Welcome to the (somewhat shorter this week) 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.
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LGBTQ Nation Weekly News Quiz for the week of May 6, 2024
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) recently rebranded itself to be more gender inclusive. What new name did the organization decide on?
Scouting America
In February, the BSA will begin calling itself Scouting America to coincide with the organization’s 115th anniversary. The organization currently allows boys and girls, both cis and trans.
The latest rebranding “sends this really strong message to everyone in America that they can come to this program, they can bring their authentic self, they can be who they are and they will be welcomed here,” Roger Krone, president and chief executive officer of the organization, said.
Billionaire Elon Musk surprised social media users with his recent comment on a transphobic post by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. What did Musk tell her to do?
To write something more interesting and positive
Musk told Rowling, in a now-deleted post, to try writing something “interesting and positive” after she shared a 709-word essay explaining her transphobic views. Both Rowling and Musk have long histories of repeatedly pushing transphobic propaganda to their hundreds of millions of social media followers.
Which red state recently elected its first out LGBTQ+ state senator?
Texas
Texas voters made history by electing bisexual community organizer Molly Cook as their state's first out LGBTQ+ state senator. The Democrat’s victory was the result of a special election to fill the seat of state Sen. John Whitmire (D), who is now Houston’s mayor.
Reformed KKK member R. Derek Black came out as trans and slammed Ron DeSantis for his vendetta against what?
The New College of Florida
Black credits their alma mater with their transformation from hateful white nationalist to progressive. They decried DeSantis's plan to turn the school into a conservative institution peddling right-wing ideology.
Which famous gay director was briefly hospitalized this week?
John Waters
John Waters was briefly hospitalized following a car crash but said he was okay, apart from hurting a bit when he laughs. He said the accident wasn't his fault, but the details remain unknown.
Ten thousand people marched in France last weekend. What were they protesting?
Calls to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
A coalition of LGBTQ+ activists, left-wing members of parliament, trade unionists, and young people joined protests in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Montpellier against calls by right-wing senators to ban hormone therapy and puberty blockers for trans youth.
“Anti-patriarchy, anti-capitalism, solidarity with trans people all over the world!” protesters chanted in Paris.
Why did the state of Florida file another lawsuit against the Biden administration this week?
To fight for the right deny trans folks gender-affirming care
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) is suing over new regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that clarify Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act – which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex – bans anti-transgender discrimination.
Florida is also among the 14 states currently suing the Biden administration for the right to discriminate against trans kids in schools.
May is the month where the historic contributions of which two groups are recognized?
Jewish Americans and Asian American Pacific Islanders
May is AAPI Heritage Month and Jewish American Awareness Month. Find out more about some AAPI and Jewish American LGBTQ+ people from history and from today who are changing the world.
A Catholic school fired a teacher for being gay in 2014. What did an appeals court just rule about the case?
The school had a right to fire him based on religious freedom exemptions
A court of appeals recently ruled that a Catholic North Carolina school had the right to fire teacher Lonnie Billard after he announced his marriage to another man on social media in 2014. The judges ruled the school was in the right due to a “ministerial exception” to Title VII that protects religious institutions.
A litany of LGBTQ+ books have been banned from libraries in an Australian city after an official's tantrum over a book about what?
Same-sex parents
The Cumberland City Council in Sydney, Australia, voted to ban all same-sex parenting books from the eight local libraries it oversees. The move was spurred by Councillor Steve Christou – former Mayor of Cumberland City Council – who posted on X last month claiming that he received complaints from local residents about a book called Same-Sex Parents by Holly Duhig being on display in the kids section at one of the council-run libraries.
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