Gilbert Baker collection

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Gilbert Baker collection

Circa 1950s-2017

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8nv9rn2/

Gilbert Baker was an artist, drag queen, and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who played the central role in the 1978 creation of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. Baker’s collection consists largely of textiles, sewing supplies, art, and audiovisual materials, along with a small number of documents.

53 linear feet (11 cartons, 1 small oversize box, 1 medium oversize box, 3 large oversize boxes, 7 garment boxes, a large plastic box, and several pieces of oversize art)

eng, Latn

GLBT Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676804

GLBT Historical Society

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Baker, Gilbert, 1951-2017

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr9smj (person)

Gilbert Baker was an artist, drag queen, and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who played the central role in the 1978 creation of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. Born in Kansas in 1951, Baker was drafted into the U.S. Army as a young man. He was stationed in San Francisco as a medic, remained in the city after his honorable discharge in 1972, and became a drag queen as well as an anti-war and pro-cannabis activist. In 1978, Baker and a team of volunteers dyed and sewed the first rainbow flags for Sa...