Anita Bryant - Wikipedia
Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024) was an American singer and a Christian activist against gay rights in the United States. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s.
Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is …
Jan 10, 2025 · Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ’70 but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an abomination” —...
Anita Bryant dead at 84. Inducted Florida Citrus Hall of Fame
Jan 10, 2025 · Anita Bryant has died. She was 84. Bryant died Dec. 16, 2024, at her Oklahoma home, surrounded by family and friends. Her family submitted an obituary Jan. 9, 2025, to The Oklahoman, part of the ...
Anita Bryant’s polarizing life and times in South Florida | Miami …
Jan 10, 2025 · Anita Bryant — a multi-Grammy nominated singer, beauty queen and Florida Orange Juice pitchwoman who died on Dec. 16 — was a force in South Florida for decades. Bryant passed away at her home...
Anita Bryant, face of orange juice and anti-gay push, dies
Jan 10, 2025 · Anita Bryant’s album “The Sunshine Tree” was released in 1969. She was long associated with Florida citrus commercials before she lost popularity with her anti-Gay crusades.
How Anita Bryant’s Miami anti-gay campaign pioneered today’s …
Jan 12, 2025 · A singer, a pitchwoman and an anti-gay activist: Anita Bryant’s life in South Florida . January 09, 2025 10:57 PM “What these people really want, hidden behind obscure legal phrases, is the ...
Anita Bryant: a singer, Florida citrus pitchwoman and anti-gay
Jan 10, 2025 · Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84
Singer Anita Bryant leaves legacy of homophobia and extremism
6 days ago · Singer Anita Bryant died Dec. 16, though her death wasn’t widely reported until Jan. 10. The headlines announcing her death were very similar to this one run by the Associated Press: “Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84.”. Bryant launched one of the nation’s first anti-LGBTQ+ crusades in Dade County, Fla., which in 1977 passed an ...
From the Farm: Passing of Florida orange juice commercial queen Anita …
Jan 10, 2025 · Singer Anita Bryant performs a musical number onstage at her new namesake theater in Branson, Missouri in June 1995, a state-of-the-art performing arts center previously built and operated as ...
How Anita Bryant helped spawn Florida's LGBTQ culture war - NBC News
Apr 14, 2022 · The Save Our Children campaign by 1970s Christian crusader Anita Bryant laid the groundwork for Florida's Don't Say Gay bill and the state's LGBTQ culture war.
- Some results have been removed