If this LGBTQ flag looks familiar, that’s because it’s Baker’s design with one modification: The hot pink stripe in his ...

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

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The Lakeshore LGBTQ Cultural District in Oakland will raise a Pride flag outside the LGBTQ Community Center on November 13.