Editing Queer studies (section)

=== Anti-gay curriculum laws ===
Anita Bryant, a popular face in the media and widely known by the public, was at the forefront of the "Save Our Children" movement in 1977, born in response to an Oklahoma ordinance criminalizing discrimination due to sexual preference. This campaign aimed to discourage the hiring of homosexual schoolteachers. Bryant claimed that they would molest the children and wrongfully serve as an example that any marriage outside of one between a man and a woman is respectable. The movement and its publicity gained Bryant much public support and eventually resulted in the overturning of the gay rights ordinance just half a year after it was implemented.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Rosky |first=Clifford |date=2017 |title=Anti-Gay Curriculum Laws |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44392956 |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=117 |issue=6 |pages=1461–1541 |jstor=44392956 |issn=0010-1958}}</ref>

Bryant's campaign caught the attention of California state Senator John Briggs, who eagerly expressed his interest in expanding the Save Our Children campaign to his state, which initially took the form of Proposition 6 or the Briggs Initiative. This initiative allowed for employment discrimination against those who engaged in homosexual activity in public, or publicly encouraged or promoted homosexual activity towards co-workers and their students. Unlike Bryant's movement, which focused solely on gay teachers, Briggs' campaign could be applied to homosexual and heterosexual people alike since his initiative discriminated against the discussion of homosexual behavior, which anyone could do. Briggs' initiative was ultimately denied in 1978.<ref name=":2" />