Quiz for LGBTQ+History Month

October 30, 2025 / Wesley Cullen Davidson /

October is LGBTQ+ History Month.  Here is a quiz for you to take that will educate you about leaders of the LGBTQ+ civil rights education. Answers will appear in a blog post next week. Stay tuned.

What is the Mattachine Society?
Who wrote Giovanni’s Room?
Who is Audre Lorde?
When were the Stonewall Riots?
Who is the first Representative in Congress to be trans?
Who was Harvey Milk?
Who is Trevor in the Trevor Project?
Who was Jeanne Manford?
Who was Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel in 1950’s who hid his sexual orientation, but was in charge of “The Lavendar Scare” to rid communists and gays in U.S. government?
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (“Angels in America” ) about the AID’s Crisis in 1980’s
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Wesley Cullen Davidson

Wesley Cullen Davidson is an award-winning freelance writer and journalist specializing in parenting as well as gay and lesbian content. For the past two years, Wesley has concentrated almost exclusively on the lesbian and gay community, specifically on advising straight parents of gay children on how to be better parents and raise happy, well-adjusted adults

4 Comments

  1. Phyllis Schneider on October 30, 2025 at 2:06 pm

    I know some of the answers–but can’t find a place to put them…

    Reply
  2. Lesley Starbuck on November 6, 2025 at 6:28 pm

    1. C.
    2. C
    3. C
    4. C
    5. B
    6. E
    7. B
    8. E
    9. C
    10. B.

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  3. Lesley Starbuck on November 6, 2025 at 6:32 pm

    Thank you for asking me to take the quiz. I should have studied first!

    Reply
  4. Wesley Davidson on November 7, 2025 at 12:03 pm

    Thank you, Les. You know a lot. Only 2 wrong. Answer to 3 is e. And 5 is C. McBride.

    Reply

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