Rainbow Gallery – a tribute to gilbert baker

somewhere over the rainbow

Judy Garland sang about it – the gay community was crying out for something like it – Gilbert Baker made it a reality.

Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag.

The rainbow was chosen to represent the LGBTQ community by Gilbert Baker, a gay artist who wanted to make a proud statement through a symbol showing diversity. He believed that the rainbow was ideal because it is found in nature.

Here are the primary meanings of the 🌈 rainbow emoji:

• Beauty of Nature: It can simply represent the meteorological event of a rainbow after rain.
• Joy and Happiness: The emoji conveys feelings of happiness and good fortune.
• Hope: The natural phenomenon of a rainbow is a symbol of hope for many.
• Diversity and Inclusion: The different colors of the rainbow are seen as a metaphor for the diversity within communities.
• LGBTQ+ Pride: This is a prominent use, with the rainbow flag and emoji representing the LGBTQ+ community and expressing pride in its identity and diversity.

Source: Wikipedia

brett

Born in Cairns (Far North Queensland – Australia) I am the youngest and the only boy of a family of five. My first serious job was as a Salesperson, the announcer, then Production Manager for 4AM. I spent in excess of ten years running my own successful entertainment agency before moving to Melbourne (Victoria – Australia) where I currently live, work and play. A week after arriving I joined the sales team at JOY 94.9fm – what was to be Australia’s first and only dedicated gay and lesbian radio station. I was clearly destined to be self-employed as fate would have it. Q Magazine was born in March 2004 and as they so rightly say ‘the rest is history’.

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