Author: Gilbert Baker

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Gilbert Baker

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

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

- 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

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 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

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