In 1978, when I thought of creating a flag for the gay movement, there was no other international symbol for us than the pink triangle, which the Nazis used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps. Even though the pink triangle… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
Anita Bryant had the effect of galvanizing the whole gay movement. She was somebody whom everybody could hate. She was easy to hate. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
The rainbow flag is beautiful because it's about love. The Confederate flag is ugly because it's about hate. It's pretty simple from the art… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
Once I was finally liberated from my Kansas background, the first thing I did was get a sewing machine, because it's 1972, and I… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
Being gay in San Francisco is fun. Being gay in Saudi Arabia - that's a whole other matter. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us. — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
