Civil rights hero Bayard Rustin finally pardoned for gay sex arrest.

The civil rights icon was sullied by a homophobic "morals charge" at the height of his career. (Image: Getty)

Gay civil rights icon Bayard Rustin will be posthumously pardoned for his 1953 “vagrancy” arrest, which was related to consensual gay sex.

In announcing the pardon, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was advancing a clemency initiative to clear the records of others…