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, ...

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Singer, beauty queen and “pioneering Christian rights crusader” Anita Bryant died at the age of 84 on Dec. 16. According to ...

As awful as her behavior was, she made the word “Gay” known worldwide and helped us forge a community. When the famous pie photo came out, the rest of the world learned about what she was up to. She ...

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.

Anita Bryant, a beauty queen, singer and wholesome pitchwoman for Florida orange juice whose crusade against gay rights in the 1970s transformed her into one of the most polarizing figures in ...

The way Anita Bryant told it, she didn’t have a choice but to build ... Bryant, who died of cancer last month at the age of 84, first became known as a beauty queen—Miss Oklahoma, and then the second ...

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. This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut ...

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. Anita Bryant, former singer and anti-LGBTQ rights activist ...

Anita Bryant has died at the age of 84. She was a singer and entertainer who became a reliable promoter of national brands, including Florida orange juice during the 1970s, but she became best ...