The 5th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz

Here it is as promised, the fifth annual TransGriot Black Trans History quiz.   As with the four previous editions of it, it is an open internet test, and I'll give y'all the weekend to peruse it and actually try to answer the questions that are a mix of historical, and current events stuff before I post the answers.

Good luck and time to get your Black trans history learn on.

1.  This organization founded by Kylar Broadus is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year.  Name it.

2.  The Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit-In and Protest took place in what city 50 years ago?

3.  Which one of these gospel groups was Wilmer Broadnax NOT a part of?

a: The Blind Boys Of Mississippi
b. The Golden Echoes
c. The Houston Heavenly Chorale
d. Spirit of Memphis

4. What is the name of the show in which Laverne Cox will play an Ivy league educated attorney?

5. True or False.  A transwoman has appeared as a JET Beauty of the Week Centerfold.

6. Angelica Ross founded this Chicago based organization to provide job training for trans people.  Name the organization.

7. Model Ines Rau because the first person since Caroline Cossey to do this in May 2014.  What was it?

8.True or False    Janet Mock has an MSNBC show entitled So POPular.

9. This activist scored a groundbreaking legal win for herself and trans people in her nation   Name her and the nation.

10. This now annual award event was conceived and created by this trans woman.  Name it.

11. What do Dee Chamblee, Tracee McDaniel, Toni-Michelle Williams and Cheryl Courtney-Evans have in common besides the obvious fact they are African-American trans women?

12.  True or False.  Rev Louis Mitchell was part of Dr Kortney Ziegler's groundbreaking documentary Still Black: A portrait of Black Transmen.

13.  Trans advocate Ashily Dior is from what Caribbean nation?

14.  What do Jonathan Thunderword, Yeshua Holiday and Lawrence Richardson all have in common besides being trans men?

15.  Who said this quote?   As long as there continues to be these petty folk, playing at activism while still harboring their superior attitudes toward the transgender community, we won't have the hard honest conversations and we'll NEVER have complete unity in the so-called "community".

16. True or False.  Valerie Spencer was Kerry Washington's trans advisor when she played Marybeth in the movie Life Is Hot In Cracktown.

17.  Last year Tona Brown because the first African-American transwoman to have a concert at this historic music venue/  Name it and the city it is located in.

18. What award will the TransGriot be receiving this October?

19. Who said this?  Those irrelevant articles TERFs tend to write give those of us on the right side of history something to point at and say, "Now, look at the utter ridiculousness of what they are saying. Go ask those in the medical communities who actually study transgender bodies on a day to day basis the reality of trans women's bodies. Go ask the psychologist who actually work with transgender women on a day to day basis. They will disagree with these insane statements."

When you are a person of privilege, it can be hard to imagine that the playing field isn’t leveled; but when you are a woman, or a person of color, or a transgender person, or a person from a lower socioeconomic bracket, you are familiar with the ways in which having privilege colors your reality. - See more at: http://thesaltcollective.org/6-things-people-with-privilege-never-have-to-worry-about/#sthash.3gYGfu2s.dpuf

When you are a person of privilege, it can be hard to imagine that the playing field isn’t leveled; but when you are a woman, or a person of color, or a transgender person, or a person from a lower socioeconomic bracket, you are familiar with the ways in which having privilege colors your reality. - See more at: http://thesaltcollective.org/6-things-people-with-privilege-never-have-to-worry-about/#sthash.3gYGfu2s.dpuf

20.  Which city did trans masculine leader Alexander John Goodrum NOT live in?
a. Chicago
b. San Francisco
c. New York
d. Tucson

21.In what year was the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, the first multicultural national trans organization founded?

22. What was the title of Sharon Davis' autobiography?

23.  True or False.  Isis King's appearance in the movie Hello Forever was her first ever movie role?

24.   This event is going to happen in the near future for Myles Brady and Precious Davis.   What is it?

25.  Lady Java was photographed picketing Rule Number 9 outside the LA club owned by this legendary comedian?