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 in ...

For those of you scratching your heads as to who Anita Bryant was, picture a homophobic Karen and cross her with Helen Lovejoy from “The Simpsons.” You know, the reverend's wife who is notorious for ...

Thom Higgins is credited for coining the term “gay pride.” He also earned national headlines when he threw a pie in anti-gay ...

Anita Bryant, 84, 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 outspoken opposi… ...

Anita Bryant, a singer, entertainer and anti-gay activist, has died.She was 84. According to the obituary submitted Thursday by her family to The Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network, she died ...

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, 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 ...

Her 1977 book The Anita Bryant Story: The Survival of Our Nation’s Families and the Threat of Militant Homosexuality begins: “Because of my love for Almighty God, because of my love for His ...

The city saw its first snowfall in modern memory and lawmakers passed legislation to prohibit discrimination in housing, public accommodations or employment on the basis of “sexual preference.” The ...

Demonstrators carry signs of Adolf Hitler, Anita Bryant, the Ku Klux Klan and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin during a 1977 gay rights march in San Francisco. (AP) (AP) Perspective by Emily S. Johnson ...

The granddaughter of arch anti-LGBTQ activist Anita Bryant is getting married to another woman, and she doesn’t know whether to invite her homophobic grandmother to her wedding. Bryant’s ...

Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary.