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“ 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. ”

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A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.

~ Gilbert Baker

The rainbow is a part of nature, and you have to be in the right place to see it. It's beautiful, all of the colors, even the colors you can't see. That really fit us as a people because we are all of the colors. Our sexuality is all of the colors. We are all the genders, races, and ages.

~ Gilbert Baker

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.

~ Gilbert Baker