Don Gay - ProRoo Hall of Fame and Mm of the Amerin Cowboy

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• DON GAY
• DONNIE GAY AND LANE FROST: A SPECIAL RELATNSHIP
• DON GAY
• TAG: GAY BULL RIRS
• TERRI GAY ACCEPTS “PRICELS” SHARON SHOULRS AWARD WH HER DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND ON HER MD
• DON GAY
• IN GAY ROO PHOTOGRAPHS, A BULL RIR UNTENTNALLY CAPTURED HISTORY
• SUNDAY CONVERSATN: DONNIE GAY, 8-TIME WORLD BULL RIDG CHAMP, ON TO-PILOT
• GAY MAKG AN IMPACT DURG ROOKIE YEAR
• MEET GAGE GAY, PROFSNAL BULL RIR
• "PROFSNAL BULL RIDG" ROP GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MARK ALLENFEBARY 17, 2010/4:33 PMBY MARK ALLENFEBARY 17, 2010 / 4:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"PROFSNAL BULL RIDG\" ROP GAY FANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-02-17T21:33:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-02-17T21:33:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MARK ALLEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2010 SEASON OF PROFSNAL BULL RIDG RECENTLY RETURNED TO OUR TELEVISN SCREENS, AND FOR ANY GAY OR BISEXUAL MALE VIEWER WHO HASN'T UGHT A FEW MUT OF THIS ENTERTAMENT-DRIVEN VERSN OF THE ROUGH STOCK ROO SPORT ON NBC, FOX, OR , YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE REALIZED SOMETHG VERY TERTG: BULL RIRS ARE DAMN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROADST ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, A TYPIL PBR SHOW UNFOLDS LIKE A NDY-LORED KALEIDOSPE VERSN OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA. SPORTG SNUG NIM JEANS AND ELABORATE WTERN WEAR, GGEDLY HANDSOME RIRS LIKE J.B. MNEY AND KASEY HAY MAKE ENTRANC ON NWAYS AS LASERS, FIREWORKS AND GIANT SCULPTUR OF BULLS WH FLAMG NOSTRILS GREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RIRS SIZE EACH OTHER UP AS THEY PETE FOR THE CHANCE TO PETE ON BULLS WH NAM SUCH AS DNK MONEY OR CHARMED I'M SURE. ONCE THE PAIRGS ARE MA, MERAS TAKE THE TV DIENCE RIGHT TO THE HOLDG PEN WH THE WBOYS AS THEY ROS THEIR ROP (MAKE THEM EASIER TO GRIP WH A TYPE OF R) AND ARE HELPED BY OTHER RIRS TO STEADY THE BUCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE CHUTE OPENS, MAN AND BULL BURST TO AN ARENA PACKED WH SCREAMG FANS, TRADNAL LEATHER CHAPS FLAILG WILDLY AS THE RIR ATTEMPTS THE LIGHT-SPEED, UNTER-MOVEMENT "TERACTIVE DANCE" THAT IS SAID TO BE KEY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WHOLE RI IS OVER 8 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE SHOW KEEPS GOG AS THE MERAS PTURE THE RIRS BREATHLS POST-RI TERVIEWS, THROWG TANTMS, OR EVEN BEG DRAGGED OM THE ARENA TO THE EXAMG ROOM AFTER AN JURY AS THE CROWD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOWBIZ RAZZLE DAZZLE OF A TYPIL PBR BROADST IS FAKE ENOUGH TO HAVE PROBABLY MA ANDY WARHOL BLH, AND WH ALL THE ELABORATE WTERN GEAR, HELMETS, BELLS, KLIEG LIGHTS, AND, Y, BEEFKE BACKSTAGE, THE PBR FOOTAGE OFTEN LOOKS AS IF AT ANY MOMENT ULD BREAK TO A SCENE OM THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MIL CAN'T STOP THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHICH MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON PBR HAS GAED A GAY MALE CULT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT BULL RIDG HAS A FAN BASE OF GAY MEN," SAYS PBR'S OFFICIAL ROO CLOWN AND PROFSNAL ENTERTAER FLT RASMSEN (PICTURED, RIGHT). "ROO IS A FTIVAL OF FAY, PARAS, QUEENS, CLOWNS, AND, OF