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Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and anti-gay activist. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. [1] She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission. [2]
Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses". [1] She was also a former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner.
Anita Bryant was born on March 25, 1940 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Roger & Me (1989), Drugs Are Like That (1969) and Mrs. America (2020). She has been married to Charlie Dry since 1990. She was previously married to Bob Green.
It was the opening track on her 1961 album Hear Anita Bryant In Your Home Tonight! (Carlton STLP 12/127), recorded in "Provocative Stereo." "Paper Roses" was Bryant's biggest hit on the Billboard Pop chart , peaking at No. 5 in 1960. [1]
In January 1977, however, she became a highly controversial public figure, identified primarily as a crusader against homosexual rights. The books Bryant wrote before 1977 are much like Christmas family newsletters, filled with photos, anecdotes, and news of the Green family.
Mar 20, 2011 · A Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and a Miss America runner-up in 1959, Bryant rocketed to fame in the late 1950s as a clean-cut young woman with a sweet but powerful voice.
Apr 13, 2022 · The Save Our Children campaign by 1970s Christian crusader Anita Bryant laid the groundwork for Florida's Don't Say Gay bill and the state's LGBTQ culture war.
Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer and anti-gay activist. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.
Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses". She was also a former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner.
Anita Bryant. A popular singer of the '60s, Anita Bryant has been known as a beauty queen, a singer, a Florida citrus spokeswoman, and later an advocate against homosexuality.
Anita Bryant songs (9 P) Pages in category "Anita Bryant" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1977, singer Anita Bryant began spearheading the “Save Our Children” campaign, which aimed to repeal a Dade County, Florida, ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. The campaign was successful, and was heartily condemned by members of the gay community and their allies. On August 19, 1977, Bryant attended the ...
Jul 29, 2021 · Throughout the 1970s, the infamous anti-LGBTQ+ crusader waged a vicious war on LGBTQ+ rights, accusing queer people of corrupting youth through her infamous “Save Our Children” campaign. Now, her granddaughter is marrying a woman.
Jan 15, 2024 · Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American anti-gay activist and singer. She achieved four "Top 40" hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses" which reached No. 5 on the charts.
American singer, born March 25, 1940 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA. Bryant scored 11 songs in the U.S. Top 100 in the late 1950's and early 1960's, her greatest pop success coming in 1960 with the #5 hit, "Paper Roses".
The Anita Bryant Story: The Survival of Our Nation's Families and the Threat of Militant Homosexuality is a 1977 book by Anita Bryant, in which the author provides an account of her evangelical Christian campaign against a gay rights ordinance in Dade County, Florida.
Jul 15, 2023 · Known for her achievements as a singer, beauty queen, and activist, Bryant was a prominent figure in the 1970s. But what is she up to now? In this article, we will take a deep dive into Anita Bryant’s past, her rise and fall, her impact on the LGBTQ+ community, her activism, and her current endeavors.
It was first recorded by singer Anita Bryant in 1960, as "In My Little Corner of the World", and released on the album of the same name. Bryant's version reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960.
Mar 10, 2018 · Anita Bryant - Greatest Hits [1963] (Full Album) Tracklist: A1. Paper Roses A2. The Wedding A3. Step By Step, Little By Little A4. Till There Was You A5. I'm Not A Child Anymore A6. Free B1. My...
Anita Jane Bryant (gebore op 25 Maart 1940) is ’n Amerikaanse sangeres, voormalige skoonheidskoningin en handelsnaamambassadeur vir die Florida-sitruskommissie (betrokke by die bemarking van lemoensap). Sy het in die laat 1950's en vroeë 1960's vier top-40-liedjies gehad, onder meer "Paper Roses", wat no. 5 gehaal het.
Feb 2, 2022 · Anita Jane Bryant is a legendary singer, entertainer, and activist. She is the former Miss Oklahoma and Miss America runner-up 1958. Due to her support in anti-gay activists, she ostracized by the entertainment and corporate world.
The notion that LGBT people, or those supportive of LGBT rights, are engaging in child grooming and enabling child sexual abuse is a far-right conspiracy theory and anti-LGBT trope.Although the belief that LGBT individuals are more likely to molest children has no basis in fact, this stereotype has existed for decades in the U.S. and Europe, going back to before World War II.
In 1977, the Texas State Bar Association invited country singer Anita Bryant to perform at a meeting in Houston, Texas. In response to Bryant's outspoken anti-gay views and her Save Our Children campaign, thousands of members of the Houston LGBT community and their supporters marched through the city to the venue in protest on June 16, 1977.
Following the pie attack on the archbishop, two of Allan Spear's colleagues invited Anita Bryant to come to St. Paul to overturn their three-year-old gay rights ordinance, and announced Save Our Children would be opening a branch there.
