“ANITA DEAR SHOVE IT,” Christopher Street Liberation Day, New York City, June 26, 1977. Photo © Hank
“ANITA DEAR SHOVE IT,” Christopher Street Liberation Day, New York City, June 26, 1977. Photo © Hank O’Neal..On April 4, 1978, thirty-nine years ago today, Playboy Magazine released teasers of Ken Kelley’s interview with archconservative Anita Bryant, the head of the Save Our Children campaign (which sought to repeal pro-, or pass anti-, LGBTQ ordinances across the United States in 1977 and 1978)..In a sneak peak of the interview, which was released in full in the magazine’s May 1978 edition, the former singer and beauty queen said that prison terms of up to twenty years for homosexuals “might make them think twice, especially the younger ones…Why make it easier for them? I think it only helps to condone it and make it easier for kids who wouldn’t be so concerned if it was a misdemeanor.”.Although not part of the April preview, the Playboy article included Bryant’s legendary take on the origin of the word “fruit” as a gay slur: “…they eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of life…, which is male sperm.” Notably, according to biblical literature, the tree of life is separate and distinct from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, only the latter of which was off-limits to humankind; such details apparently were lost on Bryant. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #Resist (at New York, New York) -- source link
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