FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2012

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Today the Texas Gay Rodeo Association announces upcoming charity donation distributions from 2011 fund raising efforts to be in excess of $62,000. These funds will be dispersed to over fifteen 501(c)3 organizations throughout Texas in the coming weeks. Charity groups receiving the designated money range from GLBT Youth support, Food Banks, HIV/AIDS services, Women’s outreach and Housing assistance. These monies are in addition to nearly $20,000 which has already been distributed to charity during the course of 2011 which adds up to a total of over $82,000.

The five chapters which make up TGRA include Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Members of each chapter selected charities within their… Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that, thanks to the hard work of Frank Harrell (http://cowboyfrank.net) the IGRA Health and Safety video is now available on YouTube.

Click here for the IGRA Health and Safety page containing the video.

In anticipation of the upcoming Hot Rodeo 2012 in Palm Springs, a Patch regional director tells about her first time competing in rodeo. She tried steer deco and goat dressing at Hot Rodeo 2011.

“It was literally my first rodeo. My sister Stef and her husband Jeff Curtis from Broomfield, Colo., have been competing and having fun in gay rodeo events for a couple of years.

When we learned the rodeo was coming to Banning, Stef asked me to compete with her in the goat dressing competition.

Yes, I am thinking what you are thinking, what is goat dressing? Turns out, it’s a fast little event where two contestants compete to get men’s fruit-of-the-looms on a goat in the… Continue reading →

This year’s Sunshine Stampede in Fort Lauderdale, Florida once again attracted the attention of the local media. Here are two articles that were published over rodeo weekend in the Miami Herald newspaper.

Gay rodeo attracts straight shooters

The Sunshine Stampede rodeo features 90 amateur cowboys and cowgirls competing through Sunday in rough-and-tumble, human-against-beast competitions.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/19/2761554/gay-rodeo-attracts-straight-shooters.html

Florida Gay Rodeo Association’s Sunshine Stampede Rodeo smashes stereotypes

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2761254/florida-gay-rodeo-associations.html

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Out West 2012 & Nevada Gay Rodeo Association to present
Pride in the Saddle Starts in Nevada: The Story of Gay Rodeo

Saturday, May 19, 6:00 – 8:00 P.M.

LAS VEGAS – Clark County Library District, Out West 2012, and the Nevada Gay Rodeo Association (NGRA) are pleased to present “Pride in the Saddle Starts in Nevada: The Story of Gay Rodeo,” the third educational program in the acclaimed Out West at the Library series.

Join Las Vegas rodeo producer, past NGRA president and current IGRA Archives committee chair Brian Rogers on a journey down the trail of gay rodeo in Nevada and beyond. His talk will be accompanied by an exhibition of original rodeo… Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that the IGRA website is now available in English, Spanish and French. Converting pages between languages is very simple: just choose the drop-down in the sidebar of every page to choose your preferred language. Look for more enhancements to the site in the coming months!

Nos complace anunciar que el sitio web de IGRA ya está disponible en Inglés, español y francés. Conversión de páginas entre las lenguas es muy sencillo: basta con seleccionaren el menú desplegable en la barra lateral de cada página para seleccionar su idioma preferido. Puedes buscar más mejoras al sitio en los… Continue reading →

It is with deep regret that SCCGRA announces the cancellation of the Sierra Stampede Rodeo scheduled for June 8-10, 2012 in Sacramento, CA.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are planning for a rodeo school/play day/dance for Saturday, June 9 (our original rodeo date).

More details to follow as we finalize plans.

Wes Wilkinson, SCCGRA President
Gary Eddy, SCCGRA Trustee

In July 2011, along with Brian Rogers and Patrick Terry, Frank Harrell started the Gay Rodeo History website. This website now includes ALL 380 of the rodeo programs and 15 rodeo oriented magazines that reside in the IGRA Archives and some that were loaned for scanning. That makes approximately 13,000 scanned pages, and 8 months of work by Archivist Frank Harrell. The committee congratulates and thanks Frank for this prodigious achievement.

In addition to rodeo programs and magazines the site features scans of old rodeo rule books, rodeo pins, buckles passes and other interesting artifacts. New to the site is the In Memoriam page where individuals who have made an impact of gay rodeo and/or their community can me memorialized.… Continue reading →

Once again this year IGRA was proud to be a featured partner with Bud Light at the 19th Annual Original GLBT Expo. The event was held on March 17 and 18, 2012 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Over 20,000 people attended the exposition, and IGRA once again was providing bull rides on the “mechanical” bull loaned to IGRA by ASGRA. Thanks to Bruce Roby, GSGRA President, for the photos.

The newly updated Rodeo Production Guidebook is now available on the IGRA website.

Thanks to Chuck Browning for updating the following sections:

• IGRA Rodeo Scheduling Fees & Income
• Rodeo Contestant Fee Breakdown & IGRA Logo Requirements
• Contestant Prize/Purse Money Requirements
• Buckle and Ribbon Requirements
• Managing Contestant Registration
• Pre-Rodeo & Rodeo Review Board Meetings / Fines
• IGRA Livestock Requirements
• Rodeo Equipment List and Specifications
• Requirements and Suggestions
• Sample Stock Contact

Look for additional updates to more sections over the coming months.