I’ve been writing about religious freedom for four decades, and I’m not about to argue that the parents should win only if I ...

Thom Higgins is credited for coining the term “gay pride.” He also earned national headlines when he threw a pie in anti-gay ...

I never agreed with the views of Anita Bryant (“Anita Bryant, singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, 84,” Obituaries, Jan. 11), but the photo of her with a protester’s pie in ...

Thom Higgins will always be remembered for smushing a banana cream pie in Anita Bryant’s face. But his enormous contributions to the gay rights movement stretch far beyond one stunt, albeit a ...

During an appearance in Iowa, an activist jammed a pie in her face. Her career in entertainment declined, her marriage to her first husband, Bob Green, broke up, and she later filed for bankruptcy.

Anita Bryant, her face covered with banana cream pie, stares in disbelief during a news conference when a man posing as a reporter jumped up and hit her in the face with a pie, Oct. 14, 1977.

When I was just 14 years old, I happened upon a photograph in the newspaper of Ms. Bryant getting a banana cream pie in the face, wielded by an angry demonstrator named Thom Al Higgins.

Anita Bryant, pitchwoman who crusaded against gay rights, dies at 84 She became one of the most incendiary cultural warriors of the 1970s and saw her prosperous singing career implode as a result.

The Advocate’s headline: “Another Pie in the Face for Anita Bryant: Her Granddaughter Is Gay.” But Sarah’s sexual orientation isn’t some kind of karmic gotcha.

Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary.