"Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color" by Gilbert Baker. My rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Published in 2019.

Book 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, forever cementing his pivotal role in helping to define the modern LGBTQ movement. His fascinating story weaves through the early years of the struggle for LGBTQ rights. In 1994, Baker spearheaded the effort to fabricate a mile-long Rainbow Flag, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York City. Today, the Rainbow Flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ diversity and inclusiveness, and its colorful hues have illuminated landmarks from the White House to the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House.

I feel honored to have read this book, and to celebrate the freedom people should always have to love who they love.

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