LGBTQ Sports History I

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Q1
Founded by Tom Wadell, it was the landmark in the history of LGBTQ+ participation in sports.
1982 Queer Games
1982 Gay Games
30s
Q2
In what year did the Women's Sports Foundation initiate the Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport?
1999
2000
30s
Q3
Olympic and World Cup Champion USA soccer player Megan Rapinoe publicly came out as a lesbian in 2012.
true
false
True or False
30s
Q4
Who was the first openly gay American footballer to be drafted into the NFL?
Michael Sam
Michael Smith
30s
Q5
In which event did John Curry, the first openly gay figure skater from Great Britain, win Olympic gold?
1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics
30s
Q6
Who was considered the first openly gay athlete to compete at a modern Olympic Games?
Robert Dover
Robert Denver
30s
Q7
Who was the female athlete to emerge as gay due to a lawsuit in 1981?
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
30s
Q8
Transgender tennis player Renee Richards won a lawsuit for gender discrimination against the US Tennis Association when they barred her from competing as a female player in the 1976 US Open.
true
false
True or False
30s
Q9
It is a committee that mandated gender testing for all female competitors participating in the Olympics in 1968.
International Olympic Committee
World Olympic Committee
30s
Q10
In what year did the International Olympics Committee (IOC) ends gender testing?
2000
1999
30s