#GilbertBaker, known as the creator of the #rainbowflag, landed on the idea of a flag as an appropriate symbol to proclaim power for his "tribe," and a rainbow to represent his community's diversity. This tweet was posted on April 25, 2018.
Happy #ComingOutDay! The creator of the rainbow flag, Gilbert Baker, worked tirelessly to ensure the #rainbowflag would become a powerful and enduring symbol of pride and inclusion that transcended languages and borders, gender, and race. #ALegacyofPrideThis tweet was posted on October 11, 2018.
Happy #Pride Weekend!
Let’s flashback to 2018, when we presented "A Legacy of Pride: Gilbert Baker and the 40th Anniversary of the #Rainbow Flag,” which featured one of the final creations from Baker, who sowed the first rainbow flag for SF Pride in 1978. https://t.co/WPVjvz0HKF This tweet was posted on June 24, 2022.
In 1994, Gilbert Baker, the original creator of the #rainbowflag and a team of volunteers created a mile-long rainbow flag for the 25th Anniversary of the 1969 #Stonewall riots. The flag was carried by 5,000 people on First Avenue in New York City. #ALegacyOfPrideThis tweet was posted on September 19, 2018.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions.
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In the late 1960s, Pan American World Airways commissioned renowned psychedelic artist @Peter_Max to create a promotional poster that showed the new Boeing 747 taking off through rainbow rays of the solar system. Do you have a favorite airline advertisement? #WidebodyAVThis tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.