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WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
Filter a database of pri flags by lor, number of strip, and special shap. This ever growg list will help you intify and learn about flags you see at pri ftivals and the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny. * gay pride flag pride *
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.
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. The first versns of the rabow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para. Origal pri flag — June 1978Allie Sullberg for TODAYThe first rabow pri flag was signed Gilbert Barker and unveiled durg the San Francis Gay Freedom Day on June 25, 1978.