One Year: 1977 Rewind: Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights

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🗓️ 11 January 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This is a reprise of the first episode of our season on 1977. Miami, 1977: Pop singer and orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant takes a stand against a local ordinance—and becomes the leader of a national anti-gay movement. Her campaign against gay rights, and the gay community's fight against her, would change America. One Year is produced by Josh Levin, Evan Chung, and Madeline Ducharme. Mixing by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Hi, this is Josh Levine, the host of one year. You may have heard about a new law in Florida.
1:00.0	It bans public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with young students.
1:07.0	Opponents have named the bill and others like it, don't say gay laws.
1:11.3	The press secretary for Florida Governor Ron Desantis called it an anti-grooming bill.
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