“We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.”Tagged: Joy, beauty, Power, Rainbow Flag, LGBT
“Up until the rainbow flag, the pink triangle was the dominant symbol for our movement. But it was negative. It had a depressing origin. You know, Holocaust and murder was put on us by Hitler. We needed something from us.”Tagged: Pink Triangle, Rainbow Flag, LGBT, Holocaust, Hitler
“That's what flags are for. Flags are about proclaiming power...that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.”Tagged: Power, Success, Justice, LGBT, Rainbow Flag
“I think that there's some prison factory in China somewhere where LGBT people can't come out, are living lives of desperation, and they're churning out rainbow tchotchkes for gay pride parades for people that don't even know the history of what they're wearing and waving.”Tagged: LGBT, Chinese Factory Labor, Gay Pride Parade, tchotchkes, Rainbow Flag
“They had a whole code of emblems that they used to oppress people, and we needed something to answer that.”Tagged: LGBT, Rainbow Flag, Homophobia
“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.”Tagged: LGBT, Rainbow Flag, Power, Tribe