Author: Gilbert Baker

Quotes

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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