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1. "He's all man - we made sure of that," said this candidate for the U.S. Presidency when asked whether his son was gay.
2. On October 7th, 1998, Matthew Shephard was lured from a gay club, beaten, tied to a fence, and and left for dead in freezing weather. The 22 year old, 5'2", 105 lb. boy died on October 12th without regaining consciousness. He was a college student in which U.S. town?
3. Particularly in the western world, gay history and the story of AIDS are inexorably intertwined. However the plight of one young hemophiliac who was an early victim of the AIDS pandemic is quite remarkable. His story is inspirational for any child and his memory lives on through continued local and federal AIDS funding programs to help all U.S. residents with AIDS. His name is:
4. On July 15, 1997, the famous Italian clothing designer, Gianni Versace, was murdered execution-style. The hustler who allegedly committed this gruesome act was Andrew Cunanan, who later took his own life, presumably to avoid capture. This murder took place in which U.S. city?
5. This Pennsylvania born author of "Q.E.D." and "Three Lives", which were breakthroughs in English-language fiction due to their open treatment of lesbianism, was the long-time companion of Alice B. Toklas. Who was she?
6. Born with the first name "George", this ex-GI became one of the most celebrated transsexuals of all time after her three operations in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1952-1953. Athough not the first person to have a sex change operation, her openness and courage helped thousands of other persons who wished to have such a change. Her name was what?
7. This French film director, noted for directing such films as "Beauty and the Beast" and "Orpheus" (English titles) cast his lover, Jean Marais, in most of his films. Who was this director?
8. In June, 1987, a group of individuals assembled to begin work on a quilt to commemorate the loss of their friends to AIDS. Each person so remembered would have a 3' x 6' memorial cloth (about the size of a coffin). On October 11, 1987, the quilt was first displayed on the Washington, DC, mall with 1,920 panels. Today, the quilt has over 44,000 panels. What is the name of the organization behind this quilt?
9. "There's a lot of talk these days about homosexuals coming out of the closet. I didn't know they'd been in a closet. I do know they've been in a gutter," said this noted televangelist and founder of the now-defunct "Moral Majority".
10. Born in 1927 to a New York State judge and his wife, this noted figure in Washington was prominent in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951. Later he would work closely with Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the communist "witch-hunts" of the 1950's. Following the embarrassment brought about by the televising of these activities, he was forced to resign and left to join a law firm in NYC, where he had a rather impressive list of clients. In the 1980's, he was disbarred and later contracted AIDS, of which he died in 1986. Who was he?
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