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The gay rights movement lost another pioneer when activist Morris Kight died peacefully in his sleep at the Carl Bean hospice in Los Angeles on January 19. Kight was indispensable in launching the gay liberation movement on the West Coast in the 1960s and '70s and continued to work as an activist almost up until his death at age 83. Among his many accomplishments: He cofounded the Los Angeles branch of an early gay activism organization, the Gay Liberation Front, as well as the Stonewall Democratic Club; he organized the Christopher Street West parade, Los Angeles's gay pride parade; and, with fellow activists Don Kilhefner and John Platania, he opened the Gay Community Services Center, now the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. "I'm sure we are going to get ...