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.

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

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma ... 1977 in Iowa about her crusade against homosexuality, she had a pie thrown in her face by gay-rights activist Thom Higgins. "At least it was a fruit ...

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 ...