URSE, THE ROO. ALTHOUGH PBR EVENTS ALMOST FALL TO THE 'NCERT TOUR' TEGORY, THE WBOYS ARE TOUGH AND GRTY PETORS WHO WANT TO DO WHATEVER TAK TO W. THE FACT THAT WE'RE APPEALG TO A BROAR FAN BASE IS FE WH ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WA EARP IS CURRENTLY THE #1 BULL RIR FOR THE 2009 SEASON OF THE INTERNATNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATN (AN UMBRELLA ANIZATN PRISED OF REGNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATNS ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA), AND HAS PARTICIPATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROO FOR 18 YEARS. HE PLANS ON NTUG TO PETE FOR THE TLE THROUGH THE CURRENT SEASON WHICH FISH UP AT THE IGRA 2010 WORLD GAY ROO FALS LGHL, NEVADA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PBR? I WATCH REGULARLY," EARP SAYS. "I FIRST UGHT ON BLE, NOW I'M HOOKED! FOR ME, 'S LIKE TRAG. IT HELPS ME WH MY GAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH HE'S OUT-RANKED BY EARP, STEVE DAIGLE IS CURRENTLY THE MOST FAMO GAY BULL RIR POPULAR CULTURE, THANKS TO HIS BEG A ST MEMBER OF THE 10TH SEASON OF CBS' BIG BROTHER 2008 (NOT TO MENTN DAIGLE’S RECENT FORAY TO ADULT FILMS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAIGLE WAS THE 2006 BULL-RIDG CHAMPN AT THE COWTOWN ROO, A MAJOR EVENT ON THE TEXAS GAY ROO ASSOCIATN CIRCU. HE PLANS ON PETG AT THE ROAD RUNNER REGNAL ROO PHOENIX, ARIZONA THIS MONTH, AND HOP TO SRE HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE THE 2010 IGRA FALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OH YEAH, I LOVE WATCHG PBR!" DAIGLE SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN DAIGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT IS WATCHG A GUILTY PLEASURE FOR DAIGLE OR SOMETHG MORE? "NO! I ULD PARE PBR TO ULTIMATE FIGHTG CHAMPNSHIP," SAYS DAIGLE. "I HAPPENED TO TCH UFC ONE NIGHT ON BLE, AND I WAS LIKE 'THIS IS THE HOTTT THG I'VE EVER SEEN!' I ULDN'T STOP WATCHG. BUT THEN I GOT PULLED TO THE SPORT, AND BEGAN TO VELOP RPECT FOR , AND THE PETORS, AND FOLLOW . IF TAK A GAY GUY SEEG A HOT BULL RIR ON PBR AND GETTG LEGIMATELY PULLED TO THE SPORT THAT WAY, THEN WHY NOT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH GAY ROOS, GAYS OR LBIANS WHO E TO WATCH FEEL MORE CLUD," SAYS BRIAN HELANR, PRINT OF THE IGRA. "THERE ISN'T THAT BLOCKA OF HOMOPHOBIA. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE G BACK AFTER WATCHG, SAYG 'I ULD DO THIS,' 'I ULD LEARN TO RI A HORSE,' OR 'I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE VOLVED THIS.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE 2,794 MEMBERS ON PBR FAN-FAVORE J.B. MNEY'S FACEBOOK FAN PAGE, ROUGHLY ONE HALF ARE MALE. STRAIGHT MALE VIEWERS WHO ENTHIASTILLY WATCH SPORTS BUT DON'T PARTICIPATE ARE OFTEN REVERG THEM WH THE REALM OF "FANTASY" IMAGG THEMSELV AS BULL RIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}J. B. MNEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT MANY GAY MEN ARE IMAGG THE SAME THG, BUT JT AS MANY ARE PROBABLY WATCHG FOR A DIFFERENT KD OF FANTASY. NO, NOT THE EROTIC KD (THOUGH THAT PROBABLY IS AN ASPECT AS WELL) BUT RATHER FOR THE IALIZED ROMANTIC IMAGE OF THE AMERIN MALE THE AMERIN WT, THE LONE WBOY OUT ON THE RANGE AS A KD OF MASCULE IAL EVOKED BROKEBACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO DO ONE DRAW A LE BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY FANS OF ROO? IF