The 5th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz- The Answers

Since I was a little late compiling and putting it up on the blog because of other breaking news, I decided to give y'all a few extra days to ponder the answers to these questions.

Hey, it was an open Internet test.

So here they are, the answers to the 5th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz.

1.  This organization founded by Kylar Broadus is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year.  Name it.
The Trans Persons Of Color Coalition

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

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?
Doubt

5. True or False.  A transwoman has appeared as a JET Beauty of the Week Centerfold.
True.   Her name is Ajita Wilson

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

7. Model Ines Rau because the first person since Caroline Cossey to do this in May 2014.  What was it?
Appear as a Playboy magazine centerfold

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

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

10. This now annual award event was conceived and created by this trans woman.  Name it.
The Trans 100 by Antonia D'orsay

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?
They are all based in Atlanta

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

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

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

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".
Cheryl Courtney-Evans

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

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.
Carnegie Hall in New York City.

18. What award will the TransGriot be receiving this October?
The Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award

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."
Fallon Fox

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?
June 1999

22. What was the title of Sharon Davis' autobiography?
A Finer Specimen Of Womanhood.

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

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

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

4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz-The Answers

Did y'all have fun getting your learn on and actually trying to work on the 4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz?  Or did you just decide to wait until I posted the answers? 

If you did, shame on you.   It was an open Internet test.

So let's get to the answers for this year's edition of the Black Trans History Quiz.

And pay attention, because you will get another one during Black History Month next year.

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1. True or False   When last year's Trans 100 List was unveiled, there were 11 African American trans women and four African American trans men honored on it.   
TRUE

2.  Which one of these is NOT a BTAC Conference award? 

A. Monica Roberts Advocacy Award
B  Kortney Ryan Ziegler Awareness Award
C  Carter Brown Transman Of The Year 
D  Kylar Broadus Equality Award  
E.  Louis Mitchell Empowerment Award 

C.  The Carter Brown Transman of the Year Award is not a BTAC Conference award (yet)

3.  What Black transman and Black transwoman were named to the Out 100 List for 2013?
Kylar Broadus and Laverne Cox

4   This transwoman from Toledo became the first ever trans athlete in her sport.  Who is she and name the sport.  
Fallon Fox     Women's MMA

5  Blake Brockington became the first ever Black trans masculine to accomplish this feat.   What was his history making accomplishment?
Became the first Black transmasculine homecoming king in the US and the first ever in North Carolina

6. This transman born in Houston was a popular gospel singer from the 40s-70's.  What was his name? 
Wilmer 'Little Axe' Broadnax

7. Laverne Cox says she prefers to think of herself as this term.  What is it? 
A possibility model

8. True or False  Dee Dee Chamblee was named a Champion of Change in 2011 by President Obama.
TRUE

9   Name the transperson who was the first ever to receive a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Blog.
Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler in 2012 for blac(k)ademic
 
10   True or False.  Video blogger Diamond Stylz was the plaintiff in a court case to allow her to wear her dress to her high school's prom.
TRUE   Diamond sued her Indianapolis HS for the right to do so

11. Who said this quote? "More than I’m a trans man, I’m a Black man. Many of the things that I see in the world and many of the things that I respond to in the world have more to do with how I am treated as a Black man rather than how I am treated as a trans man."
Louis Mitchell

12   Audrey Mbugua filed a lawsuit to get the National Examinations Council in this nation to change the records to reflect who she is now.   What is that nation?
Kenya

13.  Who said this quote?  “Our lives, the path we feel we have to take is a challenge. We are voluntarily accepting the role of Public Enemy No. 1: The black man is the most feared man in America."
Carter Brown

14.  Houston's Dee Dee Watters last year became the first trans person ever to organize an African American themed version of this trans community event.  What was it? 

A.  A trans feminine summit
B.  A TDOR memorial
C.  A statewide trans conference
D.  A Transgender Day of Visibility
B.  A TDOR memorial

15.  The inaugural Trans* H4CK organized by Dr. Kortney R. Ziegler took place in this city.

A  San Francisco
B  San Jose
C  Berkeley
D. Oakland
D. Oakland
 
16  Angolan musical star Titica was named a Goodwill Ambassador by this agency last year.  Name the agency.
UNAIDS
 
17  Who said this quote?  "I'm a woman in mind, heart and spirit. That's all that matters. They can cut things off, paste things on, or reconfigure my body parts. If you're a woman, you're a woman. Period"
Trans author Roberta Angela Dee

18. True or False.  A Black trans feminine student has never been named as her schools homecoming or prom queen.
TRUE.  Trans Latinas and trans white women have but as of yet no trans feminine African American. 

