Gay activist Thom Higgins "pied" the antigay crusader during a press conference in Des Moines in 1977 as part of his considerable career as an LGBTQ+ rights advocate.

Sarah Green is the daughter of Anita's oldest son, Robert Green Jr., whom she had with her first husband, Bob Green.

Bryant, her face covered with banana cream pie, stares in disbelief during ... She wears a t-shirt that reads 'Eat a Fruit for Anita' (a sarcastic reference to American singer and Florida Citrus ...

Anita Bryant, singer and anti-gay rights crusader who sparked orange juice boycott, dies aged 84 - Singer and campaigner’s homophobic rhetoric persists in anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns to this day ...

When Bryant took that stand, and became the public face of the activist group Save Our Children, she created a template that the American right wing is still following today. She also became the enemy ...

Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and singer who gained notoriety in the 1970s for her anti-gay activism, died on December ...

“At least it’s a fruit pie,” she quipped before saying a prayer for her attacker. Anita Bryant told reporters in 1977 that she was blacklisted from television because of her anti-gay stance. Anita ...

By Anita Gates Anita Bryant ... “At least it was a fruit pie,” Ms. Bryant ad-libbed. Some took that remark as an innocent allusion to her job promoting fresh produce; others saw it as a ...

The "Paper Roses" singer was largely known for her conservative beliefs and as a former spokesperson for Florida oranges ...

Anita Bryant, a singer, entertainer and anti-gay ... She responded by saying, "At least it was a fruit pie," before breaking into tears. In the wake of the pie incident and nationwide "gaycotts ...

“At least it’s a fruit pie,” she quipped before saying a prayer for her attacker. Anita Bryant told reporters in 1977 that she was blacklisted from television because of her anti-gay stanc ...

(NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant ... According to history, Bryant quipped that the pie was a “fruit pie” and then began praying for God to forgive Higgins ...