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Gilbert Baker Quotes

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“It works because the song is beautiful. The lyrics are about the longing to be free.”
— Gilbert Baker, Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker in 2013: Not just a friend of Dorothy — ‘Honey, I am Dorothy’
Tagged: Songs, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Freedom
“We took the gay pride parade with 50,000 people to 500,000. 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, Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker in 2013: Not just a friend of Dorothy — ‘Honey, I am Dorothy’
Tagged: Anita Bryant, Gay Pride Parade, Homophobia, Hate
“When I fell in love, all the shame and guilt I carried with me for years suddenly vanished.”
— Gilbert Baker, Gilbert Baker: "I love going to cities around the world and seeing the
Tagged: Falling In Love With Someone's Soul, Guilt, Shame
“They had a whole code of emblems that they used to oppress people, and we needed something to answer that.”
— Gilbert Baker, Pride flag creator Gilbert Baker on the rainbow's real meaning | CBC Radio
Tagged: LGBT, Rainbow Flag, Homophobia
“You don't have to live a lie. Living a lie will mess you up. It will send you into depression. It will warp your values.”
— Gilbert Baker, Rainbow flag maker was inspired by Bible, U.S. flag- CNN
Tagged: Living a Lie, Depresion
“We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.”
— Gilbert Baker, Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker dies at 65
Tagged: Joy, beauty, Power, Rainbow Flag, LGBT
“That's what flags are for. Flags are about proclaiming power...that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.”
— Gilbert Baker, Pride flag creator Gilbert Baker on the rainbow's real meaning | CBC Radio
Tagged: Power, Success, Justice, LGBT, Rainbow Flag
“I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.”
— Gilbert Baker, Gilbert Baker, Rainbow Flag Creator, Dead at 65
Tagged: LGBT, Rainbow Flag, Power, Tribe
“In most of the world, it’s still not cool to be gay. You can be murdered in these places. You can be thrown in jail. Being gay in San Francisco is fun. Being gay in Saudi Arabia—that's a whole other matter.”
— Gilbert Baker, How the Rainbow Flag Became an LGBT Icon
Tagged: gay rights, Homophobia, San Francisco, Saudi Arabia
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