LGBTQ+ History Month 2021 - BNP Paribas UK

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When were homosexual acts in private between two men, aged 21 and over, allowed in English and Welsh law (but not in the Navy or Armed Forces)?

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When the decriminalisation of homosexuality was extended to Scotland and the Northern Ireland?

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Who was the first lesbian MP in the UK out to the public?

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Which Arab country was the first to launch the first gay pride week?

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Which country has the largest rainbow Parliament in the world, going by the percentage of LGBTQ MPs?

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Which city has the largest Gay Pride Parade globally, according to existing records?

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Which US TV series broke ground as the first sitcom in broadcast television with a gay main character in the 1990s?

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Which British soap opera was the first to portray a kiss between a gay couple?

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Which actress gained an Academy Awards for her role as a transgender woman?

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Which documentary deals with the ballroom culture and transgender community of late 1980s New York City?

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Which controversial 1940s report found 37% of males and 13% of females in the US then had had at least some overt homosexual experience?

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And what was the proportion of males Kinsey found in the 1940s to be "more or less exclusively homosexual" for at least three years?

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What were the Stonewall Inn riots main original motivator?

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Who was the first Olympic athlete out before the competition?

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When was homosexuality decriminalised in the Vatican

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LGBTQ+ History Month 2021 - BNP Paribas UK

When were homosexual acts in private between two men, aged 21 and over, allowed in English and Welsh law (but not in the Navy or Armed Forces)?

When the decriminalisation of homosexuality was extended to Scotland and the Northern Ireland?

Who was the first lesbian MP in the UK out to the public?

Which Arab country was the first to launch the first gay pride week?

Which country has the largest rainbow Parliament in the world, going by the percentage of LGBTQ MPs?

Which city has the largest Gay Pride Parade globally, according to existing records?

Which US TV series broke ground as the first sitcom in broadcast television with a gay main character in the 1990s?

Which British soap opera was the first to portray a kiss between a gay couple?

Which actress gained an Academy Awards for her role as a transgender woman?

Which documentary deals with the ballroom culture and transgender community of late 1980s New York City?

Which controversial 1940s report found 37% of males and 13% of females in the US then had had at least some overt homosexual experience?

And what was the proportion of males Kinsey found in the 1940s to be "more or less exclusively homosexual" for at least three years?

What were the Stonewall Inn riots main original motivator?

Who was the first Olympic athlete out before the competition?

When was homosexuality decriminalised in the Vatican