2SLGBTQIA+ TERMS & IDENTITIES HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! PRIDE TRIVIA

1. Who was the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race?

a) BeBe Zahara Benet b) Sutan Amrull c) Tyra Sanchez d) Bob the Drag Queen a) 1961 b) 1971 c) 1981 d) 1989

2. When was the first iteration of the Pride Collective founded at UBC?

3. When was the first pride parade held?

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1. Feminine honorific

4. Gender-neutral honorific

6. Someone with no gender identity, or very little connection with any gender identity

8. The first four letters of a word for the practice of or desire for ethical and consensual non-monogamous relationships

10. Someone who feels little or no romantic attraction to others

13. A masculine pronoun

15. An abbreviation for a term for people who identify as non-binary or do not subscribe to expected gender expressions or roles

17. The first two letters of the name of the first nationwide, 24/7 crisis and suicide prevention helpline for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth

18. A gender-neutral pronoun used in place of “his” or “her”

19. A feminine pronoun

20. Acronym for the oldest existing LGBT organization in the world, a Dutch center for 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy

21. Someone who is only attracted to people of the same gender

22. A woman who is only attracted to other women

24. True or False: There are countless other 2SLGBTQIA+ terms and identities not reflected in this crossword

25. Abbreviation for cross-dressing, or dressing at least partially as a different gender from what you were assigned at birth

27. Maine, Maryland and Washington became the first states to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote in 2012. A few years later, New Hampshire became the __th state to do so.

29. Initials of an American socialist, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and anti-war activist, and co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network, one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ direction-action groups in Chicago.

31. The initials of a woman who was “the first and only woman, indeed the first and only American, to take up the defense of homosexual love before the general public,” according to Magnus Hirschfeld.

33. Sometimes used as a shorthand for a word for people who feel little or no sexual attraction to others

34. Someone who identifies outside of the gender binary

36. Initialism for sex reassignment surgery

37. Someone who openly and actively supports the 2SLGBTQIA+ community DOWN

2. Initialism for sex assigned at birth

3. A gender expression that contains both feminine and masculine elements

4. Masculine honorific

5. Initialism for Queer people of colour

7. Someone who knows and openly shares their identity with others

9. Someone who feels romantic attraction, but only enjoys being in romantic relationships in theory

11. Is it better to just make your best guess about someone’s pronouns if you don’t know them, rather than asking?

12. Someone with male and female anatomy

14. People who perform femininity theatrically

16. Someone whose assigned biological sex correlates with their gender identity

18. A gender-neutral pronoun used in place of “he” or “she”

19. Initialism for a phrase often used in communities of color, meaning attraction to people of the same gender

23. The initials of the first Trans woman to be elected in the history of the French Republic.

24. Umbrella term for people whose sex assignment at birth doesn’t match their gender identity

26. First four letters of a word for someone who only experiences sexual attraction after an emotional or romantic relationship has formed

28. Love __ love.

30. Sometimes used as a shorthand for a word for people who are attracted to people of all or many different genders

32. The first three letters of the month in 2015 in which the words “lesbian,” “bisexual,” and “transgender,” were used in the president’s State of the Union address for the first time in America

33. The percentage of 2SLGBTQIA+ people who should be celebrated and accepted for who they are

35. Sometimes used as a shorthand for a word for people who are attracted to two or more genders a) 1960 b) 1970 c) 1980 d) 1990 a) July b) September c) August d) February a) Dunbar b) Davie c) Mount Pleasant d) Steveston a) Pink, turqoise and indigo b) Dark red, turqoise and silver c) Pink, gold and silver d) Turqoise, indigo and silver

4. What month is the Vancouver pride parade held in?

5. Which is Vancouver’s historically gay neighbourhood?

6. The original pride flag, created in 1978, included three colours that no longer appear on the flag as it exists today. What were they?