The home of a gay-rights pioneer, located at 1822 W. 4th St., is set to become a historic monument in Los Angeles. The house already holds designations from the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. The pioneer, who moved to Los Angeles in 1958, played a crucial role in establishing various local gay-rights organizations and was involved in the labor and civil rights movements. He passed away in Los Angeles in January 2003 at the age of 83.
Kight moved to Los Angeles from New Mexico in 1958, and was instrumental in founding multiple local gay-rights organizations, including the Christopher Street West gay pride parade, Aid For AIDS and the Gay Community Center . He was also active in the labor and civil rights movements. He died in Los Angeles in January 2003 at the age of 83.
When the toll order was lifted in 2022, the designation process began again. Once the nomination came before the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee in November 2022 it further stalled, in part because then-First District Councilman Gil Cedillo sought a lesser “site of” designation. That would have allowed the property owner to demolish or redevelop the home.
However, the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee denied the councilwomen’s amendment in June 2023. Miki Jackson, a close friend of Kight’s and an AIDS Healthcare Foundation consultant who led past community action, told City News Service that the city has “so few monuments, less than 1%, in this whole city that have to do with the LGBTQ population.”‘
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