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Gilbert Baker was asked in 1978 by City Supervisor and gay rights leader Harvey Milk and other local activists to create a new symbol for the gay liberation movement. His creation? The now-iconic #RainbowFlag. #RainbowFlagSFOThis tweet was posted on December 26, 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.
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.
Did you know the #rainbowflag was created right here in San Francisco in 1978? Our exhibition on #GilbertBaker, the flag's creator, features a flag made by Baker for the ABC television miniseries When We Rise in 2016. #ALegacyOfPrideThis tweet was posted on August 09, 2018.
Pride Month 2018 may be over but we're keeping things going at SFO Museum with our exhibition, "A Legacy of Pride: #GilbertBaker and the 40th Anniversary of the #RainbowFlag", on display in the International Terminal until January 2019. https://t.co/7AIKJiFtih This tweet was posted on July 15, 2018.
Did you know that the #rainbowflag originally had eight colors, each of which had a special significance? Pink=sexuality, red=life, orange=healing, yellow=sunlight, green=nature, turquoise=art, indigo=peace and harmony, and purple=spirit. #gilbertbaker#LGBTThis tweet was posted on May 18, 2018.