19   How many ESSENCE magazine covers did trans model Tracy Africa Norman shoot? 
Five ESSENCE covers...Sixth was ruined when she was outed.

20.  Jordana LeSesne, Honey Dijon Redmond and Zoe Renee Lapin all have this in common.  What is that common denominator? 
They are currently or have DJed.

21   Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson co-founded this organization in 1970.  Name it.
S.T.A.R. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

22.  This trans musician played tours with Whitney Houston, the Isley Brothers and several other major artists.  Name her.
Koko Jones 

23   Who said this quote? "“They wanted to force me to be someone that I wasn’t. They wanted me to delegitimize myself as a trans woman — and I was not taking that. As a trans woman — as a proud black trans woman — I was not going to allow the system to delegitimize and hyper-sexualize and take my identity away from me.”
CeCe McDonald 
 
24.  The murder of this Boston area African-American transwoman in 1998 was the impetus to start the Transgender Day of Remembrance that occurs every November 20.  Name the transwoman.
Rita Hester

25.  Trans pioneer Gloria Allen in 2012 was teaching charm school classes for trans youth at the Center on Halsted in what city?
Chicago
 

The 4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz

Yes, Black transpeople have a history, and it's vitally important that we know that history and pass it on to each other, our cis brothers and sisters  and future generations. 

But history isn't just for remembering the past accomplishments, we also have people who are making trans history right now.

Since it's Black History Month, time to emphatically make that point as I have done every year since 2011 when I created the first TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz.    The positive response to it was so gratifying I decided to make this a permanent blog feature.  The second edition in 2012 and the third edition soon followed. 

Now it's time for my 4th annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz.  It's an open internet test, and you have a few days to mull it over before I post the answers next week in a separate post that I'll eventually link to this one. 

And now, here's the 4th Annual TransGriot Black Trans History Quiz.

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1. True or False   When last year's Trans 100 List was unveiled, there were 11 African American trans women and four African American trans men honored on it.   

2.  Which one of these is NOT a BTAC Conference award? 

A. Monica Roberts Advocacy Award
B  Kortney Ryan Ziegler Awareness Award
C  Carter Brown Transman Of The Year 
D  Kylar Broadus Equality Award  
E.  Louis Mitchell Empowerment Award  

3.  What Black transman and Black transwoman were named to the Out 100 List for 2013?

4   This transwoman from Toledo became the first ever trans athlete in her sport.  Who is she and name the sport.  

5  Blake Brockington became the first ever Black trans masculine to accomplish this feat.   What was his history making accomplishment?

6. This transman born in Houston was a popular gospel singer from the 40s-70's.  What was his name? 

7. Laverne Cox says she prefers to think of herself as this term.  What is it? 

8. True or False  Dee Dee Chamblee was named a Champion of Change in 2011 by President Obama.

9   Name the transperson who was the first ever to receive a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Blog.
 
10   True or False.  Video blogger Diamond Stylz was the plaintiff in a court case to allow her to wear her dress to her high school's prom.

11. Who said this quote? "More than I’m a trans man, I’m a Black man. Many of the things that I see in the world and many of the things that I respond to in the world have more to do with how I am treated as a Black man rather than how I am treated as a trans man."

12   Audrey Mbugua filed a lawsuit to get the National Examinations Council in this nation to change the records to reflect who she is now.   What is that nation?

13.  Who said this quote?  “Our lives, the path we feel we have to take is a challenge. We are voluntarily accepting the role of Public Enemy No. 1: The black man is the most feared man in America."

14.  Houston's Dee Dee Watters last year became the first trans person ever to organize an African American themed version of this trans community event.  What was it? 

A.  A trans feminine summit
B.  A TDOR memorial
C.  A statewide trans conference
D.  A Transgender Day of Visibility

15.  The inaugural Trans* H4CK organized by Dr. Kortney R. Ziegler took place in this city.

A  San Francisco
B  San Jose
C  Berkeley
D. Oakland
 
16  Angolan musical star Titica was named a Goodwill Ambassador by this agency last year.  Name the agency.
 
17  Who said this quote?  "I'm a woman in mind, heart and spirit. That's all that matters. They can cut things off, paste things on, or reconfigure my body parts. If you're a woman, you're a woman. Period"

18. True or False.  A Black trans feminine student has never been named as her schools homecoming or prom queen.

19   How many ESSENCE magazine covers did trans model Tracy Africa Norman shoot? 

20.  Jordana LeSesne, Honey Dijon Redmond and Zoe Renee Lapin all have this in common.  What is that common denominator? 

21   Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson co-founded this organization in 1970.  Name it.

