"Because Bryant was then a spokesperson for the Florida Citrus Commission, activists distributed “Anita Bryant Sucks Oranges” pins and organized orange juice boycotts at gay bars across the country, replacing screwdrivers with “The Anita Bryant” (a cocktail of apple juice and vodka). The backlash against Bryant herself even inspired drag queens to hold lookalike contests in her “honor” at Pride marches in 1977, as Drag magazine noted, and reinvigorated a sense of solidarity. “It seems that the unifying factor of the visible enemy caused many gays to set aside political differences and march together again,” a Drag writer wrote at the time. “In so doing, a trend of declining attendance at the march was reversed.” Of course, it was the famous pie incident that cemented Bryant’s legacy as a hateful laughingstock of LGBTQ+ history. On October 14, 1977, Bryant gave a televised address in Des Moines, Iowa, in which she dismissed LGBTQ+ people who “want to flaunt” their identity rather than remain closeted. As Bryant spoke, Thom Higgins — a gay rights activist who is credited with coining the term “gay pride” years previously — approached her and unceremoniously deposited a fruit pie covered in whipped cream on Bryant’s face. Truly, it was history’s most perfect facial, made even better moments later when Bryant began praying for Higgins to be “delivered from his deviant lifestyle” through stifled sobs. (Queer people can have a little schadenfreude, as a treat.) Apart from taking a pie to the kisser like a weird evangelical Ringling Bros. act, Bryant will be best remembered for her true God-given legacy, by which we mean her out-and-proud granddaughter Sarah Green. Enjoy looking up at the queerness you helped bring into the world, Anita! We’re sure you are missed, somewhere, by someone, but we are too hungry for pie to do it ourselves right now."