![]() ![]() There are also a few events unique to the IGRA, known as “camp” events. Events are equally open to all genders and the competitors are entirely amateur. Gay rodeo events include everything in a traditional rodeo, from calf roping and pole bending to bull riding. ![]() Wayne Jakino, the founding president of the IGRA described the rodeo community as one that lets “competitors feel good about themselves and open closet doors.” In 1985 the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) was formed to provide some standardization of rules across the various state rodeos that had sprung up. ![]() For LGBTQ farmers and ranchers, the rodeo offered a vital social outlet and an opportunity to meet other likeminded rodeo competitors. Interest in the rodeo spread across the U.S., first to California and then to Colorado and Texas. Conceived as a fundraiser for a Reno senior citizens’ Thanksgiving dinner, the Gay Rodeo originated in Nevada.įacing discrimination, the rodeo organizers were initially unable to find any farmers or ranchers to lease them the necessary livestock. And since 1975, a similar scene has played out in gay rodeo. ![]() The chute flies open and out comes a bucking bronc, with a rugged cowboy astraddle, trying their best to stay mounted – this iconic image is associated with rodeos across the West. ![]()
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