The Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn

Contents:

• NEW MEXI GAY ROO ASSOCIATN
• NM GAY ROO ASSOCIATN – ZIA REGNAL ROO
• OKLAHOMA’S GAY ROO ILLTRAT AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL PHENOMENON
• THE NEW MEXI GAY ROO ASSOCIATN (NMGRA) CELEBRAT 30 YEARS OF GAY ROO NEW MEXI AND HOSTS THE 30TH ANNUAL ZIA REGNAL ROO, ROO RNN AND CAMP OUT PRENTED BY THE CY OF SANTA FE AND JACK DANIELS

NEW MEXI GAY ROO ASSOCIATN

ContactsThe New Mexi Gay Roo AssociatnLotnRirRegistratn for roo weekend will be Friday, Augt 25, 2023 at the Roo Santa Fe grounds, unr the whe tent om 5pm‐7pm. Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn.

You don't have to be gay to pete, you jt have to be of legal age. Blog, Gay Santa Fe Events. Augt 26 – 28th: NM Gay Roo30th Anniversary at Roo Santa Fe GroundsTickets: $10.00/day (or $15.00 for the weekend)Friday, Augt 26th: Country Wtern Dance7 pm – midnight at the Roo GroundsSaturday, Augt 27th: Roo begsDay 1 – 10am, Grand Entry at noonSaturday Night, Augt 27th: 30th Anniversary Rnn Dner and Dance, 6pmDner st at Roo Grounds: $10 per plate.

NM GAY ROO ASSOCIATN – ZIA REGNAL ROO

The fun-packed weekend promis animal-iendly breakaway lf ropg, team ropg, barrel racg, flag race, pole bendg, along wh the rough stock events: bull ridg and steer ridg-and some “mp events” that you uld only wns at a gay roo.This year’s edn holds special signifince for our cy’s roo fans.

This month’s ftivi mark 30 years of official gay roo The Land of Enchantment as the New Mexi Gay Roo Associatn (NMGRA) celebrat three s of skilled wboys, petive wgirls, fast hors, and mpy fun – all for a good e.SUB – ROOTS IN ROYALTYIt’s all a part of a southwtern LGBTQ+ tradn that oddly enough has s roots the same Imperial Court system that produc New York Cy’s annual dragstravaganza “Night of a Thoand Gowns.” Acrdg to Emperor I of Reno, Phil Ragsdale, me up wh one of the most creative ias to raise funds.

OKLAHOMA’S GAY ROO ILLTRAT AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL PHENOMENON

An amatr gay roo would be fun, raise money, and even erase a lot of gay stereotypg. He did fally land the Washoe County Fairgrounds for October 2, 1976, and then uld not get any lol ranchers to allow gays the e of their animals.

Sce those humble begngs, gay roo has flourished, and roo weekends ci like Phoenix, Oklahoma Cy, Denver, Palm Sprgs, Calgary, and Santa Fe are all part of a circu of events that is overseen by sanctng body Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn (IGRA). SUB – A (RODEO) STAR IS BORNBy fyg heteronormative standards, gay roo has piqued the tert of the media.

It was on a 2006 stallment of that popular news edy program that gay roo hall of famer Brian Helanr spoke to then-host Jon Stewart. Helanr, who serv as NMGRA media relatns/PR director, is a proment face gay roo and has a long associatn wh the sport.Helanr relled the first moments as an amatr nttant his first roo on a recent podst terview wh Lovtck Daily hosts Sarah Wenll and Aisha Rai. “But we don’t do tie-down ropg.”In addn to the humane aspect of gay roo, there are some “mp events” that are signed for funny entry-level fun.

THE NEW MEXI GAY ROO ASSOCIATN (NMGRA) CELEBRAT 30 YEARS OF GAY ROO NEW MEXI AND HOSTS THE 30TH ANNUAL ZIA REGNAL ROO, ROO RNN AND CAMP OUT PRENTED BY THE CY OF SANTA FE AND JACK DANIELS

“We’ve been dog amatr gay roo New Mexi for 30 years,” Helanr boasts.

And if ’s the pearl anniversary for New Mexi gay roo, ’s a wood anniversary for Santa Fe. “The first year they leased the roo grounds to for a dollar, and five years later ’s still very reasonably priced.”And although the sport’s participants and crowds have shnk sce s halcyon days the 1980s, Helanr feels that still a val and signifint part of Southwtern queer culture.Speakg on the Lovtck podst, Helanr noted that gay roo is “very important bee there are still to this day a number of LGBTQ+ youngsters out there the wilrns of the world stgglg wh their inti. And the street roo world is still a world which gay jok are pletely acceptable, so we need to be there for those kids who are seekg place to be accepted.