?? Alyson Almanac: A Treasury of Information for Gay and Lesbian Community d?de? t?? e??? pe????af? ??a t?? s?µa?a µe t? ??????? t???:

?? 1978 ? Gilbert Baker ap? t? Sa? F?a?s?s?? s?ed?ase ?a? ?atas?e?ase µ?a s?µa?a ap? ??? d?af??et???? ???µat?? ??µµ?t?a ?f?sµat??, ta ?p??a ?a? a?t?p??s?pe?a? ta ???µata t?? ???????? t????, sa? s?µß??? t?? ?µ?f???f???? ?a? ?esß?a??? ?pe??f??e?a?. ? s?µa?a a?t? a?t??at?st?se s??? – s??? t?? s?µa?a µe t? ??? t??????. ? s?µa?a µe t? ??????? t??? ?e??e?ta? s?µe?a a?a?????sµ??? ap? t?? ??e??? S?????t? ?atas?e?ast?? S?µa??? ?a? e??a? t? s?µa ?atate??? ???e p??e?a? ?pe??f??e?a?, p?? ???eta? se ???????? t?? ??sµ?. ????sta, ????e t? 1989 s?µß??? e?????? s?µas?a? ??a t?? ?esß?a?? ?a? ?µ?f???f??? ?????t?ta t?? ?µe????? ?ta? ? John Stout ??a?e a???? st?? ?d???t?t? t?? sp?t??? t?? st? West Hollywood ??at? t?? e??e apa???e?se? ?a ??eµ?se? t?? s?µa?a st? µpa????? t??. ? Gilbert Baker e?a??????e? ?a µ??e? st? Sa? F?a?s?s?? ?a? ?a ?atas?e???e? s?µa?e?.

St? pe???d??? GAZE magazine (Minneapolis) d?µ?s?e?t??e st?? 28 ?a??? 1993 t? a??????? ????? µe t?t?? “The Rainbow Flag” ?a? ?p???af? ap? t?? Steven W. Anderson:

?a ???µata ?pa??a? a???a?e? s?µa?t??? ???? st?? t??p? p?? ? ?????t?ta e??f?a?e t?? pe??f???a. ????sta, t? µ?ß e??e ???s?µ?p????e? p??? sa? s?µß??? ?at? ta t??? t?? de?aet?a? t?? 60 ?a? µet? ta ?e????ta t?? Stonewall, ????e s?????µ? t?? “Purple Power”, e??? d?µ?f???stat?? s????a? t?? ?µ?f???f?????? ?????t?ta?. F?s???, ???s?µ?p??????e pa??????a µe t? ??? t??????, t? ?p??? ?ta? s?µß??? p?? ???s?µ?p????sa? ?? ?a?? ??a ?a a?a????????? t??? ?µ?f???f????? sta st?at?peda s?????t??s?? ?a? ??a ap? ta p??? ???s?µ?p???µ??a s?µß??a t?? a???? t?? de?aet?a? t?? ‘80. ?a s?µß??a a?t? ????sa? ?a a?t??a??sta?ta? stad?a?? ap? t?? s?µa?a µe t? ??????? t???, p?? e??e ?a? pe??ss?te?a ???µata (???????, p??t??a??, ??t????, p??s???, µp?e ?a? µ?ß), de?????ta? µe a?t?? t?? t??p? t?? d?af??et???t?ta t?? ?????t?ta?.

? p??t? s?µa?a s?ed??st??e t? 1978 ap? t?? Gilbert Baker, ??a? ?a???t????? p?? ???se ?a? d?µ???????se st? Sa? F?a?s?s??, ? ?p??a ?a? ???s?µ?p??????e sa? s?µß??? t?? e?e? ?????t?ta?. ?????? p???es? t?? ?a???t???? ?ta? ?a ?atas?e??se? µ?a s?µa?a ??a ??e? t?? f???? ?a? ta ???µata t?? ???????? t???? ?ta? t? ?a??te?? pa??de??µa, p?? µp????se ?a ???s?µ?p???se?. ?ts? s?ed?ase t? s?µa?a µe 8 ???µata : ???, ???????, p??t??a??, ??t????, p??s???, µp??, ????a?? ?a? ß???ett?. S?µf??a µe t?? Baker ta s???e???µ??a ???µata a?t?p??s?pe???? t?? se???a????t?ta, t?? ???, t?? ??at?e??, t?? ????, t?? f?s?, t?? t????, t?? a?µ???a ?a? t? p?e?µa.

????te?a ape???????e st?? eta???a Paramount Flag Company ??a ?a ?e????se? ? µa???? pa?a???? t?? s?µa?a?, µ??? p?? epe?d? e??e ???s?µ?p???se? t?? d???? t?? ???st???? ??s?e? ?a? st?? a???? de? ?????f????se t? ??? ???µa p?? ???s?µ?p???se, ? eta???a ap?f?s?se ?a µe??se? ta ???µata ap? ??t? se ept?. ??? ???µß??? t?? 1978 d???f??e?ta? ? Harvey Milk, µ???? t?? ??µ?t???? S?µß?????? ?a? a????t? ?µ?f???f????, ?e????? p?? s?µ?de?e ??t??a t?? e?e? ?????t?ta.

?? 1979 st?? pa???as? pe??f??e?a? t?? p???te?a? ?a? ?????ta? ?a de????? t?? d??aµ? ?a? t?? a?e?a?t?s?a t???, ap?f?s?sa? ?a ???s?µ?p???s??? t? s?µa?a t?? Baker ????? ?µ?? t? ????a?? ?????da, ?ste ?a µ????s??? ?µ???f??µa ta ???µata st?? d?? se???? t?? pa???as?? : t??a ap? t? µ?a p?e??? ?a? t??a ap? t?? ????. ?ts? ?a??e?????e ? s?µa?a µe t? µ??f? p?? t?? ?????µe s?µe?a, a?a?????sµ??? ap? t? ??e??? S?????t? ?atas?e?ast?? S?µa???.