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BEYOND THE RABOW: YOUR GUI TO LGBT FLAGSWHEN THE RABOW IS NOT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAJULY 10, 2017/6:34 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MARC BXELLE VIA GETTY IMAGGAY RABOW FLAGS WAVG OVER BLUE SKY BACKGROUNDBY SAM MANZELLAJULY 10, 2017 / 6:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BEYOND THE RABOW: YOUR GUI TO LGBT FLAGS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-10T22:34:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-10T22:34:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"PRI","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RABOW FLAG HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF THE LGBT MUNY SCE 1978, WHEN GILBERT BAKER'S SIGN FIRST APPEARED THE SAN FRANCIS GAY FREEDOM DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, ADVOT PHILALPHIA ADD BROWN AND BLACK STRIP TO SYMBOLIZE QUEER PEOPLE OF LOR, WHICH HAS SPARKED S OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE'S MORE THAN THE RABOW: YOU PROBABLY REGNIZE THE TRANSGENR PRI FLAG—BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BISEXUAL, ASEXUAL, AND PANSEXUAL PRI FLAGS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE SHARE SOME NOTABLE BANNERS OM ACROSS THE SPECTM OF GENR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RABOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST WILY REGNIZED SYMBOL OF THE LGBT MUNY, THE RABOW FLAG HAS HAD MULTIPLE ERATNS: THE ORIGAL SIGN BY THE LATE GILBERT BAKER HAD EIGHT STRIP—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOT PK (SEX), RED (LIFE), ORANGE (HEALG), YELLOW (SUNLIGHT), GREEN (NATURE), TURQUOISE (MAGIC/ART), DIGO (SERENY) AND VLET (SPIR). AS CERTA DY WERE HARR TO ACQUIRE, EVOLVED TO THE MON SIX-STRIPE FLAG WE KNOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANSGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIGNED BY TRANS WOMAN MONI HELMS 1999, THE BLUE-PK-AND-WHE BANNER MA S OFFICIAL BUT AT A 2000 PRI PARA PHOENIX, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE TRADNAL LOR FOR BABY BOYS, PK IS FOR GIRLS, AND THE WHE THE MIDDLE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRANSNG, THOSE WHO FEEL THEY HAVE A NTRAL GENR OR NO GENR, AND THOSE WHO ARE TERSEXED," HELMS EXPLAED. "THE PATTERN IS SUCH THAT NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU FLY , WILL ALWAYS BE RRECT. THIS SYMBOLIZ TRYG TO FD RRECTNS OUR OWN LIV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PANSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PANSEXUAL PRI FLAG IS A BRACHILD OF MID-2010S INTER ERS. ITS THREE LORS—PK, YELLOW, AND BLUE—REPRENT WOMEN, NON-BARY AND/OR GENR-NONNFORMG DIVIDUALS, AND MEN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERSEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATN INTERSEX INTERNATNAL ATRALIA 2013, THE TERSEX PRI FLAG PURPOSELY NON-GENRED LORS YELLOW AND PURPLE TO DISASSOCIATE THE FLAG OM BARY GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIGNED BY MICHAEL PAGE, THE BISEXUAL FLAG BORROWS S LORS OM AN OLR SYMBOL OF BISEXUALY: TWO OVERLAPPG PK AND DARK BLUE TRIANGL, NICKNAMED "THE BIANGL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACE FLAG, WHICH BUTED 2010, ALSO FEATUR LORS OM ANOTHER LGBT SYMBOL: THE LOGO OF THE ASEXUAL VISIBILY AND EDUTN NETWORK (AVEN). IT'S A TRIANGLE FADG OM WHE TO BLACK, SYMBOLIZG THE SPECTM OF ACE INTI, CLUDG GRAY ASEXUALS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AGENR FLAG HAS A VERY TERTG LORSTORY: THE BLACK AND WHE STRIP REPRENT AN ABSENCE OF GENR, WHILE THE GREEN STRIPE REPRENTS NON-BARY GENRS, SCE THE HUE IS THE VERSE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NON-BARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NON-BARY FLAG WAS SIGNED BY 17-YEAR-OLD KYE ROWAN 2014. LIKE THE TERSEX FLAG, S NON-GENRED LORS ARE ALSO MEANT TO DISTANCE THE SYMBOL OM BARY GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD FLAG WAS SIGNED 1995 BY CRAIG BYRN FOR THE INTERNATNAL BEAR BROTHERHOOD. THE LORS ARE MEANT TO REPRENT THE FUR OF ACTUAL BEARS AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEATHER PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TONY DEBLASE SIGNED THE LEATHER PRI FLAG 1989, AND BUTED THAT YEAR AT CHIGO'S INTERNATNAL MISTER LEATHER EVENT. WHILE 'S WILY ASSOCIATED WH THE QUEER LEATHER SCENE, 'S NOT AN EXCLIVELY GAY SYMBOL AND HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE LARGER LEATHER AND BDSM MUNY. DEBLASE SAID HE WANTED TO LEAVE TERPRETATN OF THE FLAG—ALTERNATG BLACK AND BLUE STRIP, WH A WHE CENTRAL STRIPE AND A LARGE RED HEART—UP TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL FLAG IS ON DISPLAY AT THE LEATHER ARCHIV AND MM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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.