22.  This trans musician played tours with Whitney Houston, the Isley Brothers and several other major artists.  Name her.  

23   Who said this quote? "“They wanted to force me to be someone that I wasn’t. They wanted me to delegitimize myself as a trans woman — and I was not taking that. As a trans woman — as a proud black trans woman — I was not going to allow the system to delegitimize and hyper-sexualize and take my identity away from me.”
 
24.  The murder of this Boston area African-American transwoman in 1998 was the impetus to start the Transgender Day of remembrance that occurs every November 20.  Name the transwoman.

25.  Trans pioneer Gloria Allen in 2012 was teaching charm school classes for trans youth at the Center on Halsted in what city?

 

The 3rd Annual African-American Trans History Quiz-The Answers

Well, did y'all have fun trying to answer the 3rd annual incarnation of the TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz?    It was an open Internet test and I gave you the hint that some of the answer to these 25 questions were buried in previous TransGriot posts.

As promised the quiz answers, but gave y'all etra time and posted them at noon Central time Thursday..

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1.  Kylar Broadus and Dr Marisa Richmond were two of the 13 delegates to this event that took place in Charlotte last summer.   Name the event.

The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC

2. This Chicago activist wrote a one act play, organized a trans pride event and considers herself an 'artivist'  Who is she?

Kokumo Kinetic

3. This IFGE Trinity Award winner was appointed to this position in Washington DC.  Name the position.
Earline Budd,  human rights commissioner

4. True or False.  Janet Mock was invited to attend an LGBT reception at the Vice President's residence.

True

5.  The TransGriot was one of the participants in a historic event at last year's Netroots Nation.  What was it?

The first ever panel on trans issues 

6.  At  last year's NBJC OUT on the Hill their first ever trans town hall was conducted.  Who were the four participants in the town hall and who was the moderator of it?

Minister Carmarion Anderson, Danielle King, Valerie Spencer, the TransGriot and Laverne Cox was Moderator.

7. Rapper Katey Red made a cameo appearance on this HBO television show.  Name it.
Treme

8. According to a 1966 Sepia magazine article, who is considered the 'First Negro Sex Change"?

A. Avon Wilson                                C. Delisa Newton
B. Carlett Brown                              D. Carole Small

9. True or False.  Valerie Spencer was part of the first all trans production of The Vagina Monologues in 2004. 
True

10. Dee Dee Chamblee runs an organization called LaGender in this southern US city.   Name it.
It's in Atlanta

11. True or False.  Pioneering transman Alexander John Goodrum is from San Francisco.
False    He was from Chicago.   Moved to San Francisco and then Tuscon.  

12. Which one of these companies did Tracy Africa Norman NOT have a modeling campaign contract with during her heyday?

A. Clairol                                           C.  Ultra Sheen
B. Avon Cosmetics                             D.  Newport cigarettes

13.  True or False  Kortney Ryan Ziegler produced a 2008 film called 'Still Black: A Portrait Of Black Transmen'

True

14. Trans woman Georgia Black, whose story was chronicled in a 1951 EBONY article, lived in which Florida town?

A Sanford                                            C. Quincy
B Kissimmee                                        D. Tallahassee

15. Who said this in a 1954 EBONY magazine article?.  "I ain't done nothing wrong and I ain't beaking no laws"

Jim McHarris

16. In what year did Althea Garrison win her race for the Massachusetts state legislature?
1992

17. KK Logan took what Indiana city's school board to court for barring her from attending her 2006 high school prom in femme attire?

A. Ft Wayne                                         C. Indianapolis
B. Gary                                                 D. Evansville

18. True or False. The police investigation into the death of Stonewall veteran Marsha P. Johnson was reopened.
True

19. This trans woman is the author of the novels The Other Women: A Story Of Three Transsexuals, The Lie, Sex And the Single Transsexual, and Shattered Dreams: An African American Family Story.   Name her. 

