Did you know...?

August 09, 2022

Did you know...?

So how well do you know Queer history? I think that queer people sometimes forget where we come from and maintain a slightly narrow vision of the path that has been carved both by others in the past and our contemporaries. So here we have Ryan and Johnny (dear lord, is Johnny yummy!) with some tidbits that may be interesting for you to answer. For example:

In what year was homosexuality legalised in the US by the Supreme Court?
In what year was the first Pride parade held?
What was the first country to achieve marriage equality and in what year?
Which TV series showed the first simulated gay sex scene?
Who is the best selling LGBTQ artist in history?
How many times does Diana Ross say 'I'm coming out' in her iconic 1980 hit?
National Coming Out day is celebrated on what day?
In what year was the first Lesbian kiss broadcast on US tv?
First queer woman of color to win an Oscar?
Who is the original creator of Queer as Folk?

So did you get some of these? All? Five?

It doesn't really matters. What matters is that we take for granted many things and as one of the commenters on YouTube says when the guys are talking about Gay Marriage:

Quote of the Day: “I think a more pressing question would be, when is it going to be illegal again?”

I literally died because it’s hilarious and true.

Same.

XOXO

P.S. if you can watch "It's a Sin" do it. It's fab.

Comments

Anonymous8/09/2022
Big says,
I probably got less than 5. But, hey, that more pressing question IS much more pressing. They may finally stop Cheeto from holding federal office but there are some very, very, very dangerous folks who **will** get elected and are smart enough to have learned from the mistakes he made. As Bannon pointed out over the weejend at CPAC: "We're at war." XOXO
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Mistress Maddie8/09/2022
The hard thing is we heard the answers...its just remembering them.. I think I had four or five right. But as far as Ryan I would tap that....with the glasses on while Johnny tapped me. Why not?
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Dave R8/09/2022
I've never been any good with dates, that's why I always forget the first, often the second, and sometimes the third.
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Anonymous8/09/2022
HuntleyBiGuy:
Though I love history (watched Abraham Lincoln twice) I am horrible at dates. And I was SHOCKED that homosexuality was only made legal in 2003, and that it was a SCOTUS ruling, so we know that won’t end well.

XOXO 👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽
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Debra She Who Seeks8/09/2022
These questions were too heavily dependent on "Queer As Folk" trivia. I mean, both the UK and US versions were groundbreaking in their day but hardly the be-all and end-all of LGBTQ+ history. Puh-leeze. On the more serious questions, I got the correct answers to #1, 2, 7, and 10. Although for #1, I answered with the date when homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada -- 1969. Almost a quarter of a century before you!
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uptonking8/10/2022
I am not good with dates... though I would love to learn all the answers. That's what google is for! So I don't have to remember anything... I just google it. I appreciate and celebrate gay history in my own fashion... those annoying posts about vintage gay pulp fiction, for example... so I think I honor where we come from, almost on a daily basis. But I do think younger generations don't understand what it was like to live in real fear... I remember thinking that if I declared or was discovered to be gay, I would never get cast in a show again. It was constantly being reinforced - this is masculine - that is gay and gay was never okay. Gay was bad. My first mentor, she shamed me so badly so many times - and it was subtle and angry and it hurt. I'm so glad it's different now. Kizzes.
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