Gilbert Baker - The Gay Betsy Ross

Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Flag, symbol of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender movement in June 1978.The original flag consisted of 8 colors (pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and violet) with meaning subscribed to each color.  When Gilbert ran out of pink fabric, the number of stripes where reduced to 7, eventually becoming the more common version of the pride flag of 6 colors when display constraints in San Francisco required an additional change.

Gilbert still makes flags today and his work can be found on his website.

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