Pamela Hayes

20.  T Desiree Hines is someone we just lost to cancer.  What instrument did this talented musician play?
the organ

21. Titica is a girl like us who is a rising music star in her nation's fusion of techno and rap called kuduro.   What nation is she from?
Angola

22. What transperson said this line?  'We transwomen aren't taking any crap anymore from cis people who seem to think we exist to be a punchline for a joke or to bully to make themselves feel more secure in their own gender identities and sexual orientation.'
The TransGriot

23   True or False: FTM International has had an African-American trans man run it.
True.  His name is Zion Johnson

24.  Trans actress Ajita Wilson accomplished this feat in August 1981?  What was it? 
Appeared in the August 24, 1981 issue as a JET Beauty of the Week

25.  An African-American trans woman and transman were two of the people photographed for a groundbreaking anti-trans discrimination poster campaign in this city.   Name the city.
Washington DC.


To those of you who actually tried to answer the questions, thanks.  For those of you who waited until Thursday to get the answers, shame on you...

But hope you enjoyed it and learned a little something about Black trans history.   The point I wanted to make that trans history is not just our past or the exploits of our heroes and sheroes, but is also being made in the present time as well.


We will be doing this again in 2014


 

The 3rd Annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz

Here it is, the 3rd Annual incarnation of the TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz.   It's an open Internet test and some of the answer to these 25 questions will be buried in previous TransGriot posts.

I'll give y'all a few days to ponder them before the quiz answers are posted at midnight Central time Thursday..

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1.  Kylar Broadus and Dr Marisa Richmond were two of the 13 delegates to this event that took place in Charlotte last summer.   Name the event.

2. This Chicago activist wrote a one act play, organized a trans pride event and considers herself an 'artivist'  Who is she?

3. This IFGE Trinity Award winner was appointed to this position in Washington DC.  Name the position.

4. True or False.  Janet Mock was invited to attend an LGBT reception at the Vice President's residence.

5.  The TransGriot was one of the participants in a historic event at last year's Netroots Nation.  What was it?

6.  At  last year's NBJC OUT on the Hill their first ever trans town hall was conducted.  Who were the four participants in the town hall and who was the moderator of it?

7. Rapper Katey Red made a cameo appearance on this HBO television show.  Name it.

8. According to a 1966 Sepia magazine article, who is considered the 'First Negro Sex Change"?

A. Avon Wilson                                C. Delisa Newton
B. Carlett Brown                              D. Carole Small

9. True or False.  Valerie Spencer was part of the first all trans production of The Vagina Monologues in 2004. 

10. Dee Dee Chamblee runs an organization called LaGender in this southern US city.   Name it.

11. True or False.  Pioneering transman Alexander John Goodrum is from San Francisco.

12. Which one of these companies did Tracy Africa Norman NOT have a modeling campaign contract with during her heyday?

A. Clairol                                           C.  Ultra Sheen
B. Avon Cosmetics                             D.  Newport cigarettes

13.  True or False  Kortney Ryan Ziegler produced a 2008 film called 'Still Black: A Portrait Of Black Transmen

14. Trans woman Georgia Black, whose story was chronicled in a 1951 EBONY article, lived in which Florida town?

A Sanford                                            C. Quincy
B Kissimmee                                        D. Tallahassee

15. Who said this in a 1954 EBONY magazine article?.  "I ain't done nothing wrong and I ain't beaking no laws"

16. In what year did Althea Garrison win her race for the Massachusetts state legislature?

17. KK Logan took what Indiana city's school board to court for barring her from attending her 2006 high school prom in femme attire?

A. Ft Wayne                                         C. Indianapolis
B. Gary                                                 D. Evansville

18. True or False. The police investigation into the death of Stonewall veteran Marsha P. Johnson was reopened.

19. This trans woman is the author of the novels The Other Women: A Story Of Three Transsexuals, The Lie, Sex And the Single Transsexual, and Shattered Dreams: An African American Family Story.   Name her.   

20.  T Desiree Hines is someone we just lost to cancer.  What instrument did this talented musician play?

21. Titica is a girl like us who is a rising music star in her nation's fusion of techno and rap called kuduro.   What nation is she from?

22. What transperson said this line?  'We transwomen aren't taking any crap anymore from cis people who seem to think we exist to be a punchline for a joke or to bully to make themselves feel more secure in their own gender identities and sexual orientation.'

23   True or False: FTM International has had an African-American trans man run it.

24.  Trans actress Ajita Wilson accomplished this feat in August 1981?  What was it? 

25.  An African-American trans woman and transman were two of the people photographed for a groundbreaking anti-trans discrimination poster campaign in this city.   Name the city.
 

