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, shown here in May 1977, was once a popular singer in the early 1960s who is now best known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights.

Mucho Mucho Amor Filmmakers Announce New Anita Bryant Documentary Save Our Children will trace the direct line between her '70s anti-gay campaign to Florida's current-day culture wars.

Anita Bryant, the singsongy beauty queen who spun her folksy Oklahoma charm into a career hawking orange juice and campaigning against gay rights, died last month at 84. When the news broke on ...

Thom Higgins will always be remembered for smushing a banana cream pie in Anita Bryant’s face. But his enormous contributions to the gay rights movement stretch far beyond one stunt, albeit a ...

Anita Bryant speaks before the Metro Commission in 1977. She led the effort to repeal Dade County’s gay- rights ordinance, which was passed on Jan. 18, 1977, and repealed by voters on June 7 ...

Anita Bryant, who died at age 84, led the charge to repeal Dade County’s gay-rights law in 1977. Her movement galvanized gays and conservative Christians.

Singer and former beauty queen Anita Bryant has died at the age of 84. She was well-known for her advocacy against LGBTQ rights in the 1970s.

In January 1977, the Dade County Commission said no to Anita Bryant, voting to pass the ordinance. But Bryant vowed to fight on.