SO, WHERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST PATRICIA NELL WARREN HAS WRTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT GAYS AND LBIANS THE WORLD OF SPORTS FOR 30 YEARS. SHE IS THE THOR OF THE BTSELLG NOVEL THE FRONT RUNNER, THE NON-FICTN BOOK THE LAVENR LOCKER ROOM, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER TL. HAVG ALSO SERVED AS A SPECIAL GUT AND MARSHAL AT GAY ROOS, SHE HAS SOME SIGHT TO THE SPORT WHEN TO GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'D DRAW THAT LE," SAYS WARREN. "THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A HOMOEROTIC ELEMENT TO MEN ADMIRG A GREAT TENNIS PLAYER, OR A 'KG OF THE HARDWOOD,' OR A BULL RIR. I THK THE LE MAY BE THAT GAY MEN WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THE SPORTS STARS. WHEREAS A STRAIGHT MAN WOULD RATHER BE BOILED OIL THAN ADM THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD THE GAY AND STRAIGHT ROO CIRCUS EVER CROSS PATHS? COULD A GAY ROO STAR PASS OVER TO THE MASTREAM? MIGHT ONE OF THE PBR RIRS CURRENTLY BE THE CLOSET?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN YOU APPLY PROFSNAL SPORTS THAT ARE BASED ON DIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, LIKE TENNIS OR EQUTRIAN SPORTS, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THE CLOSET," SAYS PATRICIA NELL WARREN. "IT'S THE TEAM SPORTS FACTOR THAT MAK HARR FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH BULL RIDG IS AN DIVIDUAL SPORT, 'S THE UNTRY WTERN ROO REALM, WHICH IS GENERALLY HOMOPHOBIC. SO 'S A UNIQUE DIVIDUAL PETN SPORT THAT WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, I WOULDN'T NECSARILY SAY OUR WORLD IS HOMOPHOBIC, I WOULD JT SAY THE SUBJECT DON'T REALLY E UP," SAYS PBR'S FLT RASMSEN. "IT IS TE THAT THE MAJORY OF WBOYS AND OUR FAN BASE FALL TO THE NSERVATIVE TEGORY. MOST OF THE RIRS AND CREW E OM RAL BACKGROUNDS. I WOULD IMAGE THEY PROBABLY DON'T REALLY THK ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SOME GAY MEN, THE GAY AND THE STRAIGHT ROOS HAVE ALREADY TERSECTED THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS RAISED WH ROO MY WHOLE LIFE," SAYS WA EARP. "I HAD OLR BROTHERS HEAVILY VOLVED BULL RIDG, AND I PARTICIPATED MUNY ROOS WE PUT ON WH MY FATHER. ONE YEAR A BROTHER GOT BADLY HURT, SO MY MOTHER PUT A STOP TO ALL. IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS LATER 1992 THAT I SAW A LOL GAY ROO WAS HAPPENG DALLAS. I ENTERED, AND WORKED MY WAY UP TO ROUGH STOCK EVENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ACTUALLY STARTED STRAIGHT ROO," SAYS STEVEN DAIGLE. "I BEGAN 'JACKPOTS,' WHERE A GROUP OF GUYS GET TOGETHER, NTRIBUTED $25, AND A LOL STOCK NTRACTOR GETS BULLS. THEN I MOVED TO LOL ROOS. AFTER LLEGE I WAS TRODUCED TO GAY ROO, AND THAT'S WHERE I REALLY TOOK OFF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONE OF MY IENDS I GREW UP WH IS A ROO CLOWN THE NON-GAY ROO CIRCU," SAYS WA EARP. "NOW, HE TO SEE ME PETE GAY ROOS ALL THE TIME. RECENTLY, WE HAD A PRO BULL RIR ON THE STRAIGHT CIRCU E AND PETE AT THE TEXAS TRADN ROO SEGUE, TEXAS 2009. HE'D HEARD ABOUT AND JT CID TO SIGN UP. AND THIS IS WT TEXAS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY ALL THIS FS ABOUT BULL RIRS? WHY IS PBR SO HYPNOTIC TO WATCH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEE A BULL-RIR IS VERY ROMANTIC," SAYS EARP. "IT'S THE THRILL OF MAN TAMG THE BEAST."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DON GAY

