Book
Rainbow warrior : my life in color
Publication Information
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary
"The never-published memoir of the visual artist and social justice activist who created the Rainbow Flag, which became an international emblem of the modern LGBTQ+ movement"--
Contents
- A bolt of lightning
- Dreaming of a life over the rainbow
- I am not a homosexual
- A door opens
- Stitching a rainbow
- Victory and backlash
- Raining on my parade
- Life at the Clown Hotel
- The birth of Sister Chanel 2001
- Bobbi took off his socks
- Working for the enemy
- Stoning the Pope
- Rock bottom and rebel rebirth
- Pink Jesus and the holy war
- Spreading my wings
- Dorothy goes to Gotham
- Defending the rainbow
- Russians, bobbins, flashbulbs, and tears
- The winter of my discontent
- Clash of the divas
- An affair to remember, a night to forget
- Last shift at the Sequin Mine
- A bump in the road
- The chiffon rebellion
- A day in court, a night at the Stonewall
- A magician, a mile of scarf, and a pair of scissors
- The hatchet is buried
- Invisible, with liberty and justice for all
- Epilogue: Gilbert Baker's later years / by Charley Beal.