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Contents:

• DONNIE GAY AND LANE FROST: A SPECIAL RELATNSHIP
• TAG: GAY BULL RIRS
• IN GAY ROO PHOTOGRAPHS, A BULL RIR UNTENTNALLY CAPTURED HISTORY
• TERRI GAY ACCEPTS “PRICELS” SHARON SHOULRS AWARD WH HER DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND ON HER MD
• TEXAS GAY ROO ASSN. PROVIS AFFIRMG SPAC FOR RAL LGBTQ MUNI

DONNIE GAY AND LANE FROST: A SPECIAL RELATNSHIP

At the age of 10, a bright eyed and spunky Lane Frost met world champn bull rir Don Gay for the first time. Lane was termed to start ridg bulls, but Gay advised him to ri lv and steers until his bon were more fully veloped. To the relief of his fay, Lane followed Gay’s advice.

After wng 8 PRCA World Champnships, Don Gay retired om bull ridg 1989, the same year that Lane died. “We were hooked immediately, by the whole scene, watchg , imagg that the guys were really dog this, and they were gay, ” Ltle would later say of the first Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn event he attend, Los Angel 1988.

Ltle never imaged his pictur would be exhibed art galleri, but Blake Ltle: Photographs om the Gay Roo is showg the next two weekends at the Mid-Ameri Arts Alliance. Organized by the the Eelj Mm of Amerin Indians and Wtern Art Indianapolis, the exhibn also spent last summer at the Sala Art photos were origally published a Los Angel gay newspaper, mostly to promote the roo, Ltle says. He’d put them away a file he was eventually ntacted by a historian named Gregory Hton, who was rearchg the role of gays the Amerin Wt and eventually brought the imag to the attentn of Eelj curator Johanna Blume.

TAG: GAY BULL RIRS

I want to share the imag for two reasons: to memorialize my unfettable experienc gay roo the late 1980s, and to honor the wboys who peted wh me and let a huge mark on my life. ”Blake Ltle: Photographs om the Gay Roo is on display om 11-3 p. LAS VEGAS – When Terri Gay, the wife of eight-time World Champn Donnie Gay, took to the stage at the PBR’s Hero and Legends Celebratn at the South Pot Hotel Las Vegas, she took the opportuny to poke fun at both herself and her loquac hband, who prented her wh the Sharon Shoulrs Award.

IN GAY ROO PHOTOGRAPHS, A BULL RIR UNTENTNALLY CAPTURED HISTORY

“I met Terri Gay when I was 16; she was 13, ” he said. “It tak the village to nquer your dreams, and one of my dreams has been Terri Gay. However, anyone who has ever been to the Lone Star State knows that between those gay-iendlier ci, there’s still a whole lot of Texas.

Which is why the Texas Gay Roo Assn.

TERRI GAY ACCEPTS “PRICELS” SHARON SHOULRS AWARD WH HER DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND ON HER MD

“I was vaguely aware of the existence of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn as I was my g out procs, but I do not believe there were any events nearby, ” gay roo wboy PJ Pater told Outsports. “I had this general mdset that I was the only one of my kd—the only gay roo wboy.

When the TGRA sets up an event a small town like Denton, harkens back to the clanste ways that many gay bars ed to operate durg most of the 20th century. “The hate sparked by recent legislatn uld rear s ugly head at any moment and homophobic bulli feel more empowered than ever to react wh vlence agast our muny. In fact, gay roos have served as a supportive space for ral LGBTQ muni for s.

TEXAS GAY ROO ASSN. PROVIS AFFIRMG SPAC FOR RAL LGBTQ MUNI

The first gay roo took place 1976 Reno and served as a foundatn for an anizatn that eventually beme The Internatnal Gay Roo Assn. Small town gay roos have survived the Reagan era, the AIDS crisis, and movements to ban marriage equaly.