Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and Grammy-nominated pop singer, has died. She was 84. The "Paper Roses" musician, largely known for her conservative beliefs and as a former spokesperson for ...

Anita Bryant, a Grammy-nominated singer and former beauty queen who became known for her advocacy against gay rights in the 1970s, died Dec. 16. She was 84. Bryant died surrounded by family and loved ...

Anita Bryant, a singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ‘70s but whose opposition to gay rights – she called homosexuality “an abomination” – virtually ...

Anita Bryant is seen at a press conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 8, 1977. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly half a century after Anita Bryant made Miami the crucible in the fight for gay rights, she has died of cancer in Edmond, ...

In October 1977 the LGBT community throughout California was embattled. Conservative Orange County state Senator John Briggs was circulating a statewide ballot initiative that would ban homosexuals ...

Anita Bryant, a popular singer and product pitchwoman in the 1960s and ’70s who successfully destroyed both those aspect of her career by becoming the public, and very loud, face of a 1977 campaign ...

Anita Bryant sings with soldier in front of crowd of 15,000 at Bob Hope's Christmas show in Vietnam in 1966. (AP Photo/Horst Faas) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Anita Bryant at her home in Miami Beach, Fla., in 1978. Anita Bryant, a singer and former beauty queen who had a robust and flourishing music career, including hit songs like “Paper Roses,” in the ...

Anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in an orange grove in 1977 (Credit: Lynn Pelham/Getty Images) Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and singer who gained notoriety in the 1970s for her anti-gay activism, ...