Pride Quiz Survey

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* 1. What is Pride?

A worldwide celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people

A protest against same-sex marriage

A parade to raise awareness for Climate Change

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* 2. What does LGBTQ stand for?

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer

Liberal, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer

Liberal, Global, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer

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* 3. How did Pride start?

It was initiated by LGBTQ Samba dancers at the Rio de Janeiro carnival in 1977

Pride started as a commemoration of the Stonewall Riots, a series of violent clashes between the police and the LGBTQ community as a reaction to systematic police oppression and raids on LGBTQ bars and clubs

The LGBTQ community of Eastern Germany started Pride after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989

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* 4. When was Pride first celebrated in the UK?

1972

1983

1989

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* 5. What’s the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation?

Sexual orientation is the emotional or sexual attraction to other people. Gender identity is one's perception of having a particular gender which may or may not correspond with their birth sex.

Gender identity is a person’s perception of having a particular gender. This is defined at birth. Sexual orientation is an emotional or sexual attraction to other people.

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* 6. How many people took part in the 2019 London Pride Parade?

Almost 400.000

Nearly 1 Million

Close to 1.5 Million

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* 7. What does transgender mean?

Transgender describes a person who was born male but feels female

Transgender describes people whose internal sense of their gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth

Transgender describes people who have both female and male reproductive organs

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* 8. On 23 May 1988, a group of lesbian activists stormed the BBC News Studio in London. Why?

The women were demanding the legalization of same-sex marriage in the UK and aimed to put more pressure on the government by disrupting the evening news

It was a protest against Section 28, a law that prohibited local authorities and schools from “promoting” homosexuality and prevented councils from funding lesbian and gay initiatives

Members of the LGBTQ community in London wanted to raise awareness for the fact that, back then, the BBC did not cover any Pride related events

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* 9. How many countries worldwide criminalise being LGBTQ?

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* 10. And in how many of those is the death sentence a potential penalty?

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* 11. The colours of the Pride flag are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and…?

Pink

Purple

White

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* 12. Is same-sex marriage legal in all parts of the UK?

Yes

Only in England and Wales

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* 13. Pride in London has several famous patrons including:

Dame Judi Dench

Sir Ian McKellen

Sir Sean Connery

Please note that you won’t get any points for the two following questions and that we might share answers to Question 14 on the NFWI Social Media channels and on My WI.

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* 14. Which famous LGBTQ personalities do you admire, and why?

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* 15. Last but not least, we are curious: have you ever attended any Pride event?

Yes

Yes, more than once

Not yet, but I intend to