A Citizenship Quiz in Honor of LGBT Pride Month On June 28, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar. Instead of quietly going to jail, the gay patrons fought back. The Stonewall Riots touched off the gay liberation movement, complementing similar struggles in the Women, African-American, and Latino communities. 1. What did Susan B. Anthony do? (77) 2. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? (84) 3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?* (85) The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag, is the symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The six stripes reflect the diversity of the LGBT community. The flag is carried in pride parades and is displayed in LGBT homes, churches, businesses, and community centers. 4. Why does the (U.S.) flag have 13 stripes? (96) Margarethe Cammermeyer was born in Oslo, Norway, and became a United States citizen in 1960. She served as a nurse and a colonel in the Washington National Guard. 5. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? (53) Cammermeyer was honorably discharged from the Nat’l Guard because she was a lesbian. In 2010, the US District Court said that the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military was unconstitutional. This ruling ultimately led to the lifting of the ban on LGBT people from serving in the US armed forces. 6. What does the judicial branch do? (37) Tammy Baldwin was the first openly lesbian member elected to Congress. She represented the State of Wisconsin in the lower house (1999-2012) and then in the upper house (2012-present). 7. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* (17) Barney Frank served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013, specializing in finance. In 1987, he publicly came out as gay and in July 2012, he became the first member of Congress to marry someone of the same sex while in office. 8. Name your U.S. Representative. (23) On June 26, 2015, the highest US court decided that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Same-sex marriages started immediately in most states. 9. How many amendments does the Constitution have? (7) In 2016, President Obama designated the area around the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park as a US National Monument, which is a quick walk and ferry ride from the Statue of Liberty National Monument. 10. Where is the Statue of Liberty?* (95)

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