Ngumdali wabulawa rainbow LGBT iflegi

Gilbert Baker, uMdali LGBT umnyama iflegi liye laba uphawu intshukumo amalungelo abantu abambalwa ngesondo, uye wafa eneminyaka engama-65. Wafunyanwa efile ekhayeni lakhe eNew York ngomhla wama-31 kuMatshi. Unobangela yokufa - umfutho wegazi.

amakhasi biography

Gilbert Baker wazalelwa Kansas ngo-1951. iminyaka emibini yobomi bakhe wanika US Army, yaye emva ekubhobhozeni kwakhe umkhosi wafudukela eSan Francisco.

UBaker phambili intshukumo amalungelo abantu abambalwa ngokwesini, yaye ngowe-1978 wadala umlinganiswa odumileyo - LGBT rainbow iflegi.

inkululeko iflegi

Baker wafundisa yena ukuthunga, kwaye umxholo yokuqala wenkululeko, wadala eyakhe. NgoJuni 1978 xa kuqhutywa oku kuvezwa gay e San Francisco, uphawu entsha kuqala baziswa ebantwini.

Ngowe-2008, kudliwano-ndlebe, Gilbert Baker wavuma: "Xa ndabona indlela abantu benze le iflegi entsha, ndaqonda ukuba mna phutha. Ndandingakwazi ukuwuphendula lo mbuzo, kodwa nangona kunjalo, iflegi umnyama iye a ukuzwa. Ndibone ukuba bonke aba bantu bahamba ezitratweni zomzi, kunye umnyama phezu kwabo. Xa wakhangela phezulu, amehlo abo yetotshi ilayite. "

intshukumo LGBT, ngokutsho Gilbert, kwakufuneka uphawu entsha, ngokuba akukho ngaphambili into enjalo. Noko ke, kangangexesha elithile, kwakusetyenziswa unxantathu pink, kodwa lo umqondiso kwaba indaba pretty engancumisiyo. Kuyinto isiziba enjalo isemzimbeni uhlobo lwabo amadoda zobufanasini, amabanjwa kwiinkampu zoxinaniso zamaNazi.

Inguqulelo yokuqala weflegi rainbow waba imibala ezisibhozo, kodwa ngenxa yokunqongophala kwithishyu ezinye abangasekhoyo inani labo lancipha ukuya kwezintandathu.

Gilbert Baker ngokuphindaphindiweyo wacela ukuba ilungelo iflegi umnyama, kodwa wala.

Ngumdali memory

San Francisco USodolophu Edwin Lee uthe kwingxelo oonondaba ukufa Gilbert Baker emva wathi: "Iflegi umnyama iye yaba ngumthombo wentuthuzelo, ukuzingca kunye novelwano. Gilbert waba nguvulindlela kumzabalazo amalungelo abantu LGBT, kwaye ezintliziyweni zethu ngonaphakade uya kuhlala umzobi kunye uMdali, umhlobo wokwenene kubo bonke ababemazi. "