Each sprg, hundreds of men om across Mexi and the Uned Stat make a pilgrimage to Zates, a lorful lonial cy, for an annual gatherg of gay vaqueros — or wboys. This gatherg has bee a refuge for gay men seekg nnectn not jt wh each other, but also wh Mexin inty.
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- AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST
- THIS GAY WBOY NVENTN CELEBRAT SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY
- GAY VAQUEROS: CELEBRATG MEXIN ROOTS AND LGBTQ+ INTY ZATES, MEXI
- ZATES GAY BARS - ZATES FOM
AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST
Each sprg, hundreds of gay wboys gather Zates for a nventn that celebrat sexual eedom and romanticiz Mexi's ral past. * gay cowboys zacatecas *
Each sprg, hundreds of men om across Mexi and the Uned Stat make a pilgrimage to Zates, a lorful lonial cy, for an annual gatherg of gay vaqueros — or wboys. This gatherg has bee a refuge for gay men seekg nnectn not jt wh each other, but also wh Mexin inty.
Lnched the cy of Zates, Mexi, gathergs of gay “vaqueros” are now spreadg on both sis of the Mexin-Amerin borr. They allow their participants to live their homosexualy broad daylight, while rennectg wh their Mexin roots, as the “Los Angel Tim” tells . Every sprg, several hundred Mexins and Amerins e on pilgrimage to the cy of Zates, wh s lorful lonial-style fas, for the annual gatherg of Cowboys (“wboys”) gay.
The R-15 Band full ncert at the Juana Gayo club Zates.
THIS GAY WBOY NVENTN CELEBRAT SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY
He was the one who anized the very first gatherg of gay wboys Zates eighteen years ago.
Sce the first edn, the event has grown size, and the subculture of gay wboys has bee popular. The have bee refug for homosexuals wishg to rennect wh themselv, but also wh the Mexin inty. “When you e here, you n’t help but feel a certa pri at the ia of beg Mexin”, slips Emmanuel Fernánz, a 29-year-old lawyer om Mexi Cy, who disvered the world of Cowboys gay when he lived Atlanta, USA.
And then he disvered the Sanctuary, a Lato nightclub that hosted parti featurg gay wboys. Many participants the gatherg of gay “vaqueros” me to terms wh their homosexualy late life.
GAY VAQUEROS: CELEBRATG MEXIN ROOTS AND LGBTQ+ INTY ZATES, MEXI
It is also an opportuny for gay Mexins to assert their rights on a facet of Mexin culture, which “[lr] also belongs”, Angel pots out. He already knew he liked men, and hoped that the apparent harshns of his style of drs would shield him om a culture known for s machismo and homophobia. The taboo of homosexualy.
One of his rivals, a policeman named Eros Herrera, recently opened a homels shelter and a soup kchen for the gay, lbian and transgenr muny the cy of San Luis Potosí. Bee if the rights of LGBTQI people have progrsed a lot recent years Mexi – marriage for all, for example, is now legal throughout the untry –, homophobia and transphobia still claimed 87 victims last year.. And Mexin soccer fans rema famo for the homophobic slurs they hurl at opposg teams.
Outsi the pal, Mexi Cy, beg homosexual remas unqutnably a taboo subject. In Zates, a small nservative town wh dozens of Baroque church and a small handful of gay bars, few dare to show affectn public.
ZATES GAY BARS - ZATES FOM
But at the gay wboy rally, Daniel and his pann, a 36-year-old u vendor named Ramiro Garcia, are glued to each other. Like many other participants, Daniel took many years to e to terms wh his homosexualy.
Daniel Renteria dancg at the Juana VIP Club Mix, durg the annual gay wboy nventn, on April 6, 2023, Zates, Mexi. #Mexi #gay #wboys #send #nventn #waltzg.
Ask anyone who’s seen Brokeback Mounta (2005) to characterize the film three words, and you’re almost certa to hear some variatn of “gay wboy love-story.” While many have ld the film, directed by Ang Lee, for s nuanced portrayal of two men’s plited love for each other, the film was subject to sthg cricism at the time of s release.