DON GAY

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Don Gay was born on 1953 Mque, Texas, Uned Stat, is an Amerin bull rir. Disver Don Gay's Bgraphy, Age, Height, Physil Stats, Datg/Affairs, Fay and reer updat.

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DONNIE GAY AND LANE FROST: A SPECIAL RELATNSHIP

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So, how much is Don Gay worth at the age of 70 years old? Don Gay’s e source is mostly om beg a succsful Rir.

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Don Gay Wikipedia. Sce 2002, Gay has been the general manager of Frontier Roo Company, providg livtock to profsnal roos and bull ridg events across the Uned Stat.

From the 1980s to 2000s, Gay was a mentator for the Mque Champnship Roo when the weekly event was televised. From 2003 to 2017, Gay also provid mentary for the bull ridg durg the live telests of the Natnal Fals Roo each December, and 2018, he provid mentary for the Tuff Heman Bull Ridg Tour (TBHRT) on The Cowboy Channel. Startg 2011, he began nng his own semi-profsnal bull ridg anizatn, the Don Gay Bull Ridg Tour, which sanctned events some southern U.

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

In 2007 Gay was ducted to the Texas Roo Cowboy Hall of Fame along wh his brothers Pete and Jim.

Gay got his PRCA perm shortly after graduatg om high school and began travelg the roo circu.

DON GAY

Don Gay won almost every major roo the untry at some pot durg his reer. Donald ("Don" or "Donnie") Gay (Born September 18, 1953) is an Amerin eight-time Profsnal Roo Cowboys Associatn (PRCA) world champn bull rir.

His father, Neal Gay, was a well-known roo petor and roo producer. Don Gay was born on September 18, 1953, Mque, Texas, to Neal Gay and Evelyn "Cookie" Foster. Neal then married Kay Gay, who raised Don and his brother Pete as her own.

Don Gay fans also viewed:. At the age of 10, a bright eyed and spunky Lane Frost met world champn bull rir Don Gay for the first time.

IN GAY ROO PHOTOGRAPHS, A BULL RIR UNTENTNALLY CAPTURED HISTORY

Lane was termed to start ridg bulls, but Gay advised him to ri lv and steers until his bon were more fully veloped.

SUNDAY CONVERSATN: DONNIE GAY, 8-TIME WORLD BULL RIDG CHAMP, ON TO-PILOT

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.

Born Mque, Texas, 1953, Don Gay grew up an aspirg bull rir around the Mque Champnship Roo – -found by his father 1958. By the time he was a sophomore at Mque High School, he had already earned his Profsnal Roo Cowboy Associatn membership. After his high school graduatn 1972, Gay quickly found succs.

GAY MAKG AN IMPACT DURG ROOKIE YEAR

Durg that time, Gay also broke the PRCA’s bull-ridg sgle-season earngs for eight nsecutive years between 1974 and 1981.

Don Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame 1979. Gage Gay - Profsnal Bull Rirs. 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.

“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. Don Gay won four nsecutive world champnships, 1974-77, the PRCA Season Champnship 1976-78, and then followed wh another three nsecutive world champnships, 1979-81.

MEET GAGE GAY, PROFSNAL BULL RIR

Sce he won his last world crown 1984, Gay has held the rerd wh eight bull ridg world tl. Gay, born Sept.

18, 1953, Mque, Texas, grew up a roo fay, son of PRCA stock ntractor, Neal Gay.

Gay holds the rerd for the third hight marked ri the history of profsnal roo, earng 97 pots on the famo RSC bull Osr at the Cow Palace San Francis 1977. Today, Gay provis lor mentary on profsnal roo.

