Author Profile
Gilbert Baker
1951 – 2017 • American • Artist
33
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 33 quotesIt's not so easy to be gay or even a woman in some places in the world, and in many countries, it's illegal to be gay. You can be put to death. It's a global struggle. A human rights struggle on a global scale.— Gilbert Baker
Our movement is evolving. The movement to liberate our sexuality as a human right, that's an ongoing struggle.— Gilbert Baker
In 1978, the first flag was organic everything. It did have eight colors: the six colors of the rainbow we see today plus hot pink and turquoise. But pretty quickly on I realized that I would never be able to satisfy the demand for them by hand-dying fabric and these colors.— Gilbert Baker
When I was young, they thought I was from outer space. I was the only gay person they probably knew, and they struggled with that. Everybody knew I was gay. They just didn't want to talk about it.— Gilbert Baker