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[ MUSIC ]

MAN: MAKE WAY FOR THE BULL,

GALLOPING, PITCHING, SNORTING,

AND TRYING TO PLOW
EVERY OTHER COWBOY UNDER.

MAN: A COWBOY IS LITERALLY
A PERSON WHO DEALS

WITH CATTLE
IN A RANCHING SITUATION.

A LOT OF RODEO
IN ITS HISTORY

REALLY IS ANCHORED BACK
IN THE PRACTICES OF A RANCH.

ON RANCHES,
COWBOYS WERE COMPETING
WITH ONE ANOTHER.

HORSE RACES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I THINK THE BASIC TRADITION
IS THE TRADITION

OF MANLINESS, BRAVERY,
PERSEVERANCE IN THAT OLD WAY.

YOU GOT DECADES
AND DECADES AND DECADES

OF IMAGERY THAT
SAY THAT'S WHO HE IS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS
NEVER ANY ALLOWANCE

FOR ANOTHER WAY OF BEING.

CERTAIN THINGS
CAN'T BE PART

OF THE DISCOURSE
FOR THE COWBOY.

HOMOSEXUALITY,
GOD KNOWS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GAY,
YOU AREN'T A "REAL COWBOY."

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

MY NAME IS WADE EARP.

I WAS BORN
IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
45 YEARS AGO.

I AM RELATED
TO WYATT EARP,
THE FAMOUS GUNSLINGER

THAT WAS A LAWMAN.

I HAVE A BROTHER
NAMED WYATT EARP.

MY PARENTS HAD
A SENSE OF HUMOR.

I'M JUST GLAD
THAT THEY DIDN'T DO

WYATT, VIRGIL, AND MORGAN,
'CAUSE I WOULD HAVE HAD

TO GO THROUGH LIFE
AS VIRGIL EARP.

I LIVE ON A SMALL RANCH
JUST OUTSIDE OF DALLAS.

IT'S FOUR ACRES.

JUST ENOUGH
FOR ONE PERSON.

HEY, GUYS!

THESE ARE MY GOATS.

AND THEY'RE
SPOILED ROTTEN.

SOME MORNINGS
I CAN HAVE IT DONE
AND...

JACK, GET OUT! GO.

COME ON, DUCKS, GET IT!

I GATHER EGGS EVERY DAY.

I FEED CHICKENS.
I FEED HORSES.

I ACTUALLY COMPETE
IN RODEO.

WOMAN: OUR NEXT COWBOY,
WADE EARP,

OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

ALL RIGHT,
LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY.

HERE HE COMES.
SIX SECONDS IS ALL HE NEEDS.

COME ON, WADE!

WOMAN: HE'S RIDING.
HE'S RIDING.

[ AIR HORN BLOWS ]

MY GOODNESS,
THAT'S GOOD FOR FIRST PLACE.

YOU KNOW, I LIVE,
EAT, BREATHE COWBOY.

I JUST HAPPEN TO BE GAY.

IF YOU THINK
JOHN WAYNE
AND ALL HIS POSSE

DIDN'T HAVE
ANY GAY PEOPLE...

IT'S A PRETTY NICE GUN
YOU'RE SCRATCHING

THOSE MATCHES ON.

COME TO A GAY RODEO
'CAUSE THERE'S

GAY COWBOYS
AND COWGIRLS.

I'M SCARING THE BULL,
OBVIOUSLY. [ LAUGHS ]

THERE'S 13 EVENTS
IN ALL.

BULL RIDING,
JUNIOR BULLS,

BRONC RIDING,
THE BARREL RACING,

THE FLAG RACING,
POLE BENDING,

CALF ROPING ON FOOT,
BREAKAWAY ROPING,

AND TEAM ROPING,
CHUTE DOGGING,

PLUS WE HAVE
THE FREE CAMP EVENTS.

'CAUSE WE'RE
HOMOSEXUALS.

WOMAN: THANKS, EVERYBODY,
FOR ALLOWING US

TO BE A LITTLE GOOFY OUT HERE.

WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

MAN: WELL, SI, SENOR,

I HURT EVERYWHERE
ESPECIALLY.

LET ME SHOW YOU
WHERE WE RODEO.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW IN DALLAS.

KIND OF THE WAY
THAT THE RODEO WORKS

IS THAT YOU HAVE A SEASON.

YOU GET ACCUMULATED POINTS
TO GO TOWARDS FINALS.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE
IN THE TOP 20 OF THE EVENT

TO GET AN INVITATION
TO FINALS.

