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Newsweek Issue, June 6, 1977
Courtesy Ken Yeager and BAYMEC Community Foundation
Singer Anita Bryant became the face of anti-gay activism in the 1970s. In 1977, she founded the “Save Our Children” campaign in Dade County, Florida with the goal of repealing a local ordinance protecting LGBTQ+ rights. Her campaign marked the first organized opposition to the gay rights movement, and was successful in repealing the law. Bryant’s work spawned similar anti-gay efforts in California on both local and state levels.