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GILBERT {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GILBERT BAKER WAS AN ARTIST AND LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO CREATED THE RABOW {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{BORR-RADI:50%;VERTIL-ALIGN:MIDDLE;MARG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;OBJECT-F:VER;}BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;} {DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAY 11, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1951-2017){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS GILBERT BAKER? SELF-SCRIBED AS THE “GAY BETSY ROSS,” GILBERT BAKER WAS AN AMERIN ARTIST, LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THE CREATOR OF THE RABOW FLAG. A SKILLED VEXILLOGRAPHER (FLAG MAKER), HIS WORK SPANNED 30 YEARS AND BROKE TWO WORLD RERDS. BAKER’S ARTISTIC WORK HELPED FE AND SOLIDIFY THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT. HE DIED ON MARCH 31, 2017, AT THE AGE OF 65.EARLY LIFE GILBERT BAKER WAS BORN ON JUNE 2, 1951 THE TY RAL TOWN OF CHANUTE, KANSAS. HIS PARENTS WERE PROMENT MUNY CIZENS; HIS MOTHER WAS AN TOR AND HIS FATHER SERVED AS A JUDGE AND LAWYER. BAKER HAD AN OUTGOG AND IENDLY PERSONALY AS A CHILD BUT FELT OSTRACIZED BEE OF HIS GAY INTY. AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, BAKER ATTEND LLEGE FOR A YEAR BEFORE THE ARMY DRAFTED HIM. BAKER WAS STATNED SAN FRANCIS JT AS THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT WAS BEGNG TO TAKE SHAPE. AFTER SERVG A SHORT TWO-YEAR TERM, HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND SETTLED TO THE THRIVG ACTIVIST MUNY OF SAN FRANCIS.ACTIVISMIN THE 1970S, BAKER PARTICIPATED DRAG SHOWS AND JOED THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE, A NON-PROF LGBTQ ADVOCY GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS DRS AS NUNS TO BRG ATTENTN TO GENR AND SEXUAL TOLERANCE. AN EMERGG ACTIVIST AND PROMENT DRAG PERFORMER, BAKER JOED FORC WH {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}HARVEY MILK—THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA. BAKER BEME MILK’S RIGHT-HAND FLAG MAN, UTILIZG HIS DRAG QUEEN STUME SEWG SKILLS TO SIGN AND STCH NUMERO BANNERS PROTTG THE VIETNAM WAR AND SUPPORTG GAY RIGHTS. IN FACT, WHEN BAKER’S VERY FIRST RABOW FLAGS MA THEIR BUT, MILK STOOD BENEATH THEM. WHY DID GILBERT BAKER MAKE THE PRI FLAG? WH CREASG TERT THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT, MILK AND OTHERS JOED FORC WH BAKER TO CREATE A SYMBOL FOR THE MOVEMENT. THE GROUP FOCED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREATG A FLAG—BEE "FLAGS ARE ABOUT PROCLAIMG POWER, SO 'S VERY APPROPRIATE," BAKER SAID AN TERVIEW WH THE NEW YORK MM OF MORN ART JT AFTER THEY ACQUIRED HIS ORIGAL FLAG SIGN 2015.BAKER GOT TO WORK SIGNG A SYMBOL FOR THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT 1978. HE WANTED TO BE BETIFUL, UNIQUE AND AN UNNIABLE REPRENTATN OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. THE FIRST PRI FLAG WAS PRISED OF EIGHT LORFUL STRIP REPRENTG DIVERSY: HOT PK (SEXUALY), RED (LIFE), ORANGE (HEALG), YELLOW (SUN), GREEN (NATURE), BLUE (ART), DIGO (HARMONY) AND VLET (HUMAN SPIR). WH HELP OM VOLUNTEERS, BAKER FILLED EIGHT METAL TRASH NS WH NATURAL DY AND ANIC TTON THE ATTIC OF THE GAY COMMUNY CENTER SAN FRANCIS AND ED HIS SEWG MACHE TO