| TRUE COLORS
The restored hues of the rainbow flag inspire
our Pride 2003 portfolio
Photography by David Lewis
Twenty-five years ago, a flag with eight color
bars fluttered for the first time over San Francisco.
Glenn Baker made that proud pennant, which became
the internationally known emblem for our people—but
with six bars after subsequent flag makers dropped
two of the colors.
For the silver anniversary of his creation, Baker
has restored the rainbow flag to the original
design. He and a team are crafting a massive version,
nearly 1 1/2 miles long and 16 feet wide, which
will unfurl at Key West Pride on June 15, stretching
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic. Segments
of Baker’s flag will travel this month to
Pride celebrations across the United States, including
the Houston parade.
In celebration of Pride, we present these portraits
of men and women who reflect the vibrant, multi-everything
community—remarkable, rambunctious, occasionally
irritating—that we know. We are the rainbow.
ANDY MILLS
Retired, Mary’s Manager 1976–1985
Pride Parade Grand Marshal, 1982
Founding director, Montrose Singers
Founding director, Montrose Symphonic Band
Bayou Blue
MARION COLEMAN
House of Coleman
Pride Parade Grand Marshal, 1982
Diana Foundation
Log Cabin Republicans
A Christmas Songfest
Kindred Spirits Reunion
Houston Challenge Foundation
PERRIE DOLPH
Retired
Prime Timers Houston
Four Seasons
Miss Camp America
Krewe of Olympus
A Christmas Songfest
Montrose Counseling Center
JOYAL KAKU
Student and Restaurant Worker
MAC CRONE
State of Texas Supervisory Hearing Officer
Houston Pride 5K Fun Run & Walk
Montrose Athletic Association
RUSS JENKINS
Criminal Justice Professional/Fitness Instructor
Project L.E.A.D., the group that inspired the
formation of the Houston GLBT Community Center
DIANA ASHTON
Student
ANGIE PANZICA
Student
University of Houston Graduate School of Social
Work
Intern, H.A.T.C.H. (Houston Area Teen Coalition
of Homosexuals)
REBECCA MAHAFFEY
Administrative Assistant and Student
Bewitched Ball
Leisure & Arts Promoting Healing/LAAPH
Pride Committee of Houston
YVONNE FEECE
Photographer and Student
Bewitched Ball
Leisure & Arts Promoting Healing/LAAPH
Pride Committee of Houston
JESSICA VAN SHELTON
Female Impersonator
Imperial Court of Houston-Space City Empire
PAWS/Pets Are Wonderful Support
Jessica performs as Cher in a July 12 PAWS benefit
at EJ’s.
TIMMY CAO
Student
MIKE TRANS
Student
RON HELAIRE
Technology Manager
Human Rights Campaign National Business Council
TOM LY
Sterling Bank
Asians & Friends Houston
Gay Men’s Chorus Houston
CARL HAN
Discopen.com
Vietnamese & Multilingual Translation Service
Asians & Friends Houston
BRIAN M. CARLSON
Student
H.A.T.C.H./Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals
ARDEN EVERSMEYER
Retired
LOAF/Lesbians Over Age Fifty
OLCC/Old Lesbians Creating Change
Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project
TODD AMDOR
Recent Graduate, UH Law Center
Texas Human Rights Foundation
Hollyfield Foundation
CINDY HAMMACK
Offshore Engineering Project Scheduler
Lesbian Film Night Host
Houston GLBT Community Center
BILLIE SIMON
Poet and Writer
Appletree Publishing
JUDY REEVES
Gulf Coast Archive & Museum of GLBT History
Imperial Court of Houston-Space City Empire
Theatre Suburbia
REV. BILL CLARK
Henry David Thoreau Unitarian Universalist Congregation
SCOTT ASHCRAFT
Financial Manager
Houston Pride Band
CHARLTON RAGAN
Retired Steelworker
Houston Pride Band
MARC GARCIA
March of Dimes State Youth Development Manager
Houston GLBT Community Center
Montrose Softball League
SCOTT KENYON
Foley’s Special Events Manager
Misfits Houston
ROBERT COHN,
Information Systems Manager, Woman’s Hospital
of Texas
Houston Area Bears
Imperial Court of Houston-Space City Empire
BRIAN DETERMAN
Data Entry Clerk and Health Educator for the Deaf-Hard
of Hearing, Montrose Clinic
Astro Rainbow Alliance of the DeafFor details
on the history and restoration of the rainbow
flag, check out www.rainbow25.org.
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