Who was Gilbert Baker, iconic designer of the Pride flag?

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Pride Flag Creator Gilbert Baker poses at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on January 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty)

Gilbert Baker, the iconic designer responsible for the LGBT+ Pride flag, was bullied at school for being gay “but set the stage way before it was ever a norm”, his old classmates have said.

Baker was born in Chanute, Kansas, in…