Back in 1978, Anita Bryant – anti-queer bigot extraordinar- came to Houston to bolster anti-queer sentiment. She spoke at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston.

Tomorrow, Judge Phyllis Frye will be honored at the HCDP’s 2011 Brunch Honoring LGBT Trailblazers at the same Hyatt Regency that once hosted our nation’s anti-queer poster child when she visited Houston in 1978.

My how things change!

This time, instead of being outside protesting, Phyllis, our nation’s 2nd openly trans judge, will be standing inside being honored alongside the Mayor of Houston, openly gay Annise Parker, and the protesters – the Westboro Baptist Church – will be the ones on the outside.

Here’s a Houston Post article where Phyllis is protesting Anita Bryant’s Houston visit: