Once thought lost, the original rainbow flag comes home to SF

June 6, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES & HISTORY, HISTORY, LIFESTYLES, PRIDE Comments Off on Once thought lost, the original rainbow flag comes home to SF
A section of one of the original Rainbow Pride flags designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 that was recently uncovered on display at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro on Friday, June 4, 2021. (Photo: Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)

Thought to be lost due to water damage while in storage nearly 40 years ago, a piece of the original Rainbow Flag, which helped define the LGBTQ civil rights movement, was discovered in 2019. Now, it will stay in San Francisco…