Homosexual on the range: rodeo where gay cowboys can ride high From Chris Ayres in Phoenix, Arizona THE gate opens, and the beast — head down and nostrils flared with anger — bolts out into the arena. Clinging to its horns is a young man in leather chaps and a cowboy shirt. “Pull him over! Roll! Roll!” yells a hoarse female voice from somewhere above. But the beast, a castrated ox, or steer, is winning this particular duel. The cowboy’s face is a study of determination thwarted by mortal terror. “C’mon, you’re bigger than him!” shouts the voice (not strictly...
