Gay Roo Event Calendar

Contents:

• NEVADA GAY ROO ASSOCIATN
• ARIZONA GAY ROO
• GAY HISTORY NEVADA AND LAS VEGAS, 1969-2009, BY DENNIS MCBRI, CRYSTAL VAN DEE, AND PL ERSHLER
• LAS VEGAS THROWS ARMS AROUND GAY ROO
• WORLD GAY RODEO FINALS
• GAY ROO GROUP CELEBRAT 25 YEARS OF BIGHORN ROO— PHOTOS

NEVADA GAY ROO ASSOCIATN

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. BigHorn Roo is one of the largt roos on the gay roo circu.

Feb 17 - 19, Arizona Gay Roo, Phoenix, AZ.

ARIZONA GAY ROO

This year’s recipients are: The S Sy Sisters and Wild at Heart Mtang Gay Roo AssociatnOnle Conttant Registratn opens Augt 18, 2023 at 12:00 a. If you've never peted gay roo before but have always wanted to, here's how to get started:.

In September, there’s the Nevada Gay Roo, a multiday event at Horseman’s Park wh several social events like wboy bgo, which is hosted each month by the anizatn to create muny year-round.

Vegas also featur several muny-md vendors and anizatns to help pull off your special day, wh several regnized by the Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce Nevada. Nevada Gay Roo Associatn has roos the state of Nevada and the regn of Las is always bt practice to nfirm rmatn. Please direct any qutns directly to Nevada Gay Roo Associatn.

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

Roos USA is not associated wh Nevada Gay Roo Associatn. All ntact rmatn is provid Gay Roo AssociatnSeptemberSep 16th – 17thLas Vegas, NV. World Gay Roeo Fals ? El Reno, OK.

LAS VEGAS THROWS ARMS AROUND GAY ROO

Charlie's Phoenix is Proud to Support theCharlie's Phoenix has been a proud supporter of the Arizona Gay Roo Associatn sce s ceptn. AGRA produc the annual Arizona Gay Roo, one of the biggt parti around! Arizona Gay Roo Associatn is a 501(c)4 chary which donated over $32, 000 om the 2019 Arizona Gay Roo to lol LGBTQ anizatns.

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. 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.

Early the next morng, the first Reno Gay Roo opened wh five ws, ten lv, and one Shetland pony.

WORLD GAY RODEO FINALS

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.

GAY ROO GROUP CELEBRAT 25 YEARS OF BIGHORN ROO— PHOTOS

Inspired by what was happeng ordarily nservative Nevada, gay roo associatns were found Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexi, Oregon, and Wyomg.

In 1985, the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn [IGRA] was found, and the phenomenon of gay roo beme a rich part of gay culture the U.

As populary of the Natnal Reno Gay Roo creased, so did nservative backlash the state.