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1977 Moral Majority 1
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.34.47 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:35:49+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Singer and anti-gay activist Anita Bryant heads a crusade to nullify a local gay rights ordinance, Febuary 15, 1977. She called the group "Save Our Children" and said it represented the rights of the majority of citizens. Almost at the exact time that HIV cases first began to pop up in Los Angeles and New York, the LGBTQ civil rights struggle faced a reactionary backlash led by figures like Anita Bryant and Rev. Jerry Falwell, whose “Moral Majority” inveighed against giving rights to gay people.plain2023-04-03T22:35:49+00:00February 15, 1977Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49