He began making banners and ultimately the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag for his friend Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office of San Francisco City Supervisor in 1978 and who was later assassinated on 27 November 1978. Army from 1970 until 1972.Īfter an honorable discharge he taught himself to sew. Gilbert Baker was born in Kansas on 2 June 1951 and served in the U.S.
