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

I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.

A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.

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

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

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.