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collage of quiz results: Top Row is Finley, Micah, Gigi, Sophie. Bottom row is Shane, Dani, Alice, Bette.

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Quiz: Which Gen Q Character Is “The One” For You?

Riese —

Nov 27, 2022

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Last year we all took a good hard look at ourselves and figured out which Generation Q character we were. This year, it’s time to move forward with our relationships and figure out whomst amongst these beloved humans you are in fact destined to partner with romantically.

Which Queer Generation Q Character Is “The One” For You?

Sophie, Dani, Bette, Alice, Shane, Micah, Gigi, Tess, Finley — which one of these beautiful humans is best suited to be your girlfriend or boyfriend? There’s only one way to find out: taking this quiz.

Pick a vice:*
- Binge drinking to numb emotional distress
- Taking a work call during a social event
- Refusing to Adult
- Hot older women with impressive jobs who at best give you 50% of their devoted attention
- Constantly chasing relationship highs through premature commitments like moving in together and getting married
- Falling in love with someone you’ve known for a week
- Emotionally complicated sex
- Queer celebrity gossip
- Shane
Pick the outfit you imagine your partner wearing to your wedding:*
Pick your future partner's job:*
- Social Worker
- Documentary Filmmaker
- High-Profile Crisis Manager
- Women’s Soccer Coach
- Lesbian Bar Owner
- Real Estate Agent
- Art Gallery Owner
- Hairdresser
- Talk Show Host
Pick a personality trait some people find annoying in a partner but you personally seem to be drawn to regardless of how it makes you feel:*
- They always defer to you
- They’re hard to read
- They’re extremely Type A
- They lack clear goals and life ambitions
- They’re very impulsive
- They accidentally flirt with everyone
- They take up a lot of space in the relationship
- They want to sleep with other people
- They can be a little superficial
Pick a lesbian movie:*
Pick a drink:*
- Seltzer with lime
- Negroni Sbagliato With Prosecco in It
- Vodka soda
- Martini
- Green juice
- Beer
- Oat Milk Latte
- Coca-Cola
- Bourbon neat
Pick a weekend getaway to reconnect with your significant other:*
- Lake Havasu in Arizona: Jet-skiing and boating and off-roading, then kicking back at night in a waterfront hotel
- Ojai: Staying at a hipster Airstream park in an upscale bohemian desert-adjacent town for vintage shopping, biking, ice cream and gorgeous sunsets
- Joshua Tree: Watching movies and going exploring and stargazing and hitting up the queer-owned roadside diner in the desert while staying in an extremely cool airbnb
- Coachella Valley: A high-class wellness retreat for hot springs, yoga, personal training, spa treatments, tennis and world-class dining
- Temecula Valley: wine touring, farm-to-table dining and getting in-room massages at the South Coast Winery Resort & Spa
- Catalina Island: lots of seafood, chilling on the beach and kicking back at a charming seaside hotel
- Mammoth: Skiing the gorgeous mountain while staying at an onsite luxury lodge
- Santa Barbara: Surfing by day, relishing the solitude of a romantic cottage in the San Ysidro Ranch by night
- Palm Springs: Poolside lounging, reading, eating & drinking at the super-hip insta-ready mid-century modern Parker Palm Springs
When there's a conflict in your relationship, you tend to:*
- Try to pretend like nothing’s wrong until they call you out and demand to know why you’re acting weird
- Successfully pretend like nothing’s wrong, potentially forever
- Let your partner apologize even when it’s not their fault
- Make jokes as a possible exit from having to resolve the conflict at all
- Allow them to wear you down until you eventually cave and agree with their position
- Relish the opportunity to dig into the marrow of your relationship and analyze the problem from all angles to fix it
- Be ready to compromise because you’re just really committed to making it work
- Be wrong. Probably.
- Pour yourself another whiskey
Which of these actual headlines from queer weddings printed in The New York Times' "Vows" Section would be a fitting headline for your wedding?*
- “On Their First Date, Plunging Into a Relationship”
- “Near Castle Ruins, a Wedding with a Dash of ‘Game of Thrones’”
- “At Karaoke and as a Couple, Always in Unison”
- “A Spontaneous Sedona Elopement”
- “When Age Is Nothing But a Favorite Number”
- “A Union That Defied Tradition Gets a Blessing From Chaka Khan”
- “So Captivated By Each Other, They Closed Down the Bar”
- “Before Their First Date, Some ‘Opposition Research’”
- “Bonding Over a Love of Cat Power and Senior Dogs”
Pick a game you know you and your partner will win on Game Night:*
Pick the trait you're most attracted to:
- Integrity
- Authenticity
- Compassion
- Perseverance
- Candor
- Emotional Literacy
- Humor
- Beauty
- Self-Reliance
Which of these actual or hypothetical Aloce Show guests would you beg Alice to get you tickets to see when they appeared on the show?
- Roxane Gay
- Angelica Ross
- Megan Rapinoe
- Cynthia Nixon
- Demi Lovato
- Queen Latifah
- Desiree Akhvan
- Tegan & Sara
- Kate McKinnon
What's the best part of living with your partner?
- They’re an amazing cook
- They own a penthouse apartment that you didn’t have to pay for
- They’re always there for you at the end of a long day
- Their interior decorating skills are unmatched
- They can build furniture and do basic home repairs
- They pretty much always want to make out
- Their incredible art collection
- They basically go with the flow and are down to let you make the decisions you want to and then help you out when you need them
- They still own the apartment they lived in before you met so you can use it for when guests are in town or if either of you need a little space
Who did you crush on in high school?*
- The mysterious, brooding masc in a leather jacket who was the only out lesbian in your school and was always smoking cigarettes with the boys and drawing on her Converse
- The bubbly theater geek with a secret rebellious streak and a very cool Mom
- The outgoing tomboy who was captain of the soccer team, best friends with everybody, full of jokes and had a rocky relationship with her family
- The adorable class clown with the best taste in music who fronted for an alt-rock band that sometimes played underground parties
- The magnetic queen bee and track star who always seemed older than her peers
- The sweet, sensitive tennis player known around campus for being the guy who always organized philanthropic events
- The painfully hot dancer who just transferred from another school, instantly became popular and was voted “most likely to succeed”
- The nerdy femme weirdo who always turned up in the most incredible outfits
- The intimidating and beautiful class president and Varsity athlete on track to get a Julliard scholarship
Pick a pet:*
Which queer Generation Q character do you THINK is "the one" for you? (This question is optional and won't determine your result, but it could be a tiebreaker!)
- Sophie
- Dani
- Micah
- Gigi
- Finley
- Tess
- Bette
- Shane
- Alice

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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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