Anita Bryant with her face covered in cream pie.

Thomas Lawrence Higgins, the man who threw a cream pie in the face of Anita Bryant.

#OnThisDay in 1977, during a televised appearance in Des Moines, Iowa, anti-gay bigot Anita Bryant repeatedly said she "loves homosexuals, but hates their sin,” then had a pie thrown in her face by Thom L. Higgins (1950–1994). #gayrights #AnitaBryant #ThomHiggins #gayhistory