{"id":143095,"date":"2025-01-10T08:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T08:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/anita-bryant-the-antigay-crusader-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T08:04:16","slug":"anita-bryant-the-antigay-crusader-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/anita-bryant-the-antigay-crusader-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita Bryant, the antigay crusader, is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Anita Bryant, the antigay crusader, is dead https:\/\/t.co\/PHh6PP9xpd<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anita Bryant, the evangelical Christian who led a charge against LGBTQ+ rights, died on December 16, 2024 at the age of 84, according to an obituary shared by her family. <\/p>\n

Bryant, born in Oklahoma in 1940, was a beauty queen and a best-selling pop star before returning to her Christian roots in the 1970s. <\/p>\n

She became an anti-gay activist in 1977 when she led a campaign dubbed “Save Our Children” to persuade voters to repeal an ordinance that banned employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation put in place by Miami-Dade County’s government. Her activism also inspired a ban on adoption by same-sex couples in Florida.<\/p>\n

While she did succeed in getting the anti-discrimination ordinance overturned, it was restored in 1998 and protections for gender identity were added to it in 2014. The ban on same-sex couples adopting was struck down in 2010.<\/p>\n

Outside Florida, she backed California’s Briggs Initiative in 1978; the ballot measure sought to bar gays and lesbians from teaching in the public schools. It failed to win a majority of the vote. <\/p>\n

Bryant is survived by four children, two stepdaughters, and seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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