The (cis, whe) gay man has always been at the centre of pri movements, but as people opened their mds to clu all LGBTQ+ inti the movement, the rabow flag creasgly solidified s posn as one that reprents the entire LGBTQ+ muny. Over time, mand grew for a flag that specifilly reprents gay men.
Contents:
- HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- THE ORIG OF THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG AND ITS MEANG
- GAY PRI
HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
The gay muny's rabow flag is universally regnizable, but would not have been ma whout Army veteran Gilbert Baker. * gay flag created *
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 ORIG OF THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG AND ITS MEANG
* gay flag created *
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.
GAY PRI
The rabow flag, which has bee a universal symbol of hope for LGBTQ people around the world, first flew San Francis’s Uned Natns Plaza for Gay Pri Day, on June 25, 1978. It had eight lors – two more than today’s versn – and was signed by Gilbert Baker, an openly gay artist and activist.