CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. "With ten years of gay rodeo history already in the record books, a gathering of rodeo junkies gathered to formalize the future of gay rodeo in ...

TEXAS -- The International Gay Rodeo Association was formed because many cowboys and cowgirls were ostracized from traditional rodeo shows for being openly gay. They risked losing their jobs or worse, ...

Nicholas Villanueva Jr. is a historian and sociologist of social justice movements at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has been fascinated by gay rodeo for nearly 30 years, and has participated ...

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the year the Reno gay rodeo was canceled. It was 1988.) Fifty years after the gay rodeo began in the Biggest Little City, the International Gay ...

Alexander Saites, 35, asked his mentor, Chuck Browning, 61, to be his “puller” at the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, this past weekend. It’s a request built on trust, as the puller’s job is ...

International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) Collection / Series 2: International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) Rodeos, Conventions, Dance Contests, and Ephemera / 2.2: IGRA Conventions and Dance ...

Dancers take the floor at Silver Legacy after IGRA Finals The Sundance Association for Country-Western Dancing partnered with IGRA to host dance workshops during the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno.