Anita Bryant, born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, is an American singer, beauty queen, and controversial figure in the realm of LGBTQ+ rights. Raised in a devout Southern Baptist family, ...

Anita Bryant, an entertainer who was commended by the Southern Baptist Convention for standing up to the gay rights movement ...

The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who ...

She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and ...

Anita Bryant Dry, entertainer and anti-gay rights activist, died in December in Edmond, according to an obituary submitted by ...

The next year, she defended her decision to take a stand, telling the Oklahoman newspaper of Oklahoma City that “I’ve never regretted what I did.” Anita Jane Bryant was born March 25 ...

A three-time Grammy-nominated singer and TV personality, Anita Bryant passed away at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma at the age of 84. The singer's death was announced in an obituary in The Oklahoman ...

Singer and former beauty queen Anita Bryant has died at the age of 84. She was well-known for her advocacy against LGBTQ rights in the 1970s.

NPR's Walter Ray Watson reports. WALTER RAY WATSON, BYLINE: Anita Jane Bryant grew up in Oklahoma City. Her upbringing was Southern Baptist. She sang in church as a child and performed in state fairs.

NEW YORK — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her ...