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Contents:
- WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?
- THE GAY RABOW IS A MARK OF THE BEAST
- DIGNER OF RABOW FLAG, ENDURG SYMBOL FOR GAY RIGHTS, HAS DIED
WHAT DO THE RABOW MEAN FOR GAYS?
It go back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, signed the first rabow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the U. S., to create a symbol of pri for the gay muny.
THE GAY RABOW IS A MARK OF THE BEAST
As he later said an terview, “Our job as gay people was to e out, to be visible, to live the tth, as I say, to get out of the lie.
DIGNER OF RABOW FLAG, ENDURG SYMBOL FOR GAY RIGHTS, HAS DIED
The first versns of the rabow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para.