How well do you know your LGBTQIA+ History

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Here is a little fun trivia about about the Gay Rights Movements

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Question 1. New York, NY. The Stonewall inn today is a historic landmark

Question 2.  The Advocate. The Advocate was first published as a local newsletter by the activist group Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE) in Los Angeles. The newsletter was inspired by a police raid on a Los Angeles gay bar, the Black Cat Tavern, on January 1, 1967

Question 3. 1970 and it was called the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade

Question 4.  1973 In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) asked all members attending its convention to vote on whether they believed homosexuality to be a mental disorder. 5,854 psychiatrists voted to remove homosexuality from the DSM, and 3,810 to retain it.

Question 5.  Harvery Milk. Harvey Milk was elected to the San Fransico Board of Supervisor in 1977 and served 11 months before he was assisinated. During his 11 months Milk Sponsored and got approved the first city ordance banning discrimination in public accomadations, housing and employment. He was assisinated on November 27, 1978 along with San Fransico Mayor George Mascone.

Question 6. Wisconson. Pennsylvania became the first state to ban public sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1975. Wisconsin became the first state to ban both public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1982.

Question 7. Gilbert Baker. Gilbert Baker died in 2018