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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]

  2. Jul 26, 2021 · In her speeches, Bryant would say being gay was a choice and a sin to rally audiences against queer-friendly legislation, the Washington Post reported. Now 81, Bryant lives in a world where gay...

    • Julia Naftulin
  3. Jul 15, 2023 · Anita Bryant is a singer, beauty queen, and activist who rose to fame in the 1970s as a vocal opponent of gay rights. Learn about her past, her rise and fall, her impact on the LGBTQ+ community, her activism, and her current endeavors. Find out how she shaped public opinion and influenced conservative politics today.

  4. Jul 29, 2021 · Bettmann. 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.

    • Molly Sprayregen
  5. Apr 14, 2022 · Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and a white, telegenic singer, spearheaded an anti-LGBTQ campaign in 1977 to limit the legal rights of LGBTQ people in Florida. Her campaign echoes the current "Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grades. The bill is supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other conservatives.

    • Jillian Eugenios
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  7. Apr 13, 2022 · Jillian Eugenios. 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.

  8. Jul 27, 2021 · People. Another Pie in the Face for Anita Bryant: Her Granddaughter Is Gay. Sarah Green, who is engaged to marry another woman, spoke about her famously homophobic grandmother on a recent...

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