Anita Bryant, born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, is an American singer, beauty queen, and controversial figure in the realm of LGBTQ+ rights. Raised in a devout Southern Baptist family, ...

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 ...

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.

Anita Bryant at her home in Miami Beach ... making double entendres about queens and singing about a promised land that’s “bright and gay,” and Tim Conway as a character who looked and ...

Anita Bryant, a three-time Grammy nominee and anti ... Despite a flourishing singing career initially, the former Miss Oklahoma was widely known for her anti-LGBTQ stances. Anita's staunch ...

NEW YORK — Anita Bryant, 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 ...

Anita Bryant Dry's soaring vocals helped catapult her to fame, from her public singing debut as a preschooler at her grandparent's Oklahoma Baptist church, her television show at age 12 and her ...

(NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer ... TV damaged by wildfires Bryant was a noted singer for televised and political events, including singing at the Super Bowl V ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma ... Bryant was a Barnsdall native who began singing at an early age, and was just 12 when she hosted her own local television show.