LGBTQ+ Pride Quiz (Questions+Answers from 2022)

On March 8, 2022, Florida lawmakers passed a Republican-backed bill that would very much limit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. Under the law, parents would be allowed to sue school districts they believe violate it. High school students across Florida have staged walkouts to protest the bill. Russia and Hungary passed similar anti-LGBT legislation in recent years.

The EU includes 16 nations that have legalized same-sex marriage, compared to about 30 countries overall in the world. The European Court of Justice ruled Dec. 14, 2021 that a child with two mothers certified in one EU nation must also be recognized by the other EU members as such – even if that country doesn’t allow same-sex marriage.

Japan is the only G7 country (the world’s seven largest advanced economies) that does not fully recognize same-sex marriage.

Does Tokyo recognize same-sex marriage?

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike on Dec. 7, 2021, said the Japanese capital will draw up a framework allowing same-sex partnerships early next year, making them legal in the fiscal year beginning April 2022. Under the system, same-sex partners can register their relationship and will be allowed to rent places to live together and gain hospital visitation rights.

Dictionary.com defines allyship as the role of a person who actively works to include a marginalized group in all areas of society, not as a group member but in solidarity. The online dictionary named allyship word of the year 2021.

Wasn’t there a different definition of the word?

The dictionary also keeps the more traditional definition of allyship as the relationship of persons, groups, or nations cooperating.

Ariana DeBose is the first openly LGBTQ actor to win an Oscar.

What about the rest?

While Tilda Swinton openly identified in 2021 as queer, that was not the case when she won the Oscar for Michael Clayton in 2007. Kevin Spacy came out publicly in 2017 amid sexual assault accusations against him, 18 years after winning the Best Actor award for American Beauty. The late John Gielgud publicly acknowledged his relationship with his long-time lover, Martin Hensler, in 1988 – seven years after winning his Oscar for Arthur.

On May 5, 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Karine Jean-Pierre, 44, to replace Jen Psaki as spokeswoman, making her the first Black woman and first openly gay person to hold the high-profile position. Psaki’s last day as press secretary will be May 13. She is expected to take an on-air role with MSNBC.

WNBA player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was arrested and detained in Russia in late Feb. 2022 upon arriving from New York. Russian Customs Service found vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage.

When was Griner released?

On Dec. 8, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that the US had secured Griner’s release in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been serving a 25-year sentence.

What was Griner doing in Russia?

Like many other WNBA players, Griner plays overseas in the offseason, where salaries can be much higher. She has been playing offseason with Russian club UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2015.

The 2022 Toy Story prequel, Lightyear, features Disney/Pixar’s first onscreen same-sex kiss. In the film, starring Chris Evans as the real-life inspiration for the “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear, Buzz’s close friend is a female space ranger who marries another woman. A scene showing milestones in the couple’s relationship includes a brief kiss. As a result, Disney has been unable to obtain permission to screen “Lightyear” in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, and it’s unlikely to open in China, according to a June 14 Reuters report. Lightyear premiered on June 17 in theaters. Watch the trailer.

The 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie “Eternals,” directed by Chinese-born Oscar winner Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), features the franchise’s first gay kiss, first deaf superhero, and the first South Asian superhero.

Who is Marvel’s gay superhero?

Phastos, a master inventor, is played by Brian Tyree Henry. In “Eternals,” Phastos kisses his partner as they fear the world might end (again).

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Apr. 22, 2022, that “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” had been banned in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is illegal. According to other reports, Saudi Arabia had asked Disney to cut “LGBTQ references” from the movie, but it had not been banned. The movie features America Chavez, a character who is gay in the comic books, and in the film is portrayed as the daughter of two mothers. 2021’s Eternals was forbidden in Saudi Arabia due to the film’s character Phastos and his husband.

Members of Ukraine’s LGBTQ community who sign up for the war have taken to sewing the unicorn insignia into their uniforms, just below the national flag. The practice began in 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. As a reaction to the notion that “there are no gay people in the army,” Ukrainian LGBTQ soldiers chose to wear the unicorn symbol.

Rebel Wilson was born on Mar. 2, 1980, making her 42 in 2022. A self-proclaimed “late bloomer” in love, Wilson revealed on her Instagram account on June 9, 2022, that she is dating fashion designer Ramona Agruma. Wilson had come out after a Sydney Morning Herald reporter asked her to comment about her new partner, giving her a two-day deadline. The reporter later apologized.

Gender-affirming (or confirming) care is transgender health care – preventing, diagnosing, and treating physical and mental conditions among transgender individuals. It often involves hormone treatment, puberty blockers, and, sometimes, surgery.

Where is it illegal?

On Oct. 17, 2022, the first US trial on a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children began in Arkansas. Doctors who give gender-affirming treatment to anyone under 18 years old or even refer patients to such treatment could lose their licenses if the law takes effect.

Transgender women will not be allowed to compete in international competitions unless they have begun medical treatments to suppress testosterone production before puberty or by age 12, the international swimming federation FINA announced on June 19, 2022. In March, Lia Thomas became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. The new rule means she can’t qualify for the US Olympic team in 2024.

According to an Anti-Defamation League survey released on June 21, 2022, members of LGBTQ+ communities were more likely than any other group to experience harassment on social media. Two-thirds of LGBTQ+ respondents said they had been harassed online, and 53% said the harassment was a result of their sexual orientation. 39% of Asian American responders reported harassment in 2022, up from 21% in 2021, and women, in general, were more than twice as likely to report experiencing sexual harassment online than men (14% versus 5%).

The Stonewall National Monument in New York City’s Greenwich Village became the first US national monument dedicated to LGBTQ history in 2016. It’s across the street from the Stonewall Inn, where a rebellion against a police raid on June 28, 1969, helped spark the LGBTQ rights movement. The first rainbow flag to fly daily on federal land was dedicated at the Stonewall National Monument on June 1, 2022. June 24 marked the groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, expected to open in summer 2024.

In Africa, monkeypox mainly spread to people by infected wild animals in limited outbreaks. In Europe and America, 99% of all monkeypox cases were in men. Of those, 98% involved men who have sex with men.

How many people have been affected so far?

According to the US Centers for Disease Control, more than 71,096 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 107 countries since May 2022.

Did WHO declare a monkeypox global emergency?

The World Health Organization chief said on July 23, 2022, that the monkeypox outbreak in over 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency. He called for the world to “act together in solidarity” regarding the distribution of treatments, tests, and vaccines for monkeypox.

Elon Musk and his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, had twins in 2004, followed by triplets in 2006, before divorcing in 2008. They officially share custody of their children. Musk reportedly had another set of twins in November 2021, with Shivon Zilis, a director at one of his companies, according to court documents published on July 6, 2022. The world’s wealthiest person also has two children with Claire Boucher, better known as the musician Grimes.

Why was Musk’s child in the news in 2022?

One of Musk’s twins, the former Xavier Alexander Musk, having just turned 18, has filed a request to change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson. Along with her new gender identity, she explained, “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” according to court documents available online through PlainSite.org.

When first arriving in New York City in the ’80s, David LaChapelle became Andy Warhol’s assistant, leading to him taking his mentor’s final portrait in 1987. The photo is one of 150 works spanning the entirety of LaChapelle’s career put on display in David LaChapelle: Make Believe – the first-ever solo show on New York City’s six-story branch of Stockholm’s Fotografiska museum.

A TikTok video posted on Oct. 9, 2022, featured Madonna playing basketball with pink pants and a trash can. The pop star captioned the video, “If I miss, I’m Gay.” When missing the shot, Madonna waved a peace sign.