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 ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...