Gay Activist Thom Higgins Throws A Pie In Anita Bryant's Face
In the late 1970s, America was still very much in the thick of a cultural tug-of-war. On one side was the rising tide of gay liberation; on the other side was the conservative backlash, personified in the form of former beauty queen (she was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner) turned singer turned anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant.