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National Coming Out Day Trivia Quiz: A Thing You Can Take If You Feel Ready

Riese —

Oct 11, 2018

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Wow, it’s National Coming Out Day, a monumental day for us all. If you already know a lot about the holiday and also coming out in general — great news, I made a quiz for you! Hot tip: if the question seems impossible, don’t give up, see if you can figure it out from the multiple choice answers available.

Coming Out Trivia

1. October 11th, 2018 marks the ___ anniversary of National Coming Out Day*
- 15th
- 5th
- 30th
- 50th
2. Who is the artist behind this famous image, donated to the cause in 1987?
*
- Basquiat
- Man Ray
- Keith Haring
- Maurice Sendak
3. The lesbian-identified genderqueer half-sibling of which repugnant politician became the spokesperson for National Coming Out Day in 1995?*
- Ted Cruz
- Paul Ryan
- Newt Gingrich
- Bob Dole
4. Which legendary activist said, “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”*
- Harvey Milk
- Harry Hay
- Wilson Cruz
- Randy Shilts
5. What was the slogan of the Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society?*
- Come Out Into Outer Space
- Out of the Closets and Into the Universe
- The force will be with you, always
- Hope, help and compassion for all
6. Which of these musicians came out first, in a June 1992 article in The Advocate?*
- k.d. Lang
- Raven-Symoné
- Brandi Carlile
- Melissa Etheridge
7. For 15 years, the Human Rights Campaign gave each National Coming Out Day its own theme. Which of these was never a theme:*
- Being Out Rocks!
- Come Out. Speak Out. Vote.
- Let’s Set Fire To Our Vulvas
- Conversations from the Heart
- Think it O-o-ver (Who Will Pick the New Supremes?)
8. Who was outed in 2004 by a New York Daily News Story headlined “Same Sex in the City”?*
- Margaret Cho
- Chely Wright
- Jill Solloway
- Cynthia Nixon
9. Who is the woman pictured on this book, who in 1997 became the first straight spokesperson for National Coming Out Day?
*
- Judith Light
- Laura Bush
- Betty DeGeneres
- Martha Washington
10. Which celebrity gossip blogger published stories about Neil Patrick Harris and Lance Bass in order to prod them into coming out?*
- Stef Schwartz
- Michael Musto
- Perez Hilton
- Liz Smith
11. The movie about this famous tennis player’s life didn’t include the part where she was outed by her ex-girlfriend in 1981 when that ex-girlfriend, according to the New York Times, “sued her for assets over an alleged lesbian relationship.”*
- Martina Navratilova
- Dana Fairbanks
- Billie Jean King
- Venus Williams
12. “Being Out Rocks” was a 2002 compilation album released for National Coming Out day by the Human Rights Campaign. All of the below songs appear on the album — which of them were NOT performed by a lesbian, bisexual or queer artist?
*
- Cris Williamson – “Driving Wheel”
- Ani DiFranco – “In or Out”
- Janis Ian – “Society’s Child”
- k.d. lang – “Summerfling”
- Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”
- Catie Curtis – “Kiss That Counted”
13. Which of these celebrities did their coming out interview with Autostraddle dot com?*
- Lori Lindsey
- Gigi Gorgeous
- Brittney Griner
- Megan Rapinoe
- Steph Beatriz
14. Which former Olympic athlete came out as transgender on the cover of Vanity Fair?*
- Fallon Fox
- Renée Richards
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Laurel Hubbard
15. Which of these coming out posts got more traffic than any other coming out post in the history of Autostraddle dot com?*
- Samira Wiley
- Kristen Stewart
- Jodie Foster
- Ellen Page
16. Where did the term “coming out” come from?*
- From “coming” as in like, sex
- A debutant in 1936 who used her “coming out” ball to come out as a lesbian
- The first person to ever come out did so by leaping from a Subaru trunk into a campsite
- Post-World War II drag balls that were inspired by debutante balls
17. Who said, in her coming out interview in Rolling Stone Magazine, that she considers herself “a free-ass motherfucker”?*
- King Princess
- Lady Gaga
- Janelle Monáe
- Tessa Thompson

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Riese

Riese is the co-founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker and LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York, and now lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

Riese has written 3303 articles for us.

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