Some sample questions from this category:
* Dr. Tom Waddell, a member of the 1968 Olympic team, started the Gay Games, which is an international sporting event held every four years. Originally, it was to be called The Gay Olympics, but the name was changed for which reason?
* In April 2000, Governor Howard Dean of this New England state signed a law into effect that extended the rights of same-sex couples to enter into a civil union. This groundbreaking legislation occurred in which state?
* The now-familiar Rainbow Flag was first designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 in San Francisco. The flag now has how many stripes?
* In 1978, San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White murdered openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk. At the same time, he also assassinated the mayor of San Francisco. Who was that mayor?
* "He's all man - we made sure of that," said this candidate for the U.S. Presidency when asked whether his son were gay.
* This Pennsylvania born writer of "Q.E.D." and "Three Lives", which were breakthroughs in English-language fiction due to their open treatment of lesbianism, was the long-time companion of Alice B. Toklas. Who was she?
* This French film director, noted for directing such films as "Beauty and the Beast" and "Orpheus" (English titles) cast his lover, Jean Marais, in most of his films. Who was this director?
* "There's a lot of talk these days about homosexuals coming out of the closet. I didn't know they'd been in a closet. I do know they've been in a gutter," said this noted televangelist and founder of the now-defunct "Moral Majority".
* Today we have such organizations like the "Exodus Ministry" that claim that the proper dose of preaching can "cure" homosexuality. Which of these other methods were also used in the 20th century to "cure" homosexuality?
* Born in 1819 on Long Island, one of this poet's greatest works is a collection of poems entitled "Leaves of Grass". Any doubt of his sexual orientation would be removed by reading "Calamus", a collection within "Leaves of Grass". Who was this poet?
* K?roly M?ria Kertbeny (1824-1882) is best known for having coined this word when living in Berlin. He later used it and a related word in two pamphlets demanding that penal codes against same-sex sexual partners be dropped. What was the word he coined?
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