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in FilmsWhich movie features Disney/Pixar’s first same-sex kiss?
Answer: 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…
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Where is the first US national monument dedicated to LGBTQ history?
Answer: 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…
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in ScienceThe monkeypox outbreaks in Europe and North America are concentrated among who?
Answer: 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 16,500 cases…
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in PlacesHow many of the 27 European Union countries have legalized same-sex marriage?
Answer: 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…
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in CultureWhat is allyship?
Answer: Dictionary.com defines allyship as the role of a person who actively includes a marginalized group in all areas of society, not as a group member but in solidarity. More answers inside!
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in PoliticsWhich is the only G7 country that does NOT fully recognize same-sex marriage?
Answer: Japan is the only G7 country (the world’s seven largest advanced economies) that does not fully recognize same-sex marriage.
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in FilmsWhich Marvel movie shows the franchise’s first gay kiss?
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.
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in booksWhat was Alan Cumming’s 2014 best seller’s title?
Alan Cumming’s 2014 best seller’s title was Not My Father’s Son and focused on his earlier life._x000D_
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in SportsWho is the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to be out as gay?
Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo, 21, who plays as a left-back and central midfielder for Adelaide United, became the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to come out as gay on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2021. Cavallo said in a Twitter post and personal video, shared by his club Adelaide United, he…
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in PlacesWhat is the third option for gender Argentina added on its identity documents and passports?
Argentinean nonbinary people can now choose to have their gender marked as an X on their national identity documents and passports if they do not identify as either female or male. The International Civil Aviation Organization accepts the use of X to mark a gender._x000D_
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in TVWho is the first transgender performer to be nominated in a lead acting category in the Emmys?
Mj Rodriguez of “Pose” is the first trans performer to be nominated in a lead acting category. The show also earned a best drama series nod. The series from Steven Canals and Ryan Murphy broke ground with the casting of transgender actors as trans characters.
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in PlacesWhich EU country bans the “display and promotion of homosexuality”?
In mid-June 2021, Hungary’s parliament passed a law banning sharing information with under-18s that the government considers promoting homosexuality or gender change. The law also means only individuals and organizations listed in an official register can carry out sex education classes in schools._x000D_
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in PoliticsWho was the first sitting US Vice President to march in a pride parade?
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Kamala Harris became the first sitting vice president to march in a Pride parade. The 56-year-old VP attended Capital Pride in Washington D.C. with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
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in CultureHow many colors are there in the Rainbow Flag?
“The first versions of the rainbow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade. Artist Gilbert Baker originally designed the first rainbow flag with eight colors for the stripes, each color with its meaning (hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green…
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in PoliticsWhat is the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights?
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution that rules whether a state has violated an individual’s human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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in PoliticsCaitlyn Jenner is running for office. Which?
71-year-old Caitlyn Jenner announced her campaign for California Governor in April 2021 on Twitter and followed it up Monday, May 3, with a three-minute video posted on her website.
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in PoliticsWhich city elected the world’s first non-binary mayor in 2021?
Bangor, a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, and the oldest city in Wales, made history in this year’s local and mayoral election by appointing the first openly nonbinary mayor of any city in the world on May 10, 2021._x000D_
