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by Gilbert Baker; Foreword by Dustin Lance Black

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In 1978, Harvey Milk asked Gilbert Baker to create a unifying symbol for the growing gay rights movement, and on June 25 of that year, Baker's Rainbow Flag debuted at San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade. Baker had no idea his creation would become an international emblem of liberation, forever cementing his pivotal role in helping to define the modern LGBTQ movement. Rainbow Warrior is Baker's passionate personal chronicle, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Kansas to a harrowing stint in the US Army, and finally his arrival in San Francisco, where he bloomed as both a visual artist and social justice activist. His fascinating story weaves through the early years of the struggle for LGBTQ rights, when he worked closely with Milk, Cleve Jones, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Baker continued his flag-making, street theater and activism through the Reagan years and the AIDS crisis. And in 1994, Baker spearheaded the effort to fabricate a mile-long Rainbow Flag--at the time, the world's longest--to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York City. Gilbert and parade organizers battled with Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the right to carry it up Fifth Avenue, past St. Patrick's Cathedral. Today, the Rainbow Flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ diversity and inclusiveness, and its colorful hues have illuminated landmarks from the White House to the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House. Gilbert Baker often called himself the "Gay Betsy Ross," and readers of his colorful, irreverent, and deeply personal memoir will find it difficult to disagree.

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  • Title Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color
  • Author Gilbert Baker; Foreword by Dustin Lance Black
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9781641601504 / 1641601507
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Artists - United States, Gay liberation movement - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018061304
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2019, Page 0

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Artist Gilbert Baker created the first Rainbow Flag in 1978 and was a longtime LGBTQ, peace and AIDS activist. He died in 2017.

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Chicago: Chicago Review Press. New in New dust jacket. 2019. First Printing; Hardcover. 1641601507 . B&W and Color; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages; Hard cover is black w/ silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with color and b/w pictures. The never-published memoir of the visual artist and social justice activist who created the Rainbow Flag, which became an international emblem of the modern LGBTQ+ movement". Baker, 1951-2017], first created the Rainbow Flag with a collective in 1978. He refused to trademark it, seeing it as a symbol that was for the LGBT community. [1] In 1979, Baker began work at Paramount Flag Company in San Francisco....In 2003, to commemorate the Rainbow Flag's 25th anniversary, Baker created a Rainbow Flag that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean in Key West. After the commemoration, he sent sections of this flag to more than 100 cities around the world. Due to his creation of the rainbow flag, Baker often used the drag queen… Read more
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