"PROFSNAL BULL RIDG" ROP GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MARK ALLENFEBARY 17, 2010/4:33 PMBY MARK ALLENFEBARY 17, 2010 / 4:33 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"PROFSNAL BULL RIDG\" ROP GAY FANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-02-17T21:33:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-02-17T21:33:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MARK ALLEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 2010 SEASON OF PROFSNAL BULL RIDG RECENTLY RETURNED TO OUR TELEVISN SCREENS, AND FOR ANY GAY OR BISEXUAL MALE VIEWER WHO HASN'T UGHT A FEW MUT OF THIS ENTERTAMENT-DRIVEN VERSN OF THE ROUGH STOCK ROO SPORT ON NBC, FOX, OR , YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE REALIZED SOMETHG VERY TERTG: BULL RIRS ARE DAMN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROADST ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, A TYPIL PBR SHOW UNFOLDS LIKE A NDY-LORED KALEIDOSPE VERSN OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA. SPORTG SNUG NIM JEANS AND ELABORATE WTERN WEAR, GGEDLY HANDSOME RIRS LIKE J.B. MNEY AND KASEY HAY MAKE ENTRANC ON NWAYS AS LASERS, FIREWORKS AND GIANT SCULPTUR OF BULLS WH FLAMG NOSTRILS GREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RIRS SIZE EACH OTHER UP AS THEY PETE FOR THE CHANCE TO PETE ON BULLS WH NAM SUCH AS DNK MONEY OR CHARMED I'M SURE. ONCE THE PAIRGS ARE MA, MERAS TAKE THE TV DIENCE RIGHT TO THE HOLDG PEN WH THE WBOYS AS THEY ROS THEIR ROP (MAKE THEM EASIER TO GRIP WH A TYPE OF R) AND ARE HELPED BY OTHER RIRS TO STEADY THE BUCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE CHUTE OPENS, MAN AND BULL BURST TO AN ARENA PACKED WH SCREAMG FANS, TRADNAL LEATHER CHAPS FLAILG WILDLY AS THE RIR ATTEMPTS THE LIGHT-SPEED, UNTER-MOVEMENT "TERACTIVE DANCE" THAT IS SAID TO BE KEY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WHOLE RI IS OVER 8 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE SHOW KEEPS GOG AS THE MERAS PTURE THE RIRS BREATHLS POST-RI TERVIEWS, THROWG TANTMS, OR EVEN BEG DRAGGED OM THE ARENA TO THE EXAMG ROOM AFTER AN JURY AS THE CROWD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOWBIZ RAZZLE DAZZLE OF A TYPIL PBR BROADST IS FAKE ENOUGH TO HAVE PROBABLY MA ANDY WARHOL BLH, AND WH ALL THE ELABORATE WTERN GEAR, HELMETS, BELLS, KLIEG LIGHTS, AND, Y, BEEFKE BACKSTAGE, THE PBR FOOTAGE OFTEN LOOKS AS IF AT ANY MOMENT ULD BREAK TO A SCENE OM THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MIL CAN'T STOP THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHICH MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON PBR HAS GAED A GAY MALE CULT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT BULL RIDG HAS A FAN BASE OF GAY MEN," SAYS PBR'S OFFICIAL ROO CLOWN AND PROFSNAL ENTERTAER FLT RASMSEN (PICTURED, RIGHT). "ROO IS A FTIVAL OF FAY, PARAS, QUEENS, CLOWNS, AND, OF URSE, THE ROO. ALTHOUGH PBR EVENTS ALMOST FALL TO THE 'NCERT TOUR' TEGORY, THE WBOYS ARE TOUGH AND GRTY PETORS WHO WANT TO DO WHATEVER TAK TO W. THE FACT THAT WE'RE APPEALG TO A BROAR FAN BASE IS FE WH ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WA EARP IS CURRENTLY THE #1 BULL RIR FOR THE 2009 SEASON OF THE INTERNATNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATN (AN UMBRELLA ANIZATN PRISED OF REGNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATNS ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA), AND