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HOMECOMING QUEENS.
Omaha, Nebraska
The most concise explanation I've heard for how and why the art of female impersonation has declined in Omaha was articulated not long ago by Davide Butson, an Omaha native and occasional drag queen who now lives in Hong Kong. "Back in the day," Butson said--he was referring to the late eighties, when he was in his mid-twenties and his career as a glamorous transvestite was ascendant--"people were clamoring for the spotlight. There was a lot of work that went into performing in drag, but it was worth it, because everybody felt it was special. Now you turn on 'Jerry Springer' and there's some drag queen who's sleeping with her father. It's all ...
- Gay rodeo saddles up for Sunshine Stampede in Davie.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 13, 2007 700+ words
...But organizers of this weekend's gay rodeo in Davie say it's other competitions...Mitchell, a volunteer with the Florida Gay Rodeo Association. "It's a place for everyone...Sunshine Stampede, the state's annual gay rodeo, at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds for the...
- GAY RODEO ENDS 2-DAY RUN AT JEFFCO FAIRGROUNDS 21ST ANNUAL EVENT DRAWS RECORD...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Depperschmidt^, Ann July 14, 2003 700+ words
...different - it's the nation's oldest gay rodeo. The 21st incarnation of the rodeo, hosted by the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association, was held at the Jefferson...This is a rodeo way before it's a gay rodeo,'' said Jerry Cunningham, a rodeo...
- Yeehaw: Florida's first gay rodeo rides full-speed into Davie.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 7, 2006 700+ words
...Williams, a volunteer for the Florida Gay Rodeo Association. "There has always been...Sunshine Stampede, the state's first gay rodeo, this weekend at the Bergeron Rodeo...the newest member of the International Gay Rodeo Association, which has more than 4...
- Gay rodeo shows South Florida how West was fun.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 15, 2007 700+ words
...with rodeos -- the rainbow flag. What's a gay rodeo without a little color? Thousands of people...Bergeron Rodeo Grounds for the state's second gay rodeo, hosted by the Florida Gay Rodeo Association. The Florida group is one of the...
- Fear keeps many winners anonymous at gay rodeo.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 27, 2006 700+ words
...Hardened. Masculine. Jamie Lodzinski. Gay rodeo cowboy. Lodzinski will join more than...gay and straight -- for the Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association's 21st annual Great Plains...case. For the majority of those in the gay rodeo, a name is a liability. It's dangerous...
- Queering the cowboy.(Gay Rodeo Association )(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide May 1, 2006 700+ words
...discover that there were lots of gay rodeo riders in the U.S. and even...the Times: "The International Gay Rodeo Association has more than 4,500...members and is made up of amateur gay rodeo clubs in 33 regions of the U.S...
- Cowgirls display their skill at state's first gay rodeo.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 9, 2006 700+ words
...Stampede on Saturday, the state's first gay rodeo, hosted by the newly formed Florida Gay Rodeo Association. She has been drawn to gay...oval buckle from the 2005 International Gay Rodeo Association finals. Huttner grew up around...
- Gay Rodeo
- Picture from: AP Images Joseph Kaczmarek August 4, 2009 700+ words
Spectator Donna Mae Stemmer wears a cowgirl costume while watching the Liberty Gay Rodeo, in Plymouth Meeting Pa., on Saturday Aug. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
