Public Agenda: First Choice 2004

Test Your Knowledge: Gay Rights

1. What year was the first gay rights group founded in the U.S.?
1924
1951
1969
1981

2. What event is commonly credited with spurring the gay rights movement in America?
When Illinois became the first state to decriminalize sodomy in 1961
The 1965 Watts Riots
The 1969 Stonewall Riots
None of the above

3. How many states had anti-sodomy laws until the U.S. Supreme Court struck them down in June 2003?
50
24
16
13
4. Where and when were the first cases of AIDS reported in the U.S.?
New York in 1956
New York in 1972
Los Angeles in 1972
Los Angeles in 1981
In both New York and Los Angeles in 1972

5. Which was the first state to prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment and housing?
Texas
Wisconsin
Vermont
California

6. True or false. In some countries, homosexual acts are subject to the death penalty.
True
True until recently when the United Nations ratified a treaty banning such laws
False

7. Which was the first nation to grant same-sex couples the same legal rights and benefits as heterosexual married couples?
Denmark
The Netherlands
Canada
Belgium