I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.

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• Gilbert Baker:

  My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

• Gilbert Baker:

  That's really how I ended up making the first flag - I was the guy who could sew it.

• Gilbert Baker:

  The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

• Gilbert Baker:

  I love going to cities around the world and seeing the rainbow flag, knowing that it's a safe place

• Gilbert Baker:

  In 1978, when I thought of creating a flag for the gay movement, there was no other international s

• Gilbert Baker:

  I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an o

• Gilbert Baker:

  When I fell in love, all the shame and guilt I carried with me for years suddenly vanished.

• Gilbert Baker:

  A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way t

• Gilbert Baker:

  Once I was finally liberated from my Kansas background, the first thing I did was get a sewing mach

• Gilbert Baker:

  Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.