Gilbert Baker's Rainbow Flag at MOMA

.@MuseumModernArt @curiousoctopus installing the flag designed by #GilbertBaker, which is part of MoMA's collection thanks to @michellemfisher's efforts. pic.twitter.com/IIxNh2lWrB

— Gretchen Scott (@gretchen_scott) April 1, 2017

Gilbert Baker, heading the Stockholm Pride Parade in 2003, pieced together the first rainbow flags in 1978. He described himself as the “gay Betsy Ross.”

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