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Rainbow Warrior

My Life in Color

by Gilbert Baker
Graham Halstead
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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 Liberation Day parade. Baker had no idea his creation would become an international emblem of freedom, forever cementing his place and importance in helping to define the modern LGBTQ+ movement.
Rainbow Warrior is Baker's passionate personal chronicle, from a repressive childhood in 1950's Kansas to a harrowing stint in the U.S. 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, where 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 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City.
Gilbert Baker often called himself the "Gay Betsy Ross," and those listening to his colorful, irreverent and deeply personal memoir will find it difficult to disagree.

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  • Release date

    June 4, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781541468634
      • File size: 241359 KB
      • Duration: 08:22:49

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Graham Halstead's narration creates a window onto LGBTQ history in the U.S. Rainbow Pride flag creator Gilbert Baker's posthumously published memoir, with a foreword by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, shares the events, internal politics, and people behind the now-ubiquitous symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement. Thoughtfully edited fragments are sewn into an engaging narrative that ranges from the 1970s through the 1990s. Halstead blurs the line between author and narrator as he ably adopts Baker's conversational storytelling style. Born in Kansas during the 1950s, the man who would become known as "the gay Betsy Ross" made his way to San Francisco. Baker's talents as a seamstress paired with his social activism are recounted as part of the 1978 Pride Day and the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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