In honor of Gay Pride Month, the folks at WNYC’s Studio 360 have suggested that the gay flag needs a makeover.For some reason, they think the rainbow flag, originally designed in 1978, has ...

In an interview Saturday, Jones recalled the rainbow flag’s first appearance at the 1978 gay pride parade. “It was quite amazing to stand there and watch all these thousands of people turn off ...

On the city’s Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1978, Milk rode under the first rainbow flags sewn by Baker, and dyed by him and Jones. Milk was assassinated five months later, along with the then-mayor ...

In its initial incarnation, Baker’s rainbow flag consisted of eight colours – two more than the version now recognised internationally as an emblem for the LGBT community – and each colour ...

The rainbow flag, probably the most prominent symbol of the LGBTQIA+ movement, turns 40 this year. The version of the flag that most people are familiar with contains six colors: red, orange ...

Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag, which would endure as the symbol of gay activism and solidarity for 40 years, has died. Cleve Jones, a longtime friend and noted gay rights activist ...

For over 40 years, the Pride flag has represented the LGBTQ+ community. Here is the history of how the flag came to be.

Before the Rainbow Flag, the pink triangle was used as a symbol for the LGBTQ community. During the Holocaust, Nazis identified gay people in concentration camps by making them wear pink triangles.

Cleve Jones, center, hugs Gilbert Baker, left, who in 1978 created the Rainbow Flag, as they walk with Jillan Tripp, right, who helped with the creation of the flag in the Castro District in San ...

NEW YORK — The creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died at age 65. Gilbert Baker’s death was reported Friday to the New York City medical ...