Rabow Roo: Reno and the Gay Roo Movement — Nevada Humani

Contents:

• RABOW ROO: RENO AND THE GAY ROO MOVEMENT
• WORLD GAY ROO FALS
• GAY HISTORY NEVADA AND LAS VEGAS, 1969-2009, BY DENNIS MCBRI, CRYSTAL VAN DEE, AND PL ERSHLER
• 35TH IGRA WORLD GAY ROO FALS®
• FROM RENO PRI TO THE GAY ROO: LOLS SAY NEVADA'S LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT HAS E A LONG WAY
• RENO'S GAY ROO: BUCKG STEREOTYP IN THE '70S AND '80S
• A VIRTUAL SALON: RENO'S GAY ROO

RABOW ROO: RENO AND THE GAY ROO MOVEMENT

BIGHORN RODEOThe Nevada Gay Roo Associatn (NGRA) is exced to brg BigHorn Roo back to Southern Nevada for 2023.

As an all-volunteer nonprof anizatn, we celebrate our hard work each year by givg back to our USThe Nevada Gay Roo Associatn (NGRA) is an affiliate of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn, which has 14 member associatns the U. The Nevada Gay Roo Associatn is an all-volunteer, nonprof 501(c)(3) anizatn dited to prervg the wtern liftyle and producg gay roos wh a mment to raise funds for charable anizatns wh our muny.

WORLD GAY ROO FALS

BigHorn Roo is one of the largt roos on the gay roo circu. By Carly Svage In 1976 Reno, Nevada, Phil Ragsdale cid to start somethg that had never been done before: a gay roo.

GAY HISTORY NEVADA AND LAS VEGAS, 1969-2009, BY DENNIS MCBRI, CRYSTAL VAN DEE, AND PL ERSHLER

However some events set apart om a tradnal roo, “goat-drsg” and w kg events were participated by teams of gay men, lbians, and drag queens. The Reno Gay Roo had humble begngs, but eventually formed to the ternatnal movement is today. Beg a gay man himself, Ragsdale created the roo to unter gay stereotyp while raisg money for the lol senr cizens of Reno.

It beme a place for gay roo participants to e and be themselv, and this sense brought a different sense of masculy, sexualy, and ral culture. The Reno Gay Roo beme the spark for a movement of gay roos and gay roo associatns that are still petg and vibrantly active today. The Reno Gay Roo was the homeplace for the begngs of a historil event that beme an spiratn, muny, and home to many people, but is largely fotten the muny origated .

This is partly due to a gay roo not beg succsfully held Reno sce the 1980’s. Through this documentary and Nevada Humani’ recent Salon: Reno’s Gay Roo, the te history of the Reno Gay Roo will now be more wily known.

35TH IGRA WORLD GAY ROO FALS®

EventsBarrelsBreak-Away RopgBull RidgCalf Ropg on FootChute DodggFlag RaceGoat DrsgPole BendgSteer DeratgSteer RidgTeam RopgWild Drag RaceSanctnIGRADcriptnThe 34th Annual World Gay Roo Fals will be held on Friday, October 28th – Sunday, October 30th, 2022 El Reno, Oklahoma. Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn.

FROM RENO PRI TO THE GAY ROO: LOLS SAY NEVADA'S LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT HAS E A LONG WAY

You don't have to be gay to pete, you jt have to be of legal age. In 1975, Phil Ragsdale[1], who was Emperor I of the Silver Dollar Court Reno, nceived of a gay roo as a fundraisg effort for the Court.

RENO'S GAY ROO: BUCKG STEREOTYP IN THE '70S AND '80S

In the months prr to that date, Ragsdale tried rentg livtock for the roo om Reno area farmers and ranchers, but when he admted the event was beg sponsored by the Reno gay muny, every farmer and rancher he approached—nearly three dozen of them—refed to rent their animals.

A VIRTUAL SALON: RENO'S GAY ROO

Early the next morng, the first Reno Gay Roo opened wh five ws, ten lv, and one Shetland pony. Even though only 150 people attend, the roo drew attentn om gay muni throughout the Wt. The event beme known as the Natnal Reno Gay Roo, sponsored by the Comstock Gay Roo Associatn, and over the next several years drew larger and larger crowds and raised tens of thoands of dollars for such chari as the Mcular Dystrophy Foundatn, Nevada Servic to the Bld, and the Veterans Admistratn hospal Reno.