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• 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
• MEXI HAS "GAY WBOY NVENTNS?" WHO KNEW?
• 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

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.

THIS GAY WBOY NVENTN CELEBRAT SEXUAL EEDOM — AND 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.

MEXI HAS "GAY WBOY NVENTNS?" WHO KNEW?

Each sprg, hundreds of gay wboys gather Zates for a nventn that celebrat sexual eedom and romanticiz Mexi's ral past. He worked a lot, spoke no English and sensed that Amerins lived like robots, too preoccupied wh their jobs and rout to enjoy he disvered a Lat nightclub, the Sanctuary, and s regular gay wboy night. "This is a space for people wh a mon history, " he 's also a chance for gay men to claim a piece of Mexin culture, which, Villalobos said potedly, "is ours, too.

THIS GAY WBOY NVENTN CELEBRAT SEXUAL EEDOM — AND MEXIN INTY

He knew he was gay, and he hoped that embracg a tough exterr would protect him a culture known for s machismo and homophobia....

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