Pride Week 4 Corners Game

Game: LGBTQ+ Four Corner Questions

Introductory Statement:  June is Pride Month! Pride Month began with the Stonewall riots, a series of riots for gay liberation that took place over several days beginning on June 28, 1969. The riots began after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located within Lower Manhattan in New York City. Kelowna is holding their Pride week events this week in various locations across the city. As a country, Canada is moving towards being more inclusive, but there are still areas where we, as members of the human population, can still grow.  In this activity, we will be learning about facts about LGBTQ rights and events in Canada.

Task: A question will be asked (by the web leader) and four options will be given.  Kids will stand in the corner of the option that they think is the correct answer. Example Below:

Subway                                                                                                       McDonald’s

                                  Which is the biggest fast food chain in Canada?

Tim Hortons                                                                                                 DQ

• Fact: Tim Hortons has the most franchises in Canada, followed by Subway, then McDonald’s and DQ.

• After students’ have chosen a corner, a fact will be given that contains the answer and then the next question will be asked.

The Questions:

• What percentage of the Canadian population is LGBTQ+?

  • 0.2%

  • 1.5%

  • 12.5%

  • 57%

    • Fact:  That is about 1 in 8 people (12.5%).  As of May, there are 39,900,251 people in Canada.  If you do the math, that means 4,987,531 people are LGBTQ+ in Canada!

    • Kelowna (the city proper, not the surrounding areas) had a population of 142,146.  That means the population of 35 Kelowna’s is the amount of people who are LGBTQ+ in Canada!

• What year was homosexuality taken off of the list of mental health illnesses by the World Health Organization?

  • 1970

  • 1990

  • 1950

  • 2000

    • Fact:  May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia to commemorate the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental health illnesses on May 17, 1990.

• What proportion of people think that being LGBTQ+ should be illegal?

  • 5%

  • 15%

  • 25%

  • 45%

    • Fact: Even though LGBTQ+ people have always existed because they’re a part of nature, they pose no danger and being LGBTQ+ is neither an illness nor a choice, 1 in 4 (25%) people in the world continue to consider that their identities are crimes.  There are still 69 countries in the world that criminalize homosexuality!

• How many LGBTQ+ people in Canada have said they’ve been the victim of LGBTQphobia?

  • 20%

  • 13%

  • 39%

  • 45%

    • Fact: 39%. Whether it’s in the form of remarks, jokes, discrimination or acts of physical violence, LGBTQPhobia is still found in Canada today.  In 2021, 425 hate crimes targeting someone’s sexual orientation were reported to the police in Canada.  Those are just the reported crimes…

• What does the word “aromantic” mean?

  • Someone who doesn’t have any emotions.

  • Someone who feels little or no romantic attraction.

  • Someone who is antisocial.

  • Someone who loves aromatic herbs.

    • Fact:  An aromantic person feels little or no romantic attraction, meaning that they don’t fall in love like the rest of the population.  Aromanticism is a spectrum that includes many variations (Grey-romantic people only feel romantic attraction under specific conditions. Others need to have a very strong connection with the person before they develop feelings of romantic attraction). Even if the majority of aromantic people are not interested in being in a relationship.  It does not mean that they stay alone or they don’t feel love: they can live surrounded by the love of their family and friends.

• What year was homosexuality decriminalized in Canada?

  • 1821

  • 1942

  • 1969

  • 1991

    • Fact: Before decriminalization in 1969, people who were homosexual could be sentenced to between 5 to 14 years in prison.  In 1892, a law made “gross indecency” between men illegal, which included any gesture indicating same-sex attraction, including simple touching, dancing and kissing.  In 1953, these laws were extended to women.  

• When was the first Pride Flag made?

  • 1978

  • 1990

  • 1982

  • 2000

    • The first Pride flag was designed by gay artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. It originally had eight stripes with each color symbolizing a different concept. The flag first flew on Gay Pride Day in San Francisco on June 25, 1978.

• How many different Pride Flags are there?

  • 5

  • 25

  • 7

  • 17

    • It’s common to see different variations of it because there are actually 17 different Pride flags! Each one symbolizes different identities so you might see a Progress Pride flag, Pansexual Pride flag, Lesbian Pride flag, and so many others! 

• The first Pride Parades in Canada were held in:

  • Montreal

  • Toronto and Vancouver

  • Ottawa

  • Calgary

    • The first Pride Parades in Canada were held in 1981 in Toronto and Vancouver.  Montreal held its first parade in 1984, Ottawa in 1989, and Calgary in 1991.

• Canada was the ____________ country in the world to legalize same sex marriage?

  • Tenth

  • Twenty-Fifth

  • Fourth

  • First

    • Canada was the fourth country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2005.

• When was the first time the Pride Flag was raised at Parliament Hill in Ottawa?

  • June 1, 2016

  • June 5, 2005

  • June 8, 2000

  • June 4, 1990

    • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the first Canadian Prime Minister to raise the Pride Flag at Parliament Hill on June 1, 2016.