(c) LGC Leo G Campbell 6/24/2021
1978 June 25- Rainbow LGBT Gay Pride Flag
1978 June 25- Rainbow LGBT Gay Pride Flag
Debuted June 25,1978… Originally flew at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade
Devised by Artist Gilbert Baker
At request of SF Mayor Harvey Milk (later assassinated) – a symbol of Pride for the Gay community. To be flown horizontally with the red bar at the top, as it shows in a rainbow.
Gilbert Baker based the rainbow concept after Judy Garland, who sang “Over The Rainbow”…
Dedicated to Michael Carl Hanson, died of AIDS in 1985, in San Francisco. LGC
