Fill out this quick quiz, testing your knowledge of trans+/SOFFA history and current events! The person with the most correct answers (we'll move to bonus questions to break ties), will win a year's subscription to Connectivity! Quiz answers will be posted on the FORGE website www.forge-forward.org following the announcement of the winner. How we can contact you, if you are the first place winner? Name*: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Email: (*All information will be kept strictly confidential.)

 

1. 2003 was the seventh True Spirit Conference (TSC). How many TSCs have been chaired or co-chaired by a person of color?
none
2
4
6
all

BONUS: List the (co-)chair/s and/or year/s.

2. The three original legal incorporators of the American Boyz, the sponsor of TSC, identified as:
an FTM, a butch, and a genderqueer
FTMs
an FTM, an MTF, and a partner
SOFFAs
genderqueers

BONUS: Name the incorporators.

3. Who originally coined the term SOFFA?
___ no one knows
___ An MTF
___ An FTM
___ The partner of a transperson
___ An academic

BONUS: Name the originator.

4. T or F? The first FTM phalloplasty took place before Christina Jorgensen’s surgery.

___ True
___ False

BONUS: Name the year in which it took place and/or the first recipient.

5. T or F? Medicare will pay for testosterone for FTMs.

True
False

BONUS: At what age is one eligible for Medicare?

6. If at age 18 you are living as a transman or intend to transition to male within the next few years, do you need to register with the Selective Service?

___ Yes
___ No
___ It depends

BONUS: Why?

7. Who are Lisa Lambert and Philip Devine?

An MTF-FTM couple who were profiled in Time magazine in 2001.
The founders of IFGE (International Foundation for Gender Education).
Two people killed along with Brandon Teena.
The first couple with an openly trans member granted a legal adoption of a child.
The authors of Transsexuality: A Spiritual Journey Through Duality.

Bonus question: Who is Tanner Lambert?

8. A transsensual femme is…

___ a sex toy
___ someone who cross-dresses because of the way the clothes feel on their body
___ a polyamorous transsexual
___ someone who is attracted to trans people

9. How many U.S. states and/or municipalities explicitly protect SOFFAs from discrimination?
__ none
___ 1
___ 3
____ 27
____ 89

BONUS: Name the jurisdiction(s).

10. In 2002, the book club of Good Morning, America! chose a book with a transgender theme. What is the book’s name?

BONUS: What was the author’s name?

 

 

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