美国同性恋活动家吉尔伯特•贝克(Gilbert Baker)被认为是这一标志的发明者,当时还是上世纪 70 年代末期,而该标志大胆设计背后的理念却出现在 1976 年,这一年,美国举行了庆祝独立 200 周年的纪念活动。在 1973 年从越南战争撤军及 1974 年水门事件后美国总统第一次辞职的双重打击下,美国力图从全国的低迷情绪中感召爱国主义精神。当时美国在全国各地到处飘扬着星条旗,它简单的几何图面下掩饰了强烈的心理、政治和社会动荡。
It was against this turbulent backdrop that San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person ever to be elected to public office in California, encouraged Baker in 1977 to devise a unique symbol for the gay community – an insignia of pride capable of affirming social independence. “Flags”, Baker has since asserted, “are about proclaiming power.” As a drag queen whose appetite for flamboyant clothes in the glam-obsessed 1970s was bigger than his wallet, Baker became a dab hand with a sewing machine – a skill he would later put to use in producing political banners. Hypnotised by the talismanic intensity of the US flag and its ability to transmute itself in art and fashion – from pricey Pop Art paintings by Jasper Johns to grungy denim patches – Baker was drawn to the deceptive simplicity of a field of stacked stripes as a symbol for many stitched together as one.
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