Palm Sprgs Gay Roo is a Place of Incln, Comrary

Contents:

• GAY ROO COMG TO BANNG, ANYONE WELE TO COMPETE
• THE GAY ROO: STORI OM INSI THE SCENE THAT'S BOTH A CELEBRATN AND A WILD REBELLN
• INTERNATNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATN
• PALM SPRGS GAY ROO IS A PLACE OF INCLN, COMRARY
• GAY RODEO: GET READY FOR GOAT DRSG
• COWBOYS, COWGIRLS UP FOR GAY ROO

GAY ROO COMG TO BANNG, ANYONE WELE TO COMPETE

Palm Sprgs HOT RODEO, hosted by the Palm Sprgs Chapter of the Goln State Gay Roo Associatn, sanctned by the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn. Skip to ma ntentRedlands-Loma Lda, CAPalm Sprgs, CALake Elsore-Wildomar, CAMurrieta, CATemecula, CAPalm Dert, CATrabu Canyon, CARancho Santa Margara, CAMissn Viejo, CALake Fort, CACaliforniaTop Natnal NewsSee All CommuniHot Roo 2011, sponsored by the Greater Palm Sprgs Chapter of the Goln State Gay Roo Associatn, is g to Banng April 30 and May 1.

Signature gay roo events, cludg goat drsg and wild drag rac, are among two full days of sanctned roo petn at A.

THE GAY ROO: STORI OM INSI THE SCENE THAT'S BOTH A CELEBRATN AND A WILD REBELLN

Gay roo events are set up for amatrs and first-timers to participate, and all events are open to men and women out what's happeng Banng-Bemontwh ee, real-time updat om Patch.

The event is on the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn lendar.

This is the Hot Roo -- a member of the Goln State Gay Roo Associatn. In 1997, he attend a barn dance event held by the Gay Roo Associatn.

INTERNATNAL GAY ROO ASSOCIATN

The same year, he registered for his fist gay roo, which was held the small town of Ramona, California (35 northeast of San Diego). One thg you’ll fd on the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn se and not on other roo s is a statement of Animal Welfare:. "The Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn (IGRA) hereby endors and adopts the promotn of animal welfare and the humane, rponsible treatment of animals their hog, feedg, trag, exercisg and petn.

Another big difference between the gay roo and the straight roo: Both women and men pete all the same events. “It’s all the wrist, so gay guys are really good at this, " jok W. I ask W if, this se, he thks gay roo might have an advantage.

PALM SPRGS GAY ROO IS A PLACE OF INCLN, COMRARY

Canada put the “I” the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn. In 1975, gay roo forefather Phil Ragsdale was able to secure a date to hold an event at the Washoe County Fairgrounds Nevada, but none of the farmers or ranchers were willg to rent livtock for an event sponsored by the gay muny. The day before the event, Ragsdale broke down and purchased his own livtock, and the very first Reno Gay Roo opened wh five ws, ten lv, and one Shetland pony.

GAY RODEO: GET READY FOR GOAT DRSG

Homosexualy, like all paras, surviv by preyg upon the healthy. That same year, the Chief Deputy DA of Washoe County ma a cisn that nial of the Gay Roo’s accs to the fairgrounds was a vlatn of their First Amendment rights, so the event went on as planned.

COWBOYS, COWGIRLS UP FOR GAY ROO

In 1983, a newly formed anti-gay Pro-Fay Christian Coaln, who lled themselv The Patrts to Normalize Reno, lnched a newly energized effort to dismantle the roo. The Patrts referred to gay people as “perverted, poop-packg punks.

Walter Alexanr of the First Baptist Church was quoted the Sun Valley referrg to gay people by sayg, “I thk we should do what the Bible says and cut their throats.

The 1984 roo was an even greater disaster, wh stifled attendance; the Comstock Gay Roo Associatn left Nevada State Fair Inc. There was no gay roo Reno 1985, 1986, or 1987.