Coming Monday, The 3rd Annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz

Two years ago I started compiling a Black trans history quiz on this blog after getting a little perturbed over my observation that Black transpeople were being erased and marginalized in  LGBT compiled quizzes that were heavy on the LG end of the community.

Since Black History Month starts this Friday, it's time for me to post my latest incarnation of the TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz as a reminder that Black transpeople did (and still are) making history today in all the communities we intersect and interact with.  

As per usual, it's an open Internet test and some of the answers are buried in my TransGriot posts.

Once I post it on Monday I'll give you a few days to ponder it before I post the answers at midnight Central time on Thursday.    And yes, some of the 25 questions you'll get will be true or false and multiple choice ones.

Just to give you a taste of what you're going to get Monday, I'll post the links to the previous quizzes.

The First Annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz

The 2nd Annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz



TransGriot Note:  Photo is of trans model Tracy Africa Norman during a photo shoot.

The 2nd Annual African-American Trans History Quiz-The Answers

Well, did you have fun getting your learn on and discovering something about Black trans history?  

I hope you did, and here are the answers I promised y'all to the questions I posted Monday.  It was an open Internet test BTW and the answers could be found not only in the TransGriot archives but also by hitting Google.

And now, the answers to the second annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz.

1.  Transman Kylar Broadus founded an organization to lobby for the human rights of transpeople of color.  What is the name of that organization and what year was it founded?

Trans People of Color Coalition  (TPOCC)   It was founded in 2010. 

2.  This People.com editor was recently named to TheGrio's 100 History Makers List for 2012.  Name her.

Janet Mock

3. True or False:   An IFGE Trinity award has never been won by a Black trans man.

True  All four African-American IFGE Trinity award winners have been transwomen

4. Last year we lost three iconic African-American trans leaders   Name them.

Lois Bates, Dana Turner, and Tracy Bumpus

5. This transperson was the first to perform for a sitting US president.  Who is she?

Tona Brown

6. What transwoman uttered this quote?  "I defy any doctor in the world to prove that I am not a woman.”   Bonus points if you can also answer what state she was born in.
Lucy Hicks Anderson     She was born in Waddy, KY 

7. Transwomen Patti Shaw and Diana Taylor have this in common.  What's the link?

They were both harassed by the police departments in their respective towns and sued them.

8.  In what city will the first annual Black Transmen Empowerment Retreat Dinner and Conference on march 29-April 1 take place?

Dallas

9. IFGE award winner Dr. Marisa Richmond heads this statewide trans human rights organization.  Name it.

Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition

10. This transwoman made Diddy's Band in 2009 and in the process became the first transperson to actually win a reality television show competition.  Who is she?

Jaila Simms

11. There have been three autobiographical books written about or by African-American transwomen.   Name them.  

A Finer Specimen of Womanhood by Sharon Davis, Hiding My Candy about the Lady Chablis and I Rise by Toni Newman 

12.  This transwoman in November 1995 confronted job discrimination aimed at her on a college campus.  Name her and the school that perpetrated it.
Sharon Franklin Brown   The school was Fayetteville State in North Carolina

13.  Miss International Queen runner up and London resident Miss Sahhara was originally born in this African nation.   Name it.

Nigeria

14. This internationally known trans human rights warrior is from Uganda.   What's his name.

Victor Mukasa

15. What happened to Washington DC friends Stephanie Thomas and Ukea Davis on August 12, 2002?

They were brutally murdered .

16.  What is the name of the organization that Miss Major is the executive director of?

The TGIJP   Transgender, Gender variant/genderqueer, and Intersex (TGI)  Justice Project

17.  Name the two ballroom houses that Octavia St Laurent was part of.

The House of St Laurent and House of Manolo-Blahnik

18.  True or False:  The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition's first board chair was an African American transwoman.

True.  Dawn Wilson was the founding board chair until being succeeded by Yosenio Lewis

19. This transwoman is chronicled in a 1979 JET magazine article that discusses her life, her discrimination suit suit against GM and her founding of a Detroit gender organization.   Name her.

Justina Williams

20. Toni D'Orsay now runs this Phoenix based organization founded by Regina Gazelle.  Name it.  Bonus points if you can also name what the letters in the group's name stand for.

