Readings & Panels
Bring a Rainbow Warrior reading event to your hometown.
The Gilbert Baker Foundation offers readings and panel discussions that examine the book and celebrate the legacy of Gilbert Baker. If your organization wants to bring a foundation member to your town for an event, fill out this form and we will contact you. Please note that the hosting organization is responsible for travel and accommodation expenses. If you want to hold your own reading, contact the foundation to obtain books and discuss programming ideas.
We also offer virtual events using Zoom and other conferencing platforms.
Reading Inquiry
News
Unboxing the 2019 Nike Gilbert Baker BE TRUE Collection
With Pride Month set to kick off this weekend, June 1st, it’s only fitting that Nike don the colorful tones of the LGBTQ flags. Atop many of their classics — namely the Air Max 90, Tailwind, Pegasus 35 Turbo, Air Max 720, and Benassi slides — are various twists on the rainbow themes as well as a deep breadth of inspirations.
To celebrate Baker’s impact and memorialize his legacy, Nike partnered with the Gilbert Baker Estate, working hand-in-hand to create this year’s 2019 BETRUE collection. For the first time, the footwear, apparel and accessories all feature the icon’s original eight-color flag, as well as other meaningful “Gilbert-y” touches and symbols of Pride.
Kirkus Review
“A moving, educative memoir from one of the innovators of the gay liberation movement.” Kirkus Review is a rave!