Happy Pi Day! Anita Bryant hit in the face with pie October 14, 1977 🥧 Friendly reminder: if somebody is working to deny your humanity and civil rights, you don’t have to be nice to them. | Dark Entries Records

Remembering the Time Anita Bryant Got Pied in the Face

On this day in 1977, anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was pied in the face during a live press conference — a moment that became a symbol of queer resistance. Her “Save Our Children” campaign tried to erase LGBTQ rights, but history had other plans. Sometimes protest isn’t polite. Sometimes it’s whipped cream and courage. 🍰 #LGBTQHistory #QueerResistance #PrideIsProtest #OutOfSpace #JulioReelTalk #lgbtq | Julio Ceaser Roman III

On this day in 1977, gay rights activist Thom Higgins pied Anita Bryant in the face during a televised press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Bryant was vehemently anti-gay, leading the “Save our Children” campaign, which fought to repeal an ordinance in Dade County, Florida that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. That campaign used fear-mongering and wildly homophobic rhetoric, which portrayed LGBTQ as a threat to children (sound familiar?) The ordinance was designed to prote

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