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Thom Higgins is credited for coining the term “gay pride.” He also earned national headlines when he threw a pie in anti-gay ...
For those of you scratching your heads as to who Anita Bryant was, picture a homophobic Karen and cross her with Helen ...
Anita Bryant, 84, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposi… ...
Grammy-nominated singer and Christian activist Anita Bryant, known for her anti-gay rights stance, has passed away. The singer breathed her last at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, last month. Here ...
Anita Bryant, a singer, entertainer and anti-gay activist, has died.She was 84. According to the obituary submitted Thursday by her family to The Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network, she died ...
Anita Bryant, a beauty queen, singer and wholesome pitchwoman for Florida orange juice whose crusade against gay rights in the 1970s transformed her into one of the most polarizing figures in ...
Anita Bryant has died. She was 84. Bryant died Dec. 16, 2024, at her Oklahoma home, surrounded by family and friends. Her family submitted an obituary Jan. 9, 2025, to The Oklahoman, part of the ...
Her 1977 book The Anita Bryant Story: The Survival of Our Nation’s Families and the Threat of Militant Homosexuality begins: “Because of my love for Almighty God, because of my love for His ...
A person's values and beliefs greatly shape the lasting impression others have of them after they pass. Take Anita Bryant, ...
Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ’70 but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an abomination ...
Anita Bryant, who died at age 84, led the charge to repeal Dade County’s gay-rights law in 1977. Her movement galvanized gays and conservative Christians.