Crossposted on Pam's Hoe Blend. There is a fantastic terview wh openly gay U.S. Senate ndidate Jim Neal up at Queerty today by edor Andrew Belonsky that you should click over to. It reveals the personal si of the ndidate and what spired him to get to polics, and what giv him the drive to unseat Elizabeth Dole here NC. A snippet is below the fold.
Contents:
- NEAL GAY
- ‘LEGENDARY’: NEAL GAY, FOUNR OF MQUE CHAMPNSHIP ROO, DI AT 96
- GAY POL JIM NEAL’S NOT BTER
- NC SEN: JIM NEAL IS GAY, SO WHAT???!!!
- HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
- NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT
- HRC (HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN) REFUSES TO SUPPORT GAY CANDIDATE NORTH CAROLA
- CELEBRATG MY (GAY) DIVORCE
- GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR
- RUDY GAY VS. JIM NEAL COMPARISON
- GAY POL JIM NEAL’S NOT BTER
- NC SEN: JIM NEAL IS GAY, SO WHAT???!!!
- BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER, PROROO HALL OF FAMER NEAL GAY DI AT 96
NEAL GAY
"Neal Gay's profsnal roo reer began as a nttant Atoka, Okla., 1945. Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle bronc and bareback, and wrtled steers. His nttant years have sce been overshadowed by his stock ntractg and roo productn skills. * jim neal gay *
“Neal Gay’s profsnal roo reer began as a nttant Atoka, Okla., 1945. Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle bronc, and bareback, and wrtled steers. “In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys, Gay as Managg Director.
Gay’s roo ntemporari pot to his early experience the productn and fancg of small roos Texas as an excellent example of what small muni n do. “Jim Gay serv as the General Manager of the Rafter G Roo Company.
‘LEGENDARY’: NEAL GAY, FOUNR OF MQUE CHAMPNSHIP ROO, DI AT 96
Neal Gay, the man who found the Mque Champnship Roo, died Thursday at his ranch Terrell. He was 96. The Fort Worth Stock Show & Roo shared... * jim neal gay *
“Pete Gay is a 3x qualifier to the Wrangler Natnal Fals the bull ridg.
“For nearly 40 years, Rafter G has been brgg Kay Gay’s signature Palomo hors and pageantry to lns of roo fans. -NEAL GAY.
NEAL GAY. Neal Gay’s profsnal roo reer began as a nttant Atoka, Okla., 1945.
GAY POL JIM NEAL’S NOT BTER
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KAY GAY. Kay Gay is an important part of Texas roo history.
JIM GAY. THE YOUNGEST SON OF NEAL AND KAY GAY, JIM GAY, CURRENTLY SERVES AS GENERAL MANAGER OF RAFTER G RODEO. Neal Gay, the man who found the Mque Champnship Roo, died Thursday at his ranch Terrell.
He was Fort Worth Stock Show & Roo shared the news on Facebook, llg Gay a “patriarch” and a “legendary roo lear. ” The announcement was acpanied by a statement om Gay’s fay, who said they are thankful for the s of “wisdom, iendship and memori we have shared wh so many.
NC SEN: JIM NEAL IS GAY, SO WHAT???!!!
World-renowned stock ntractor Neal Gay, a ProRoo Hall of Famer, passed away Aug. 11 at his ranch Terrell, Texas wh his fay by his si. He was 96. * jim neal gay *
”“Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as we work to honor this great man, ” his fay Dallas 1926, Gay went on to start his reer as a roo nttant Oklahoma 1945, but his time ridg “was quickly overshadowed by his stock ntractg and roo productn skills, ” acrdg to the Profsnal Roo Cowboys Associatn. Breakg NewsGet the latt breakg news om North Texas and 1957, Gay found Rafter G Roo Terrell, which remas open three generatns later.
The followg year, Gay helped put Mque on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo, which has “sce grown om a small Saturday night roo, to a cultural in watched by lns on TV each year, ” the PRCA said. “It was a tough racket to make , but I’ve enjoyed every mute of , ” Gay said of his reer ProRoo Sports News. ”Sixteen-time world all-around champn Jim Shoulrs (on horseback) and Neal Gay at the Mque Champnship Roo's first on-se billboard.
(John Pater / Digal File_UPLOAD)In a statement, Casey Harp, Rafter G Roo’s assistant general manager, said whout Gay, “roo wouldn’t be what is today. ”Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame 1993. ” Together, their love and ditn to roo turned to a fay bs, rried on by their three sons: Pete, Don and Gay qualified for the Natnal Fals Roo 1972-73 and 1976 as a bull rir.
HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
Neal Gay’s Perseverance Catapulted Roo to the Limelight - | Home of the Wtern Liftyle * jim neal gay *
Don Gay, also a ProRoo Hall of Famer, is an eight-time PRCA Bull Ridg World Champn. And Jim Gay ns the fay’s roo stock producg bs, acrdg to ProRoo.
