Gay leaders at police station

Al Gordon, looking to challenge the unequal enforcement of sex laws in Los Angeles, persuaded Morris Kight to make a citizen arrest of three couples; Jeanne Cordova and Barbara Gehrke, Reverend Troy Perry and Steve Jordan, and Jeanne Barney and Frank Brighamand. The photograph captures Al Gordon and Morris Kight attempting to turn in the "Felon 6" to the police at the Rampart Police Station. The event was witnessed by community leaders Pat Underwood (left at counter), W. Dorr Legg (to Pat's left), Al Gordon (in front of officer), Reverend Troy Perry (behind Al), Morris Kight (black jacket and glasses), Steve Jordon (sunglasses), Frank Brighamand (black tie), Barbara Gehrke, and Jeanne Barney (right). In 1975, Willie Brown's bill to reform the California sex laws passed with the help of Senate Majority Leader George Moscone and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally. July 1974.