Anita Bryant, Billboard Magazine, 1971.

ID: 1266 ~ Source: Image from Billboard Magazine, January 16, 1971 p. 21., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18694185 ~ Creator: Billboard Magazine, 1971 ~ Date: 1971
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Anita Bryant, Billboard Magazine, 1971.

Former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner and American singer, Anita Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights. Her 1977 "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Dade County, Florida that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation launched Anita into national recognition.

Image courtesy of Billboard Magazine, Public Domain, Wikipedia Commons.

This file appears in: Anita Bryant: The Catalyst

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