Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color Contributor(s): Baker, Gilbert (Author), Black, Dustin Lance (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1641603208 ISBN-13: 9781641603201 Publisher: Chicago Review Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lgbt - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.8" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 Freedom Day Parade. Baker had no idea his creation would become an international emblem of liberation and inclusiveness, forever cementing his pivotal role in helping to define the modern LGBTQ movement. Rainbow Warrior is Baker's passionate personal chronicle, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Kansas, to a harrowing stint in the US 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, when he worked closely with Milk, Cleve Jones, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Gilbert Baker often called himself the "Gay Betsy Ross," and readers of his colorful, irreverent, and deeply personal memoir will find it difficult to disagree. |