compared a plane full of nauseated passengers to an Anita Bryant concert. In Michael Moore’s documentary “Roger & Me” (1989), Ms. Bryant embodied forced optimism, singing the pop song “Joy ...
Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died.
Anita Bryant, known for her singing and anti-LGBTQ rights activism, passed away in December 2024. Bryant’s passing was announced by her family in an obituary on Thursday, January 9, 2025.
Anita Bryant Dry, entertainer and anti-gay rights activist, died in December in Edmond, according to an obituary submitted by ...
Anita Bryant, a Grammy-nominated singer and former beauty ... As an adult, her career in music blossomed, with Bryant singing at both Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1968 and the ...
She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and executive director of the Christian Family Coalition.
She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came ...
Anita Bryant, a popular singer and product pitchwoman in the 1960s and ’70s who successfully destroyed both those aspect of ...
Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and pop singer of the 1960s whose career led her to become a spokesperson for Florida oranges in the early ’70s and an evangelical crusader against gay rights later ...
Anita Bryan founded Save Our Children, an anti-gay organization that gave rise to the modern-day religious right's strategy of tying homosexuality to perceived threats against children.
According to a statement posted by Anita Bryant’s family, she died Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. AP Bryant was a Barnsdall native who began singing at an early age, and was just 12 ...