Free Onle Library: Ana Bryant January 1977: the enactment of a gay rights law Miami-Da unty mobiliz the ex-bety queen's antigay mpaign--as well as gays natnwi, cludg San Francisn Armistead Mp. (Gods & Monsters). by "The Advote (The natnal gay & lbian newsmagaze)"; News, opn and mentary
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- GAY RIGHTS FIGHT SHAPG UP MIAMI
- IN FLORIDA, MIAMI-DA HAS BEEN GROUND ZERO FOR GAY RIGHTS STGGLE
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
- ANA BRYANT JANUARY 1977: THE ENACTMENT OF A GAY RIGHTS LAW MIAMI-DA UNTY MOBILIZ THE EX-BETY QUEEN'S ANTIGAY MPAIGN--AS WELL AS GAYS NATNWI, CLUDG SAN FRANCISN ARMISTEAD MP. (GODS & MONSTERS).
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- 2 DES ON, MIAMI ENDORS GAY RIGHTS
GAY RIGHTS FIGHT SHAPG UP MIAMI
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The show had a signifintly posive impact on the cy’s image, and was well on s way to rtoratn due to a number of factors beyond Miami Vice – an enomic upturn, better (ls rpt) law enforcement, a cle the e wars, Versace and a massive migratn of the gay muny. A bter fight is shapg up here as Miami's ntroversial "gay rights" law head for an electn tt. Forced by a petn drive which gathered 6 tim more signatur than need, the Da County Commissn here voted to ll a special electn June 7 to ci the fate of a newly passed ordance which prohibs discrimatn agast homosexuals employment, hog, labor unns and private tn.
IN FLORIDA, MIAMI-DA HAS BEEN GROUND ZERO FOR GAY RIGHTS STGGLE
Miami-Da County Commissn vot 7 to 6 to ban discrimatn based on sexual orientatn; actn over 20 years after Ana Bryant's 'save our children' csa Miami led to repeal of one of untry's first gay rights ordanc and galvanized bate over gay rights natn; gay rights advot and Miami-Da officials say vote reflects natnal change attu as Amerins have bee creasgly tolerant of equal rights for homosexuals; Miami-Da has grown to metropolan area of over two ln people that pris self on s ethnic diversy and is tryg to sell world-class image; officials say nnot afford to be perceived as tolerant of homosexuals; Bryant photo (M) * 1977 miami gay *
Bryant heads Save Our Children, Inc., the group which secured the petns and which has spearhead opposn to the gay mights law, passed Jan.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
"This is not a mpaign to kick the homosexuals out of where they've always been, " said Bob Green, Bryant's hband and bs manager.
" Save Our Children ntends that passage of the law will enable homosexuals to "rec" youths. The accatn was reerated the Sunday ad, which charged that the ordance will allow homosexuals "to provi 'role mols' for the imprsnable - that is, the right to tell all society, pecially our youth, that homosexually isn't wrong, jt 'different' and, of urse, 'Gays.
And Bob Basker, spokman for the Da County Coaln for the Humanistic Rights of Gays, which is ordatg the gay mpaign, poted out that crime statistics show that society has more to fear om the heterosexual molter of female children than om the homosexual molter of male children. The gays, meanwhile, have untered wh an offer to unrwre the st of the electn by solicg ntributns om gay groups natnwi.
ANA BRYANT JANUARY 1977: THE ENACTMENT OF A GAY RIGHTS LAW MIAMI-DA UNTY MOBILIZ THE EX-BETY QUEEN'S ANTIGAY MPAIGN--AS WELL AS GAYS NATNWI, CLUDG SAN FRANCISN ARMISTEAD MP. (GODS & MONSTERS).
"Washgton and other ci, " said Neil Rodgers of the Da Gay Coaln, "haven't had a major personaly e out and create a wch hunt. " Basker said his group, too, has been receivg letters, telephone lls and fancial aid om other parts of the untry as well as lolly, both om gay and straight supporters. " Last week, a r belongg to a Lat who spoke out for gay rights on a Miami televisn news show was firebombed here.
Manuel Gomez said, "The firebombg is an absurd act, probably by a super-macho Cuban who felt ashamed at a Lat who was gay and wanted to give a warng. Ana Bryant speakg at the podium durg a Gay Rights bate, 1977.
DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
Man holdg sign that reads "Gays History" while walkg Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978.
2 DES ON, MIAMI ENDORS GAY RIGHTS
Visors saw memorabilia om some of Miami's olst gay bars, photographs of ralli and march, archival material om Ana Bryant's "Save Our Children" mpaign, historil footage, and origal vio terviews om the people volved creatg Miami's LGBTQ muni. Three participants ridg a r Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978. Two women holdg each other while walkg Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978.
The lol law, among other thgs, prohibed discrimatn agast gays employment and hog. Bryant was adamant that "homosexuals" had no legimately regnizable place a cent society. "As long as they do their job and do not e out of the closet and force their sexualy on , " Bryant said gays, who she nsired to be "sick and pathetic, " should not be "given special treatment.