HAS PARTICIPATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROO FOR 18 YEARS. HE PLANS ON NTUG TO PETE FOR THE TLE THROUGH THE CURRENT SEASON WHICH FISH UP AT THE IGRA 2010 WORLD GAY ROO FALS LGHL, NEVADA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PBR? I WATCH REGULARLY," EARP SAYS. "I FIRST UGHT ON BLE, NOW I'M HOOKED! FOR ME, 'S LIKE TRAG. IT HELPS ME WH MY GAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH HE'S OUT-RANKED BY EARP, STEVE DAIGLE IS CURRENTLY THE MOST FAMO GAY BULL RIR POPULAR CULTURE, THANKS TO HIS BEG A ST MEMBER OF THE 10TH SEASON OF CBS' BIG BROTHER 2008 (NOT TO MENTN DAIGLE’S RECENT FORAY TO ADULT FILMS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAIGLE WAS THE 2006 BULL-RIDG CHAMPN AT THE COWTOWN ROO, A MAJOR EVENT ON THE TEXAS GAY ROO ASSOCIATN CIRCU. HE PLANS ON PETG AT THE ROAD RUNNER REGNAL ROO PHOENIX, ARIZONA THIS MONTH, AND HOP TO SRE HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE THE 2010 IGRA FALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OH YEAH, I LOVE WATCHG PBR!" DAIGLE SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN DAIGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT IS WATCHG A GUILTY PLEASURE FOR DAIGLE OR SOMETHG MORE? "NO! I ULD PARE PBR TO ULTIMATE FIGHTG CHAMPNSHIP," SAYS DAIGLE. "I HAPPENED TO TCH UFC ONE NIGHT ON BLE, AND I WAS LIKE 'THIS IS THE HOTTT THG I'VE EVER SEEN!' I ULDN'T STOP WATCHG. BUT THEN I GOT PULLED TO THE SPORT, AND BEGAN TO VELOP RPECT FOR , AND THE PETORS, AND FOLLOW . IF TAK A GAY GUY SEEG A HOT BULL RIR ON PBR AND GETTG LEGIMATELY PULLED TO THE SPORT THAT WAY, THEN WHY NOT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH GAY ROOS, GAYS OR LBIANS WHO E TO WATCH FEEL MORE CLUD," SAYS BRIAN HELANR, PRINT OF THE IGRA. "THERE ISN'T THAT BLOCKA OF HOMOPHOBIA. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE G BACK AFTER WATCHG, SAYG 'I ULD DO THIS,' 'I ULD LEARN TO RI A HORSE,' OR 'I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE VOLVED THIS.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE 2,794 MEMBERS ON PBR FAN-FAVORE J.B. MNEY'S FACEBOOK FAN PAGE, ROUGHLY ONE HALF ARE MALE. STRAIGHT MALE VIEWERS WHO ENTHIASTILLY WATCH SPORTS BUT DON'T PARTICIPATE ARE OFTEN REVERG THEM WH THE REALM OF "FANTASY" IMAGG THEMSELV AS BULL RIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}J. B. MNEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT MANY GAY MEN ARE IMAGG THE SAME THG, BUT JT AS MANY ARE PROBABLY WATCHG FOR A DIFFERENT KD OF FANTASY. NO, NOT THE EROTIC KD (THOUGH THAT PROBABLY IS AN ASPECT AS WELL) BUT RATHER FOR THE IALIZED ROMANTIC IMAGE OF THE AMERIN MALE THE AMERIN WT, THE LONE WBOY OUT ON THE RANGE AS A KD OF MASCULE IAL EVOKED BROKEBACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO DO ONE DRAW A LE BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY FANS OF ROO? IF SO, WHERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST PATRICIA NELL WARREN HAS WRTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT GAYS AND LBIANS THE WORLD OF SPORTS FOR 30 YEARS. SHE IS THE THOR OF THE BTSELLG NOVEL THE FRONT RUNNER, THE NON-FICTN BOOK THE LAVENR LOCKER ROOM, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER TL. HAVG ALSO SERVED AS A SPECIAL GUT AND MARSHAL AT GAY ROOS, SHE HAS SOME SIGHT TO THE SPORT WHEN TO GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'D DRAW THAT LE," SAYS