Gilbert Baker Dies at 65 Years of Age

Abby posted earlier on Gilbert Baker, the creator of the LGBT rainbow flag, in an earlier post you can find here titled "The Origins of the Rainbow Flag."  Headlining the news today is the death of Gilbert Baker at age 65.  To commemorate his death, there was a gathering at the giant rainbow flag at the junction of Castro and Market streets in San Francisco, near Harvey Milk Plaza.  

A beautiful quote mentioned in this article by Jerome Goldstein said, “HIV disease may someday be forgotten, all of the ugly political and religious fights that we’ve had, they may be forgotten,” Goldstein said. “But the rainbow flag will endure forever.”

I have attached some photos from the vigil that were posted on social media.

source: Ted Thomas on Facebook

source: @tomyamaguchi on Twitter