Welcome to the LGBTQ Nation News Quiz. We’ve kept you up-to-date on politics, current events, and news from the LGBTQ+ community all week. Now, this is your chance to look back on what happened.
We’ll be testing your knowledge with a series of questions taken from our headlines this past week. Try the quiz without looking up the answers or open another tab and use our search function to find the answers. (We won’t tell.)
See how well you followed the LGBTQ+ news!
LGBTQ Nation Weekly News Quiz for the week of April 1, 2024
Which conservative media personality was caught having celebrated the Trans Day of Visibility despite attacking it this year?
Caitlin Jenner
Appalled that TDOV happened to fall on Easter this year, Jenner expressed outrage that President Joe Biden honored the day with a statement praising trans people’s contributions to society. But many social media users called attention to a 2017 post from Jenner in which she happily celebrated TDOV.
Why does Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer avoid talking about being transgender in interviews?
She doesn't just want to be known as a "trans actress"
The 25-year-old star said she doesn’t want to be reduced to just being a trans actress and discussing mostly trans issues in interviews.
"I find it ultimately demeaning to me and what I want to do," she said. "I worked so hard to get to where I am … and now I just want to be a girl and finally move on."
Why did Republican Florida state Rep. Fabián Basabe recently threaten to sue the organizers of Miami Beach Pride?
They blocked him from participating in its annual parade
Former reality TV performer-turned-Florida state Rep. Fabián Basabe (R) threatened to sue Miami Beach Pride if they don’t allow him to ride in their annual parade, which will be held on April 14. When Basabe rode in last year’s parade, attendees booed and heckled him over his support of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and a statewide drag ban.
Parade organizers say that Basabe's appearance would cause a security risk and they are within their legal rights to decide who can participate. Basabe claims that the security excuse is bogus and accused organizers of violating his free speech rights.
Which state recently passed landmark legislation decriminalizing surrogacy, repealing a law that made it the only state in the country where surrogacy contracts were not legal?
Michigan
In addition to decriminalizing surrogacy, the Michigan Family Protection Act includes a series of provisions to protect families of all kinds, including protecting parentage rights for LGBTQ+ folks.
Speaker Mike Johnson was tricked by a false rightwing article into attacking President Joe Biden this past week. What did the article claim?
That Biden banned religious Easter eggs from a White House art contest
Johnson lambasted Biden using an article from the far-right Daily Caller that has since been retracted. The article falsely claimed the Biden administration banned religious Easter eggs from a White House art contest. Johnson posted a screenshot and wrote that Biden "betrayed the central tenet of Easter."
Johnson has not yet retracted his statements.
Which famous rap group reportedly paid for a transgender woman's gender-affirming surgery in the early 2000s?
The Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys' member Adam Horowitz revealed that the rap group paid for the gender-affirming surgery of Donna Lee Parsons, a transgender record label founder who first signed the group in 1982 and released their first two EP albums.
Horovitz said that, since the rappers knew Parsons wouldn’t accept the money if she saw it as a charitable act, they claimed that they owed her royalties from the sales of their first EP, entitled Polly Wog Stew.
Uganda faced a round of international criticism this week for its horrific "Kill the Gays" law, including from the White House. Why was it in the news again?
The Uganda Constitutional Court upheld its constitutionality
The Uganda Constitutional Court ruled that the law, which allows for the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and bans people even identifying as LGBTQ+, doesn't violate the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Uganda constitution.
"As the president has said time and time again, no one should have to live in constant fear nor be subjected to violence or discrimination," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "It is wrong.”
Which out official recently attacked Donald Trump for pretending to care about women's safety after a speech he made in her state?
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel
During a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Wednesday, Trump joined conservatives around the country in exploiting the death of a young woman to push an anti-immigration agenda. Ahead of the speech, Nessel posted a video destroying Trump's ability to claim he genuinely cares about protecting women by listing a slew of actions he took as president to make women less safe.
A Banksy-style work of art appeared on a gay bar in Birmingham, U.K. this week. What did it depict?
Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
The image of Judy Garland as Dorothy from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz appeared overnight on a pair of double doors outside the Sidewalk bar in Birmingham’s lively Gay Village district earlier this week.
“There was this great big piece of art there, beautifully sitting on our bin room doors," Sidewalk director Phil Oldershaw said.
What reason did Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) give for vetoing a Republican-led ban on transgender high school athletes?
It would needlessly harm trans and nonbinary kids
In his veto message, Evers wrote, “This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric we get by pursuing it, harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids.”
State Republicans reportedly don't have the votes needed to override Evers' veto.
