For those of you too young to remember, Anita Bryant was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 to 1980, a pop singer with 3 hit songs, AND one of the most vocal and prominent anti-LGBTQ activists of the late 1970s. She ran a campaign to repeal a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. LGBTQ activists and prominent figures in music, film, and television retaliated by boycotting orange juice she promoted, causing her to be blacklisted, contributing, ultimately, to her having to file for bankruptcy twice. On October 14, 1977, she repeatedly told a television audience that she "loves homosexuals, but hates their sin," resulting in her getting pied in the face by LGBTQ writer and activist, Thom L. Higgins.

In 1978, she promoted the Briggs Initiative in California, which would have gotten any public school teacher fired for making any pro-lgbtq statements. Interestingly, it was opposed not only by liberals, but by President Jimmy Carter, Governor Jerry Brown, former president Gerald Ford, as well as Ronald Reagan, resulting in its massive defeat at the polls.

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When feminists feared the 'lavender menace' of lesbians — and how those lesbians fought back

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All about the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

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Happy Pride Month!

Image of 1970s anti-LGBTQ crusader and poster child, Anita Bryant, getting pied by Thom L. Higgins in 1977

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For those of you too young to remember, Anita Bryant was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 to 1980, a pop singer with 3 hit songs, AND one of the most vocal and prominent anti-LGBTQ activists of the late 1970s. She ran a campaign to repeal a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. LGBTQ activists and prominent figures in music, film, and television retaliated by boycotting orange juice she promoted, causing her to be blacklisted, contributing, ultimately, to her having to file for bankruptcy twice. On October 14, 1977, she repeatedly told a television audience that she "loves homosexuals, but hates their sin," resulting in her getting pied in the face by LGBTQ writer and activist, Thom L. Higgins.

In 1978, she promoted the Briggs Initiative in California, which would have gotten any public school teacher fired for making any pro-lgbtq statements. Interestingly, it was opposed not only by liberals, but by President Jimmy Carter, Governor Jerry Brown, former president Gerald Ford, as well as Ronald Reagan, resulting in its massive defeat at the polls.

#lgbtq #anitabryant #directaction #homophobia #reagan #pride