"Anita Bryant's Crusade"
Editorial
By: Jean O'Leary and Bruce Voeller
Date: June 7, 1977
Source: O'Leary, Jean, and Bruce Voeller. "Anita Bryant's Crusade." The New York Times, June 7, 1977, 35.
About the Authors: Jean O'Leary (1948–) is a prominent lesbian activist. She entered a convent after graduating from high school in 1966, but had to leave four years later because of her romantic attraction to other women. She then became openly gay and moved to New York City. She quickly became involved in gay and lesbian social and political organizations, and was co-director of the National Gay Task Force with Bruce Voeller during the 1970s. In subsequent decades she continued her activism, becoming the first openly gay person to serve on a presidential commission, and holding important positions within the Democratic Party. Bruce Voeller (1935–1994) was a biologist and an advocate for gay rights....
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