Mexi has "gay wboy nventns?" Who knew?

Contents:

• 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
• AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST
• MEXI HAS "GAY WBOY NVENTNS?" WHO KNEW?
• GAY WBOY NVENTNS CELEBRATE SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY SELF
• GAY VAQUEROS: CELEBRATG MEXIN ROOTS AND LGBTQ+ INTY ZATES, MEXI

AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST

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. Life for the men at the ftival is not easy bee of the general homophobia of the Mexin culture; they pack up their "look" and put check their behavr when back home.

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.

THIS GAY WBOY NVENTN CELEBRAT SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY

The R-15 Band full ncert at the Juana Gayo club Zates.

AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST

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.

MEXI HAS "GAY WBOY NVENTNS?" WHO KNEW?

“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 WBOY NVENTNS CELEBRATE SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY SELF

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.

GAY VAQUEROS: CELEBRATG MEXIN ROOTS AND LGBTQ+ INTY ZATES, MEXI

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.

But at the gay wboy rally, Daniel and his pann, a 36-year-old u vendor named Ramiro Garcia, are glued to each other.