Anita Bryant

Voting on Equal Rights is a National Disgrace

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Wayne Besen

With a record of 0-31 in marriage initiatives, now may be a good opportunity to review our complicity in a process that doles out or strips away basic rights by majority vote.

The Campaign: The Audacity of Hope Did Not Die in Maine

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.07.2009 | Media


Georgianne Nienaber

Was it bigotry that defeated gay marriage in Maine and California, or was it ignorance? Films like The Campaign, about the fight for gay rights, require our attention and our support.

Why the Florida Gay Adoption Ban Is Immoral

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Carlos A. Ball

The ACLU is back in court in Florida challenging the constitutionality of that state's thirty-year old law which prohibits lesbians and gay men from adopting.

Carrie Prejean, Let's Talk About Milk

Anna Wainwright | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Anna Wainwright

Prejean might want to take a brief look at Milk and think about how her legacy will hold up over the long haul. It is not the hero of that movie she resembles. No offense intended.

Regarding Miss California, At Least Anita Bryant Could Sing

Michael Rowe | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics


Michael Rowe

Carrie Prejean has become a sort of anti-Susan Boyle. It isn't just that she's a bigot, per se. There is no shortage of bigots. They just usually don't wear tiaras.

Where is Harvey Milk Today?

Ari Bendersky | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago


Ari Bendersky

Watching the film on the 30th anniversary of Milk's tragic and unnecessary death ... I was reminded that while we've come far, we really haven't gotten anywhere.

Giving Thanks For Harvey Milk

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics


Kerry Trueman

The most poignant aspect of Milk is that the story it tells -- of the fight against ignorance and intolerance -- is, unlike the hairdos and the Haight couture in the film -- all too current.

Milk and Orange Juice: My Anita Bryant Experience, Part 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

There she was, on the screen, in Milk. Anita Bryant, speaking out about "the homosexual agenda." Back in 1977, she was hugely controversial.

Sean Penn's Milk Has Blast From the Antigay Past

Marc Malkin | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment


Marc Malkin

Bryant became the gay community's public enemy No. 1 for leading a movement to overturn antidiscrimination laws. I called her office to find out what she thinks about the upcoming movie.