In the summer of 1978, Gilbert Baker created a rainbow flag as a decoration for San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade. Now, 40 years later, the late artist and activist’s flag has become a ...

Gilbert Baker was a soldier from Kansas, stationed in San Francisco at the start of the gay liberation movement. Gilbert Baker, creator of the gay pride rainbow flag, dies at 65 - Los Angeles Times ...

Gilbert Baker's rainbow flag became the banner of the Pride movement. Baker died earlier this year, but he'll be remembered at Pride events this month. June is LGBT Pride Month. That means you may ...

Gilbert Baker is the seamster responsible for creating the most enduring symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement: the rainbow pride flag. June 3, 2019, 12:10 PM EDT By Tim Fitzsimons ...

As we celebrate Pride and shine a light on the ongoing activism and achievements of the LGBTQIA+ community, we take a look at the evolution and history of the Pride flag ...

Gilbert Baker created the LGBTQ Pride rainbow flag. Here’s what his creation stood for. Today’s Google Doodle commemorates Baker’s 66th birthday — and the flag that made him famous.

The rainbow flag started out as a symbol of pride for the gay community. The journey to create it started in 1972, when a young Gilbert Baker took up sewing after settling in San Francisco.

Some flags — the Confederate and Nazi banners, for example — are designed to divide populations. But the late artist and activist Gilbert Baker wanted to unite people when he hand-dyed and -stitched ...

Since its creation in 1978, the Pride flag has become a universal symbol for the LGBTQ+ community. It represents visibility and hope and reflects the diversity within the LGBTQ+ community. While ...

Gilbert Baker, artist who designed the Rainbow Flag, preparing for Gay Pride Week, the 30th anniversary of Stonewall on June 23, 1999. Robin Weiner/The Chronicle Gay Freedom Day parade San ...

Artist Gilbert Baker, who created the iconic gay pride rainbow flag in 1978, has died at age 65. Baker was an Army vet who lived in San Francisco in the late ’70s, where he met politician Harvey ...