Anita Bryant, a three-time Grammy nominee and anti-gay rights crusader, died in her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, on December 16, her family announced through an obituary on Thursday. She was 84.

and called the “Anita Bryant.” In a crude made-for-TV moment, a gay activist slammed a cream pie into Ms. Bryant’s face at an appearance in Des Moines. In June 1977, the ordinance was ...

Anita Bryant addresses the media at her home in Miami Beach during her 1977 campaign against Dade County’s gay-rights ordinance. Voters repealed the ordinance on June 7, 1977, six months after ...

By 1977, members of the Minneapolis-based LGBTQ+ group, Target City Coalition, had already pie-faced at least three prominent anti-gay activists. Anita Bryant, a well-known figure in the movement ...

Anita Bryant, a popular singer and product pitchwoman in the 1960s and ’70s who successfully destroyed both those aspect of ...

The doc, titled 'Save Our Children,' will focus a lens on Florida's role in the national fight for gay rights by exploring ...

The way Anita Bryant told it, she didn’t have a choice but to build a nationwide antigay movement. Her 1977 book The Anita Bryant Story: The Survival of Our Nation’s Families and the Threat of ...

Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and singer who gained notoriety in the 1970s for her anti-gay activism, died on December ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken ...

She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came crashing down.

Anita Bryant has died. She was 84 ... Controversy for Bryant started in 1977. She was an outspoken opponent of a Dade County ordinance that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation ...

Anita Bryant is seen at a press conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 8, 1977. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson, File) Anita Bryant is seen at a press conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 8 ...