War II The Vietnam Conflict

10. What was remarkable about jazz musician Billy Tipton? He was married three times while leading an overtly gay life He often dressed as a woman and was featured as a torch singer for rival bands He was in a relationship with trumpeter Miles Davis for over thirty years - a fact not revealed until after Miles' death He was a biological woman who lived almost his entire adult life as a man - deceiving even women who lived as his wives