![]() ![]() The initial 30-feet-high by 60-feet-wide flag design featured eight colors, but underwent several revisions due to cost and display considerations. Garden Grove approves Pride flag but not at City Hall “We trust that its message of diversity, liberation and hope will continue to inspire queer people for generations to come.” “We are deeply grateful that Gilbert Baker saved this fragment, and that it has been brought home to San Francisco,” they said. In a joint statement, Charley Beal, president of the Gilbert Baker Foundation, and Terry Beswick, executive director of the GLBT Historical Society said, “For LGBTQ people, there are few artifacts that carry the historic, political, and cultural significance of this seminal work of art, the original rainbow flag. It will be the centerpiece of the exhibition “ Performance, Protest and Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker.” Photo: Matthew Leifheit, courtesy of the Gilbert Baker Foundation. On Friday, a remnant of one of the original Pride flags was added to the Gilbert Baker Collection at the GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archives in San Francisco.
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