Is Gay Community Resuscitation Possible?

LA Progressive
Sep 6, 2018 · 5 min read
Don Kilhefner and Morris Kight in 1971. (Photo by Anthony Friedkin)

In Los Angeles, as elsewhere, it has been the presence of a visible, organized, and strong grassroots gay community which has allowed the incredible strides gay people have made since the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion to be possible.

In 1971, when Morris Kight and I expanded the militant work of the Gay Liberation movement in Los Angeles, our objective was the creation of a “gay community” where…

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