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Legends Quizzes > Queer Quiz Part 2 Test Your Pride IQ. The contributions of GLBT individuals have affected every aspects of life. Take our questionnaire and you’ll be surprised at how much you know. 1.    Which city was the first to host a gay pride parade in 1970?   London   Paris   New York   San Francisco 2.    Which US city was the first to pass a gay rights ordinance?   Trinidad, Colorado   Kenosha, Wisconsin   Ann Arbor, Michigan   San Francisco, California 3.    What city has been known as the sex change capital of the world since the 1970s?   San Francisco, California   Ann Arbor, Michigan   Kenosha, Wisconsin   Trinidad, Colorado 4.    Which state was the first to decriminalize homosexuality?   California   Hawaii   Illinois   Georgia 5.    Place the each organization in chronological order according to the year it was founded: (I.) Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG); (II.) Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD); (III.) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); (IV.) National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.   III, IV, I, II   III, I, IV, II   IV, III, II,   IV, III, I, II 6.    Who was the first openly gay person to be elected to a public office?   Rep Tammy Baldwin   Kathy Kozachenko   Barney Frank   Ron Oden 7.    What was the first publication devoted to lesbians?   One   Venus   Vice Versa   Curve 8.    Justin Fashanu was a   Baseball player   Basketball player   Football player   Soccer player 9.    Glenn Burke is to Roy Simmons as   Billy Jean is to Esera Tuaola   Bruce Hayes is to Greg Louganis   Bill Tilden is to Jerry Smith   Bob Paris is to Justin Fashanu 10.    Who was the first athlete to come out of the closet?   David Kopay   Jerry Smith   Roy Simmons   Glenn Burke 11.    Marlon Riggs is to Patrik-Ian Polk as   Tongues Untied is to Noah’s Ark   Noah’s Ark is to Tongues Untied   Ski Trip the movie is to The Closet   The Closet is to Ski Trip the movie 12.    La Cage Aux Folles is Birdcage as   Flawless is to Holliday Heart   Talented Mr. Ripley is to Six Degrees of Separation   Boys Don’t Cry is to Brandon Teena   Priscilla Queen…Desert is to Too Wong Foo...Julie Newmar 13.    Which of the following was the first openly gay actor?   Richard Chamerlain   Rock Hudson   Montgomery Clift   William Haines 14.    Who was the first openly gay character on a television sitcom?   Zelda Gilroy of The Adventures of Dobie Gillis   Sidney Shorr of Love Sidney   Ellen Morgan of The Ellen Show   Jodie Dallas of Soap 15.    In response to jeers from critics regarding his flamboyant mannerism who coined the catch phrase “I cried all the way to the bank?”   Sylvester   Liberace   RuPaul   Boy George