WARREN. "THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A HOMOEROTIC ELEMENT TO MEN ADMIRG A GREAT TENNIS PLAYER, OR A 'KG OF THE HARDWOOD,' OR A BULL RIR. I THK THE LE MAY BE THAT GAY MEN WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THE SPORTS STARS. WHEREAS A STRAIGHT MAN WOULD RATHER BE BOILED OIL THAN ADM THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD THE GAY AND STRAIGHT ROO CIRCUS EVER CROSS PATHS? COULD A GAY ROO STAR PASS OVER TO THE MASTREAM? MIGHT ONE OF THE PBR RIRS CURRENTLY BE THE CLOSET?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN YOU APPLY PROFSNAL SPORTS THAT ARE BASED ON DIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, LIKE TENNIS OR EQUTRIAN SPORTS, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THE CLOSET," SAYS PATRICIA NELL WARREN. "IT'S THE TEAM SPORTS FACTOR THAT MAK HARR FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH BULL RIDG IS AN DIVIDUAL SPORT, 'S THE UNTRY WTERN ROO REALM, WHICH IS GENERALLY HOMOPHOBIC. SO 'S A UNIQUE DIVIDUAL PETN SPORT THAT WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, I WOULDN'T NECSARILY SAY OUR WORLD IS HOMOPHOBIC, I WOULD JT SAY THE SUBJECT DON'T REALLY E UP," SAYS PBR'S FLT RASMSEN. "IT IS TE THAT THE MAJORY OF WBOYS AND OUR FAN BASE FALL TO THE NSERVATIVE TEGORY. MOST OF THE RIRS AND CREW E OM RAL BACKGROUNDS. I WOULD IMAGE THEY PROBABLY DON'T REALLY THK ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SOME GAY MEN, THE GAY AND THE STRAIGHT ROOS HAVE ALREADY TERSECTED THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS RAISED WH ROO MY WHOLE LIFE," SAYS WA EARP. "I HAD OLR BROTHERS HEAVILY VOLVED BULL RIDG, AND I PARTICIPATED MUNY ROOS WE PUT ON WH MY FATHER. ONE YEAR A BROTHER GOT BADLY HURT, SO MY MOTHER PUT A STOP TO ALL. IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS LATER 1992 THAT I SAW A LOL GAY ROO WAS HAPPENG DALLAS. I ENTERED, AND WORKED MY WAY UP TO ROUGH STOCK EVENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ACTUALLY STARTED STRAIGHT ROO," SAYS STEVEN DAIGLE. "I BEGAN 'JACKPOTS,' WHERE A GROUP OF GUYS GET TOGETHER, NTRIBUTED $25, AND A LOL STOCK NTRACTOR GETS BULLS. THEN I MOVED TO LOL ROOS. AFTER LLEGE I WAS TRODUCED TO GAY ROO, AND THAT'S WHERE I REALLY TOOK OFF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONE OF MY IENDS I GREW UP WH IS A ROO CLOWN THE NON-GAY ROO CIRCU," SAYS WA EARP. "NOW, HE TO SEE ME PETE GAY ROOS ALL THE TIME. RECENTLY, WE HAD A PRO BULL RIR ON THE STRAIGHT CIRCU E AND PETE AT THE TEXAS TRADN ROO SEGUE, TEXAS 2009. HE'D HEARD ABOUT AND JT CID TO SIGN UP. AND THIS IS WT TEXAS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY ALL THIS FS ABOUT BULL RIRS? WHY IS PBR SO HYPNOTIC TO WATCH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEE A BULL-RIR IS VERY ROMANTIC," SAYS EARP. "IT'S THE THRILL OF MAN TAMG THE BEAST."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The bull put him away bull ridg champn Don Gay, another rir om Mque, was now up on Kerby's No. The bull, a big one striped and vic, molished Gay short orr.

DON GAY

A few sends later, before Bobby DelVecch's turn, the announcer told the crowd that Gay had clared his retirement.

DelVecch, om the Bronx, drew the Growney bull, Gold Buckle, a nasty, yellow-whe animal that threw some mighty tough mov at the New the others, DelVecch was quickly ground and, like Gay, he said he was through ridg bulls for a livg.