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Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and anti-gay rights 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]
Oct 26, 2023 · On October 14, 1977, while speaking at an event in Iowa to promote her campaign to roll back anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people, Anita Bryant is hit in the face with a pie....
Apr 13, 2022 · How 1970s Christian crusader Anita Bryant helped spawn Florida's LGBTQ culture war. Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics, is part of a long...
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Jul 29, 2021 · The name Anita Bryant is synonymous with homophobic vitriol. 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.
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Apr 14, 2022 · April 14, 2022 · 8 min read. Anita Bryant’s decades-old 'Save Our Children' campaign rings familiar in Florida. At a public hearing in Dade County, Florida, parents were enraged. The nation,...
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Jul 8, 2021 · Anita Bryant and the fight over gay rights in Dade County, Florida, in 1977. Follow Us. One Year: 1977. Season 1: Episode 1. July 08, 20216:00 AM. Anita Bryant’s War on Gay Rights. The...
Aug 18, 2016 · Understanding Anita Bryant, the Woman Who Declared War on Gays. Robert Whirry -- a writer of the upcoming play Anita Bryant's Playboy Interview -- on why it's so important to know your...