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.

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

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Anita Bryant, her face covered with banana cream pie, stares in disbelief during a news conference when a man posing as a reporter jumped up and hit her in the face with a pie, Oct. 14 ...

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

Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and Grammy ... Bryant was hit in the face with a pie by a pro-LGBTQ+ activist. "Well at least it's a fruit pie," she exclaimed before praying for the pie ...

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 ...