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We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.

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The rainbow is a part of nature, and you have to be in the right place to see it. It's beautiful, all of the colors, even the colors you can't see. That really fit us as a people because we are all of the colors. Our sexuality is all of the colors. We are all the genders, races, and ages.

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A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.

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You don't have to live a lie. Living a lie will mess you up. It will send you into depression. It will warp your values.

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In 1978, when I thought of creating a flag for the gay movement, there was no other international symbol for us than the pink triangle, which the Nazis used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps. Even though the pink triangle was and still is a powerful symbol, it was very much forced upon us.

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What the rainbow has given our people is a thing that connects us.

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The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

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I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us.

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I love going to cities around the world and seeing the rainbow flag, knowing that it's a safe place where I can be myself.

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Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 2nd, 1951

Died: March 31st, 2017

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