Table of Contents
Foreword Dustin Lance Black ix
1 A Bolt of Lightning 1
2 Dreaming of a Life Over the Rainbow 3
3 I Am Not a Homosexual 13
4 A Door Opens 23
5 Stitching a Rainbow 33
6 Victory and Backlash 51
7 Raining on My Parade 57
8 Life at the Clown Hotel 63
9 The Birth of Sister Chanel 2001 71
10 Bobbi Took Off His Socks 81
11 Working for the Enemy 87
12 Stoning the Pope 95
13 Rock Bottom and Rebel Rebirth 101
14 Pink Jesus and the Holy War 103
15 Spreading My Wings Ill
16 Dorothy Goes to Gotham 115
17 Defending the Rainbow 125
18 Russians, Bobbins, Flashbulbs, and Tears 131
19 The Winter of My Discontent 143
20 Clash of the Divas 153
21 An Affair to Remember, a Night to Forget 163
22 Last Shift at the Sequin Mine 167
23 A Bump in the Road 173
24 The Chiffon Rebellion 179
25 A Day in Court, a Night at Stonewall 189
26 A Magician, a Mile of Scarf, and a Pair of Scissors 199
27 The Hatchet Is Buried 215
28 Invisible, with Liberty and Justice for All 221
Epilogue: Gilbert Baker's Later Years 225
Acknowledgments 231