This year, on the 31 March, we lost Gilbert Baker, gay artist and creator of the gay pride flag. Today we would celebrate his 66th birthday. Let’s remember him as the wonderful person he was.
i just want to add to this post that the last update made to the official pride flag by Glibert Baker before he passed away was THIS:
the new lavender stripe at the very top was added to represent DIVERSITY and as far as i am aware, was added in retaliation against trump’s presidency. i’ve not seen many people use this version, and it deserves to be known.
(Just for reference because Tumblr doesn’t make it easy to see timestamps and I see some confusion in the notes - this post was made in 2017, the year that Baker passed away. This coming week, on June 2, 2022, he would have been turning 71.)