This Is H.O.W.     H.O.W. stands for Honesty, Openmindedness, Willingness

21. What college did trailblazing NCAA division one trans athlete Kye Allums play for and what was his sport?

George Washington University    Basketball.

22. Video blogger Diamond Stylz was the plaintiff in a successful ACLU discrimination lawsuit that allowed her to wear her dress at her high school prom.  What year did it occur and bonus points for the state it happened in.

1999,  in Indianapolis, IN

23. What continental African trans woman wrote this and bonus points if you can name the country she's from?  'I don't think saying something derogatory to someone who has insulted you is being unladylike. And maybe trans women need to knock it off with this perpetual ladylike garbage. Sometimes you can't be ladylike. Circumstances preclude that.'  

Audrey Mbugua of Kenya

24. This transman was featured in the book 'Love Makes a Family' , a supporter of COLAGE and was a presenter at several True Spirit conferences in the late 90's.  Name him.  

Marcelle Cook-Daniels

25. True or False:  The TransGriot is the first Texan to win the IFGE Trinity award.

False.   I'm the first African-American Texan to win it.   Phyllis Frye and Jane Ellen Fairfax (1993) were the first Texans to do so.  Brenda Thomas (2004) and Vanessa Edwards Foster (2005) preceded my 2006 win.. 

The 2nd Annual African-American Trans History Quiz

I got so much positive feedback after doing last year's inaugural Black Trans History Quiz I decided to make this an annual blog feature for Black History Month.

Just like last year's quiz, I'll give y'all a few days to mull over the questions before I post the answers in a separate post that I'll eventually link to this one.

And now, the second annual TransGriot African-American Trans History Quiz

1.  Transman Kylar Broadus founded an organization to lobby for the human rights of transpeople of color.  What is the name of that organization and what year was it founded?

2.  This People.com editor was recently named to TheGrio's 100 History Makers List for 2012.  Name her.

3. True or False:   An IFGE Trinity award has never been won by a Black trans man.

4. Last year we lost three iconic African-American trans leaders   Name them.


5. This transperson was the first to perform for a sitting US president.  Who is she?

6. What transwoman uttered this quote?  "I defy any doctor in the world to prove that I am not a woman.”   Bonus points if you can also answer what state she was born in.

7. Transwomen Patti Shaw and Diana Taylor have this in common.  What's the link?

8.  In what city will the first annual Black Transmen Empowerment Retreat Dinner and Conference on March 29-April 1 take place?


9. IFGE award winner Dr. Marisa Richmond heads this statewide trans human rights organization.  Name it.

10. This transwoman made Diddy's Band in 2009 and in the process became the first transperson to actually win a reality television show competition.  Who is she?

11. There have been three autobiographical books written about or by African-American transwomen.   Name them.  


12.  This transwoman in November 1995 confronted job discrimination aimed at her on a college campus.  Name her and the school that perpetrated it.

13.  Miss International Queen runner up and London resident Miss Sahhara was originally born in this African nation.   Name it.

14. This internationally known trans human rights warrior is from Uganda.   What's his name.

15. What happened to Washington DC friends Stephanie Thomas and Ukea Davis on August 12, 2002?

16.  What is the name of the organization that Miss Major is the executive director of?

17.  Name the two ballroom houses that Octavia St Laurent was part of.

18.  True or False:  The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition's first board chair was an African American transwoman.

19. This transwoman is chronicled in a1979 JET magazine article that discusses her life, her discrimination suit suit against GM and her founding of a Detroit gender organization.   Name her.


20. Toni D'Orsay now runs this Phoenix based organization founded by Regina Gazelle.  Name it.  Bonus points if you can also name what the letters in the group's name stand for.

21. What college did trailblazing NCAA division one trans athlete Kye Allums play for and what was his sport?

22. Video blogger Diamond Stylz was the plaintiff in a successful ACLU discrimination lawsuit that allowed her to wear her dress at her high school prom.  What year did it occur and bonus points for the state it happened in.

23. What continental African trans woman wrote this and bonus points if you can name the country she's from?  'I don't think saying something derogatory to someone who has insulted you is being unladylike. And maybe trans women need to knock it off with this perpetual ladylike garbage. Sometimes you can't be ladylike. Circumstances preclude that.'  

24. This transman was featured in the book 'Love Makes a Family' , a supporter of COLAGE and was a presenter at several True Spirit conferences in the late 90's.  Name him.  

25. True or False:  The TransGriot is the first Texan to win the IFGE Trinity award.