Across
- 1. A gay college student who was brutally beaten and left to die in 1998, which sparked national outrage and led to hate crime legislation in the US. (Clue: Hate crime victim)
- 4. A transgender woman and LGBTQ+ rights activist who co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries and was a key figure in the Stonewall riots. (Clue: Transgender rights activist and Stonewall participant)
- 6. An American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, who was assassinated in 1978. (Clue: First openly gay elected official)
- 7. The name of a bar in New York City where a series of riots occurred in 1969, which is widely regarded as the start of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. (Clue: Birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement)
- 8. A grassroots advocacy group formed in 1987 to fight the AIDS epidemic and advocate for better healthcare and policies for people living with HIV/AIDS. (Clue: AIDS advocacy group)
- 9. A British mathematician and computer scientist who was persecuted for being gay and was forced to undergo chemical castration, which led to his suicide. (Clue: Mathematician persecuted for being gay)
- 10. A colonial-era law in India that criminalized homosexual acts, which was overturned by the Indian Supreme Court in 2018. (Clue: Law criminalizing homosexual acts)
Down
- 2. An annual observance on November 20th to honor the memory of transgender people who have been killed as a result of transphobia. (Clue: Annual remembrance for transgender people)
- 3. A national legal organization that fights for the rights of LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV/AIDS. (Clue: Legal advocacy group)
- 5. A transgender woman and LGBTQ+ rights activist who played a key role in the Stonewall riots and co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. (Clue: Transgender rights activist)