A celebratn of Gay’s life is planned for 1 p. He hasn’t yet cid what the future holds, but this homo-polis sure of one thg: he ma – and will ntue to make – an impact. Neal and our edor chatted yterday about the ndidate’s loss, gay group Human Rights Campaign’s non-endorsement and why this year will change Ameri’s electoral procs forever.
The story here, ntrary to what a lot of people thought, is that this wasn’t about Jim Neal the gay ndidate the least. The other thg that I wanted to say that I thk is really important – I’ve received hundreds of emails om young people all around the untry who have followed this race and have been spired by someone who is gay nng for the Uned Stat Senate and feel like a door has been opened for them, or a glass ceilg. That is somethg that I did take personally and I felt very good hearg om young people – and wasn’t jt gay people; there were straight kids.
NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) REFUSES to support Jim Neal, an openly gay ndidate North Carola nng for US Senate. Somethg fishy seems to be gog on. Is the DSCC terferg a ... * jim neal gay *
Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #polics #gay #jimneal stori and more. World-renowned stock ntractor Neal Gay, a ProRoo Hall of Famer, passed away Aug. Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame Colorado Sprgs, Colo., 1993.
Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle broncs and barebacks and wrtled steers. In 1957, Gay found Rafter G Roo, which still ns strong the heart of Texas three generatns later. In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys.
HRC (HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN) REFUSES TO SUPPORT GAY CANDIDATE NORTH CAROLA
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Gay spoke on his roo reer an Dec. Roo ns the fay for the Gays.
“He would always say ‘God was first, fay was a close send, and the roo was right after that’, ” said Jim Gay. Casey Harp, Assistant General Manager of Rafter G Roo, said whout Neal Gay roo wouldn’t be what is today. Gay also is a member of the Texas Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Ben Johnson Memorial Award om the Natnal Cowboy Roo Hall of Fame 2009.
CELEBRATG MY (GAY) DIVORCE
Head-to-head parison between the NBA stars Jim Neal and Rudy Gay that clus champnships won, honors and awards obtaed, regular season and playoffs stats and other data put si by si. * jim neal gay *
Neal Gay and Jim Shoulrs were loadg up to leave a roo California when Gay was stck wh spiratn, and he turned to his iend. “When I get back home, ” Gay told him, “I’m gog to see about buyg some property up there Mque and startg a roo.
But as the pair drove home to Texas, and Shoulrs hand Gay a check for $10, 000. “I don’t know about this, Jim, ” Gay said. 5, Gay, now 93, will receive the Jim Shoulrs Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 PBR Hero & Legends Celebratn Las Vegas.
Gay, however, was ed a bull rir. “I thk I got started roo bee I didn’t want to work, ” Gay said wh a lgh an terview that will air durg the Hero & Legends ceremony.
GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR
Jim Neal is a polil activist and the send openly gay ndidate for the Senate history. * jim neal gay *
He and Shoulrs found the Mque Champnship Roo 1958 after Gay bought the land and built the arena. Loted an area that was difficult to fd and accs, and g om such humble begngs, Gay spent some of those early weekends wonrg if he uld even afford to turn the arena lights on.
Gay’s sons Pete, Don and Jim – all of whom went on to have teemed roo reers of their own – grew up hard at work at what turned to the fay roo. Gay unequivolly did nothg halfway. “Well, I gus hard-headns more than anythg else, ” Gay said wh a lgh of what kept him gog those tough early years.
RUDY GAY VS. JIM NEAL COMPARISON
Please support Jim Neal for US Senate North Carola on May 6th. He's an amazg progrsive grassroots ndidate. They say he n't w bee he's openly gay. He has great polici, they say, * jim neal gay *
This spir of perseverance helped Gay turn his roo to the place to be for Wtern sports fans, which eventually clud Prints Ronald Reagan and Gee W.
GAY POL JIM NEAL’S NOT BTER
Gay had a iend the TV bs who thought would be a good ia, and he stck a al to get the roo filmed and aired on TV on the east ast.
Sudnly people were flockg to Mque – populatn 27, 000 the 1960s – to the pot that Gay add a performance to the roo. Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame as a stock ntractor 1993, but he says receivg his old iend and bs partner’s namake award means more to him than jt about anythg.
NC SEN: JIM NEAL IS GAY, SO WHAT???!!!
Celebratg My (Gay) DivorceMarriage equaly means divorce equaly—and I feel pri, as well as sadns, about my spl om my WhmanEdor’s Note: This article is part of a seri about the gay-rights movement and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Augt 25, 2013, I said “I do” to Jim, my partner of ne years, who beme my “lawfully wedd hband.
BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER, PROROO HALL OF FAMER NEAL GAY DI AT 96
I didn’t want to be “gay married”; I wanted to be “married” like any other uple, thank you very much.
Our divorce, I thk, did as much as to legimize marriage equaly as our more: How gay marriage beme a nstutnal rightLike so many other people of my generatn, I never thought I’d be able to marry “my hband” and “to love, re for, and support him, ” as we put our vows.