CGRA
Charlie’s Denver kicked off Gay Rodeo Week on July 9th with a mini rodeo on the main dance floor. In an effort to drum up support for the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association’s Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo 32, patrons and employees competed in rodeo themed events using a tricycle instead of a steed. On July 10th the CGRA Royalty Show took the main stage to carry the momentum into the weekend.
Photos by Charles Broshous
Aside from the traditional rodeo, additional events such as steer decorating, goat dressing, and wild drag racing that are unique to the gay rodeo
Now it’s 31st year, the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association is ready to giddy up at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds July 12, 13 and 14.
But still others are simply immersed in the Western culture, three parts cowboy to one part gay, and by birth or through long-held commitment have rodeo in their veins.
For the one-million-plus Coloradans who live beyond Front Range cities and towns, Colorado is still…
