Author: Gilbert Baker

Quotes

Our job as gay people was to come out, to be visible - to live in the truth, as I say - to get out of the lie.

Our job as gay people was to come out, to be visible - to live in the truth, as I say - to get out of the lie.

- Gilbert Baker

Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active.

Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active.

- Gilbert Baker

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

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

- Gilbert Baker

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.

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

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

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

- Gilbert Baker

I came out because I fell in love. It wasn't a terrible, horrible, damn thing. I was in love with somebody, and I wanted to scream it from the rooftops.

I came out because I fell in love. It wasn't a terrible, horrible, damn thing. I was in love with somebody, and I wanted to scream it from the rooftops.

- Gilbert Baker

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

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

- Gilbert Baker

Vexillography is a very big word! Vexillography is really the high science and art and understanding of flags and their history - the academic word for flag making and heraldry.

Vexillography is a very big word! Vexillography is really the high science and art and understanding of flags and their history - the academic word for flag making and heraldry.

- Gilbert Baker

We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.

We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.

- Gilbert Baker

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