Oklahoma gay rodeo
Glenn Gore
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First attended a queer rodeo in
Inducted 2023
When Glenn Gore was growing up on a farm and ranch in 1950's western Oklahoma, rodeo was a fact of being and an event you went to every year, whether it was the local amateur rodeo in his compact town or the big PRCA rodeo in the nearest big city. Everyone went to both, and as a young gay kid Glenn idolized the cowboys who competed in those rodeos.
So, in 1980, when the owner of an Oklahoma Town gay bar initiate out about this thing called queer rodeo that was going on in Reno, Nevada, and organized a trip to see what it was all about, Glenn jumped at the opportunity to attend. It was a total blast watching other gay people strive in the rodeo, and being around the thousands of spectators in the stands was a whole new experience.
Another trip was organized in 1981 and it was on that excursion that Glenn first met Wayne Jakino, along with some other attendees from Colorado, and learned that there might be a move afoot to form a larger organization deeply interested with this fresh sport of same-sex attracted rodeo. Along with others in Oklahoma City, Glenn kept track of those efforts and looked forward to joining once it was up and runn
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First posted Dec 24, 2013
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36th IGRA World Gay Rodeo Finals®
and IGRA Royalty Competition
The World of Gay Rodeo comes together the weekend of October 24- 27, 2024 for the 36th Earth Gay Rodeo Finals®, in El Reno, OK. Preeminent among the gay rodeos sanctioned by the International Gay Rodeo Association, the Finals will feature the highest twenty men & women contestants in ten traditional rodeo events plus three light-hearted, yet fiercely competitive "camp events" the likes of which are hallmarks of the gay rodeo and true crowd pleasers.
The International Gay Rodeo Association is the sanctioning body for gay rodeo throughout the United States and Canada. IGRA rodeo events welcome lesbian, queer , bisexual, transgender, as well as heterosexual contestants and spectators, where competitors, regardless of sexual or gender identity, compete in rodeo without discrimination. IGRA rodeos promote Western culture and the sport of rodeo, while serving as fundraising vehicles benefiting many charitable organizations.
Since 1986, The IGRA has been crowning International Rodeo Royalty through a weekend competition event. In this "Evening Entertainment" Film, held October 24 - 26,