We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.

A rainbow is something in the sky, so a rainbow flag fits.

Flags say something. You put a rainbow flag on your windshield, and you're saying something.

The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.

A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.