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 ...

Multi-Grammy nominated singer, beauty queen, Florida Orange Juice pitchwoman and conservative activist Anita Bryant has died. She was 84. Bryant was a popular singer before becoming mired in ...

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 ...

Her career never completely recovered. As the New York Times reported in her obituary, a television producer informed her that her “controversial political activities” had cost her a role on a planned ...

February 25, 1977 - Anita Bryant addresses the media at her home in Miami Beach during her 1977 campaign against Dade County’s gay-rights ordinance. Battle Vaughan In January 1977, two important ...

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, 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...