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== Variations == The screwdriver served as the foundation of the [[Harvey Wallbanger]].<ref name=Simonson/> A screwdriver with two parts of [[sloe gin]], one part of [[Southern Comfort]], and filled with orange juice is a "sloe comfortable screw" or "slow comfortable screw".<ref name="Foley 2006">{{cite book |first=Ray |last=Foley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONL8O-cgBhwC |title=X-Rated Drinks: More Than 250 of the Hottest Drinks Ever Made |publisher=Sourcebooks |year=2006|isbn=9781402249907 }}</ref>{{rp|153}} A screwdriver with one part of sloe gin, one part of Southern Comfort, one part [[Galliano (liqueur)|Galliano]], and filled with orange juice is a "sloe comfortable screw up against the wall".<ref name="Foley 2006"/>{{rp|155}} A screwdriver with one part of sloe gin, one part of Southern Comfort, one part [[Galliano (liqueur)|Galliano]], one part tequila, and filled with orange juice is a "sloe comfortable screw up against the wall Mexican style".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Dan |display-authors=etal |title=Slow Comfortable Screw Up Against The Wall Mexican Style #1 |website=Bar None Drinks |url=https://www.barnonedrinks.com/drinks/s/slow-comfortable-screw-up-against-the-wall-mexican-style-1-4633.html |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref> A "virgin screwdriver" is a [[mocktail]] (non-alcoholic variation), usually made with orange juice and [[tonic water]].<ref name="leaf">{{cite web | url=https://www.leaf.tv/articles/non-alcoholic-drinks-with-tonic-water/ | title=Non-alcoholic drinks with tonic water | first=Lori A. | last=Selke | access-date=September 20, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOLsDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT995 | title=The Everything Bartender's Book: Your complete guide to cocktails, martinis, mixed drinks, and more!|first=Cheryl|last=Charming|date=July 18, 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|chapter=Mocktails|via=Google Books | isbn=9781440503849 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TupXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 | page=36 | title=Bourbon Street, B-Drinking, and the Sexual Economy of Tourism | series=The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society | first=Angela R.|last=Demovic|date=May 11, 2018|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn= 9781498531337 | via=Google Books}}</ref> A screwdriver with [[apple juice]] instead of orange juice is an "[[Anita Bryant]] cocktail".<ref name="Marcus">{{cite book|title= Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights |last= Marcus|first=Eric |year= 2002|publisher= Harper |location= New York, US|isbn= 978-0-06-093391-3}}</ref> Bryant was an American singer and spokeswoman for the [[Florida Citrus Commission]] during the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="Contract"/> Starting in 1977, she became an anti-gay-rights activist.<ref name="sptimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123001005/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |title=Bankruptcy, ill will plague Bryant |first=Thomas C. |last=Tobin |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=April 28, 2002 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Because Bryant promoted orange juice, the gay community retaliated by boycotting it in the [[1977β1980 Florida orange juice boycott]].<ref name="At Any Cost">{{cite book|title= At Any Cost|last= Bryant|first= Anita|author2= Green, Bob|year= 1978|publisher= Fleming H. Revell|location= Grand Rapids, Michigan, US|isbn= 978-0800709402|url= https://archive.org/details/atanycost0000brya}}</ref> Gay bars across North America stopped serving screwdrivers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyproject.omeka.net/items/show/67|title=Anita Sucks [Oranges] β Documented |work=The History Project |language=en-US|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> and invented this cocktail to replace it.<ref name="Marcus"/> The sales and proceeds of the cocktail went to gay rights activists and helped fund their work against Bryant.<ref name="Marcus"/> The campaign was ultimately successful, as Bryant's activism damaged her musical and business career.<ref name="sptimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123001005/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/28/State/Bankruptcy__ill_will_.shtml |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |title=Bankruptcy, ill will plague Bryant |first=Thomas C. |last=Tobin |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=April 28, 2002 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Contract">{{cite news |title=Notes on People: Orange Juice Contract Runs Dry for Anita Bryant |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/09/02/111285216.html?pageNumber=30 |access-date=March 25, 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 2, 1980 |page=B6 |language=en}}</ref> Her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was left to expire in 1980 after they stated she was "worn out" as a spokesperson.<ref name="Contract"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/296838537/|date=May 26, 1981 |page=36 |newspaper=[[The Press Democrat]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |title=Tarnished images: Publicity's great{{snd}} up to a point |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
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