Anita Bryant, an activist known for her stance ... Iowa when writer and gay rights activist Thom L. Higgins threw a pie in her face, marking one of the earliest public incidents of its kind.

She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and executive director of the Christian Family Coalition.

As Anita was answering the press about her crusade against homosexuality, Thomas Lawrence Higgins, a gay rights activist, approached her and smashed a pie on her face. Bryant had reportedly said ...

(NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer ... in which writer and gay rights activist Thom L. Higgins hit her in the face with a pie. According to history, Bryant quipped ...

The Advocate’s headline: “Another Pie in the Face for Anita Bryant: Her Granddaughter Is Gay.” But Sarah’s sexual orientation isn’t some kind of karmic gotcha. It’s a fact of life that ...

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

Anita Bryant, a singer and former beauty queen ... a demonstrator walked up to Bryant and pushed a banana cream pie into her face. “At least it was a fruit pie,” Bryant ad-libbed.

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma ... During an appearance in Iowa, an activist jammed a pie in her face. Her career in entertainment declined, her marriage to her first husband, Bob Green ...

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

Higgins hit her in the face with a pie. (Original Caption) Des Moines: Entertainer-evangelist Anita Bryant, her face covered with banana cream pie, stares in disbelief during a news conference ...