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BOSTON -- Park rangers who patrol the Cape Cod National Seashore around Provincetown and Truro are trying to come up with strategies to discourage increasingly common incidents of illegal public sex on area beaches. They say complaints about explicit, open public sex on the national park beaches have tripled in the past decade, with activity ranging from flashing to men's public orgies. The rangers have been trying to crack down by enforcing a federal misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, which prohibits obscene acts, the Cape Cod Times reported. Seashore rangers issued 132 citations for public sex acts last year, compared...

Gay rodeo shows South Florida how West was fun By Elizabeth Baier South Florida Sun-Sentinel April 15, 2007 Davie -- They wore Wrangler jeans and Stetson hats. Some sported decorative belt buckles to boast of former rodeo triumphs. But at Saturday's Sunshine Stampede, some of the spectators and participants also waved a symbol not typically associated with rodeos -- the rainbow flag. What's a gay rodeo without a little color? Thousands of people converged on the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds for the state's second gay rodeo, hosted by the Florida Gay Rodeo Association. The Florida group is one of the newest...

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...

Inhumane event Re "Brief encounter" (April 13): Last Sunday's picture of two men forcing underwear on a goat for an event at the gay rodeo was unsettling at best. The gay community, known for its compassion and sensitivity, certainly did not display those attributes when they incorporated this inhumane event in the rodeo's schedule of entertainment. If you think this event was not cruelty to animals but merely innocent fun, think again. Forcing any living thing to partake in an unnatural and distressing act is abuse. In addition, the printing of this picture in the name of journalism only added...