STCH TOGETHER THE FIRST TWO FLAGS THAT FLEW THE SAN FRANCIS GAY FREEDOM DAY PARA ON JUNE 25, 1978. AFTER THE ASSASSATN OF MILK NOVEMBER 1978, MAND FOR THE RABOW FLAG GREATLY CREASED. BUT THE SHORTAGE (AND EXPENSE) OF HOT PK FABRIC MEANT THAT THE FLAG WAS RCED TO SEVEN STRIP, LATER TO BE RCED AGA TO SIX STRIP (RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE AND VLET) TO ACUNT FOR SYMMETRY IF THE FLAG MT BE SPL HALF DURG PARAS AND FTIVALS. THE CURRENT SIX-STRIPED RABOW PRI FLAG SYMBOLIZ THE DIVERSY OF THE LGBTQ MUNY AND IS DISPLAYED GLOBALLY AS AN EMBLEM OF LGBTQ SUPPORT.MORE RABOW FLAGS AND ARTWORKBAKER NTUED TO PROMOTE THE RABOW FLAG AS AN ARTIST AT PARAMOUNT FLAG COMPANY, WHICH HE CREDS WH HELPG BRG TERNATNAL ATTENTN TO THE RABOW FLAG THROUGH S MASS PRODUCTN. THROUGHOUT THE 1980S, BAKER BEME A PROMENT ARTIST FOR LOL CIVIC, STATE AND NATNAL EVENTS, CLUDG THE 1984 DEMOCRATIC NATNAL CONVENTN. HE ALSO SIGNED FLAGS FOR SEVERAL WORLD LEARS CLUDG THE PREMIER OF CHA, THE KG OF SPA AND THE PRINTS OF FRANCE AND VENEZUELA, AMONG OTHERS. ONE OF BAKER’S 1992 RABOW SILKSCREENS EVEN HUNG THE WT WG OFFICE PLEX OF THE WHE HOE DURG BILL CLTON’S PRINCY. BAKER SHARED HIS RABOW FLAG TEXTIL, PHOTOGRAPHS, OIL PATGS AND OTHER ARTWORK WH DIENC AROUND THE WORLD CLUDG AT WORLD PRI ROME (2000), AT THE NEW YORK GAY COMMUNY CENTER (2002), AT THE SAN FRANCIS PUBLIC LIBRARY (2003) AND AT THE SAN FRANCIS LGBT COMMUNY CENTER (2003). HIS ORIGAL FLAG SIGN HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE PRTIG MOMA'S SIGN LLECTN NEW YORK CY.RERD-BREAKG RABOW FLAGSIN 1994, BAKER WAS MISSNED TO SIGN A E LONG (30-FEET-WI) RABOW FLAG TO BE RRIED BY 10,000 PEOPLE A NEW YORK CY PARA HONORG THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISG. IN 2003, TO MEMORATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLAG SELF, BAKER AGA CREATED A GIANT RABOW PRI FLAG. THIS TIME, THE E-AND-A-QUARTER-LONG FLAG THAT STRETCHED SEA TO SEA OM THE GULF OF MEXI TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN KEY WT EMPLOYED THE ORIGAL EIGHT LORS. FOLLOWG BOTH OCSNS, GUNS WORLD RERD’S REGNIZED THEM AS THE WORLD’S LARGT FLAGS TO DATE. THE GIANT FLAGS WERE CUT UP AND DISSEMATED TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED CI WORLDWI.DEATH AND TRIBUTIN ADDN TO VELOPG THE TERNATNALLY REGNIZED SYMBOL OF LGBTQ PRI, BAKER CREATED ARTWORK, SAYS, ARTICL AND SPEECH ABOUT THE RABOW FLAG. HIS FLAGS WERE NEVER TRAMARKED; HE CHOSE TO SEE THE RABOW FLAG AS HIS GIFT TO THE WORLD. HE EVEN RETURNED TO SAN FRANCIS TO RECREATE THE BANNERS AND FLAGS HE ORIGALLY MA THE 1970S TO BRG THENTICY TO THE AMY AWARD WNG FEATURE FILM MILK (2008) STARRG SEAN PENN. AN ARTIST UNTIL THE END, JT BEFORE HIS ATH, HE CREATED 39 NE-LOR FLAGS WHICH CLUD "THE EIGHT ORIGAL LORS, PL LAVENR TO REPRENT DIVERSY ORR TO MEMORATE THE 39TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST RABOW FLAG," SO STATED HIS OBUARY THE NEW YORK TIM. ON MARCH 31, 2017, BAKER DIED OM HYPERTENSIVE AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC RDVASCULAR DISEASE HIS NEW YORK CY HOME AT AGE 65. HIS LIFE IS CELEBRATED THE DOCUMENTARY, RABOW PRI (2003), AND HIS ORIGAL SEWG MACHE ED TO CREATE THE FIRST FLAG IS ON DISPLAY AT THE GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY SAN {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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