“Harvey Milk was a friend of mine, an important gay leader in San Francisco in the ’70s, and he carried a really important message about how important it was to be visible, how important it was to come out, and that was the single most important thing we had to do. Our job as gay people was to come o…”— Gilbert Baker, rollingstone.comTagged: Harvey Milk, San Francisco, Gay Pride, Rainbow Flag
“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.”— Gilbert Baker, rollingstone.comTagged: LGBT, Rainbow Flag, Power, Tribe