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Father of the LGBT rainbow flag dead at 65
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| Nicole Harris
Posted on 03/31/2017 9:17:57 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
WLOX -
Nearly 40 years after he created the multi-color symbol of the LGBT movement, Gilbert Baker died Friday at the age of 65.
Details about his death are unknown at this time, but friends say Baker died in his sleep.
News of the man known as the father of the rainbow flag spread on social media.
My dearest friend in the world is gone. Gilbert Baker gave the world the Rainbow Flag; he gave me forty years of love and friendship. pic.twitter.com/titd3XZ0zD — Cleve Jones (@CleveJones1) March 31, 2017
According to his website, the first flag - which was inspired by Baker's friend Harvey Milk - debuted on June 25, 1978 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
He broke world records, first in 1994 for creating a mile-long rainbow flag for the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, and again in 2003 for creating a flag that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean in Key West for the 25th anniversary of the flag.
The vexillographer is quoted as once saying "Flags are torn from the soul of the people
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fdrq; gaystapotactics; gilbertbaker; harveymilk; homofascist; homosexualagenda; lavendarmafia; lgbt; lgbtqfubar; obituary; rainbowflag
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To: stars & stripes forever
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posted on
03/31/2017 11:00:14 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: stars & stripes forever
The question is, “What will it take to get AMERICA to truly repent?” Literally staring into the abyss.
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posted on
03/31/2017 11:03:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Clearly Right
63
posted on
03/31/2017 11:17:54 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Impala64ssa
Can we bury the flag with him and be rid of it?
64
posted on
03/31/2017 11:22:55 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Sulphur burns with blue flame. The ancients knew it.A blue flame does not equate to "blue hot" by any means.
65
posted on
03/31/2017 11:35:12 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
(I)
To: HiTech RedNeck
When I came up with the idea that hell was cold, I got hooted at. To the Ice with you!
http://turtledove.wikia.com/wiki/Skotos
Your critics aren't very well-read.
From personal experience - The Ice can be more agonizing than The Fire.
You wouldn't expect Middle-Easterners to know that... 😀
66
posted on
04/01/2017 12:42:11 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Americ)
To: Impala64ssa
The rainbow symbolizes that God will never destroy the world again in a flood. The fire, next time - like God destroyed Sodom.
67
posted on
04/01/2017 12:45:40 AM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: Safrguns
I reckon He gets the last laugh, in the end.
68
posted on
04/01/2017 12:51:42 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, his reason tends to fly away...)
To: Impala64ssa
So the man that forever destroyed the Rainbow has died!
69
posted on
04/01/2017 2:36:32 AM PDT
by
48th SPS Crusader
(I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
To: Angels27
wikipedia states he “died in his sleep”
Yep, AIDS
70
posted on
04/01/2017 3:00:59 AM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of CS paid is inversely proportionate to Mother's actual parenting of children she probably w)
To: Impala64ssa
Cusco Peru's flag.
71
posted on
04/01/2017 3:19:05 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I really never actually grasped what rainbows had to do with buggery or related things. Unicorn farts and happy thoughts.
It was part of a propaganda effort.
Imagine if the Nazis had used smiley faces instead of skulls and lightning bolts in their iconography.
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posted on
04/01/2017 3:21:01 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: Trillian
Sounds like the antics color scheme.
73
posted on
04/01/2017 3:25:10 AM PDT
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: Impala64ssa
Two women at work tried an experiment - one put up a picture of a rainbow with the words “LGBT Pride” underneath it. The other put up a picture of the identical rainbow with the words “Genesis 3:16” underneath it, directly across the aisle.
Guess which woman was asked to remove her picture.
And no, she didn’t.
74
posted on
04/01/2017 3:32:37 AM PDT
by
mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)
To: Impala64ssa
LGBT
Liberty
Guns
Beer
Trump!
To: Impala64ssa
76
posted on
04/01/2017 4:42:34 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: Impala64ssa
AIDS, no doubt.
May all fudgepackers follow him, but quicker.
77
posted on
04/01/2017 4:44:38 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: Impala64ssa
“Details about his death are unknown at this time”
I’m guessing AIDS.
78
posted on
04/01/2017 4:45:13 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Cyclops Network News (CNN). The Most Trusted Source Of Fake News.)
To: Impala64ssa
I always thought a group like Liquor Guns Boobs and Trucks should have a stronger flag anyway. This one is a bit to effeminate.
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posted on
04/01/2017 4:54:45 AM PDT
by
Fireone
(Never tired of winning!)
To: Impala64ssa
God will not be mocked and much worse is coming to those who keep pushing their delusion.
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