AND THEN THE GRANDDADDY
OF THEM ALL

IS FINALS RODEO THAT'S
IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

AND THAT'S WHERE
WE HOPE TO WIN.

WHEN YOU WIN
AN EVENT AT A RODEO,

YOU TYPICALLY
WIN A BUCKLE.

AND IT'S LIKE
THE GOLD MEDAL
OF THE RODEO.

EVERY FIRST BUCKLE
THAT I HAVE, I'VE KEPT.

BUT THIS IS MY FIRST
BARREL RACING BUCKLE.

I WANTED TO WIN
A BARREL RACING BUCKLE

SO BAD THAT
I FINALLY WON IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING YOU BUY
AT A TRUCK STOP.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I'M VERY PROUD
TO HAVE WON AROUND
180-SOMETHING BUCKLES.

BUT THE ONE PRIZE
THAT'S ELUDED ME

SINCE I STARTED
IS ALL-AROUND COWBOY
FOR FINALS.

THAT'S THE SEASON WINNER,
THE BIG KAHUNA,

THE ALL-AROUND COWBOY
THAT WINS IT ALL.

I'VE BEEN CLOSE.

I'VE BEEN RUNNER-UP,
BUT I'M NOT GETTING
ANY YOUNGER.

THE BODY DON'T BOUNCE
LIKE IT USED TO.

MAN: OOH. THAT WAS CLOSE.

BUT MAYBE THIS IS MY YEAR.

WOMAN: WE WANT TO WELCOME
EVERYBODY TO THE HOT RODEO.

THIS WEEKEND BRINGS US
TO THE 429th GAY RODEO EVENT.

WE WANT TO THANK
ALL OF YOU GUYS

FOR PUTTING YOUR BUTTS
IN THE SEATS TODAY.

WITHOUT YOU, THERE'S NO REASON
TO HAVE THIS RODEO.

GOOD MORNING, GOOD DAY,
GOOD AFTERNOON,
GOOD YEAR.

MAN: IT'S BEEN A GREAT
YEAR. I'M DOUG GRAFF.

I'M THE PRESIDENT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL

GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION.

THE IGRA
IS A LARGE ASSOCIATION
OF ASSOCIATIONS

COVERING NORTH AMERICA
AND CANADA.

SOME WILL SAY WE'RE
AN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION,

SOME WILL SAY WE'RE
A PRO/AM ASSOCIATION.

MAN: IT'S NOT A LOT
OF DIFFERENCE

IN GAY RODEO
AND STRAIGHT RODEO

EXCEPT FOR A FEW EVENTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE BASICALLY
DOING THE SAME THING.

MAYBE THE OUTFITS ARE
JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE
YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH RODEO,

IT'S, LIKE, BUT IT'S
A GAY RODEO? REALLY?

ARE THE ANIMALS GAY, TOO?
YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE, NO.

THE ANIMALS ARE NOT GAY.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY,
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE

STRAIGHT PEOPLE
IN THE RODEO.

I'M STRAIGHT.
I'M STRAIGHT.

THERE'S THE RING.
WE ARE MARRIED.

WE'RE KNOWN AS
THE STRAIGHT COUPLE
ON THE RODEO CIRCUIT.

MAN: WHAT I'M PROUD OF
IS THAT ANYONE CAN COME

AND PLAY WITH US,
OR VOLUNTEER WITH US,

OR DANCE WITH US,
OR, YOU KNOW,

PUT ON A DRESS WITH US.

YOU KNOW,
IN TRADITIONAL RODEO,
THE SPEED EVENTS

ARE DONE BY FEMALES.
THE ROUGHSTOCK EVENTS

AND THE ROPING EVENTS
ARE DONE BY MALES.

ON THE IGRA CIRCUIT,
ALL 13 CATEGORIES

ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

[ CHEERING ]

IN THE IGRA RODEO SYSTEM
WE HAVE 13 EVENTS

AND ALL 13 EVENTS
ARE OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN.

WOMAN: IT'S KIND OF IRONIC.

THEY SAY IT'S TRADITIONAL
BECAUSE WAY BACK WHEN,

WHEN RODEOS FIRST STARTED,
WOMEN COMPETED
IN ALL THE EVENTS.

WOMEN COMPETED
ON BRONC RIDING.

THEY COMPETED
IN BULL RIDING.

THEY COMPETED
IN STEER WRESTLING

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GUYS
ALL WENT OFF TO WAR.

AND WHEN
THEY ALL CAME BACK,

YOU KNOW, LIKE IN BASEBALL,
THEY SHUT THE WOMEN

OUT OF THE BASEBALL
AND KIND OF SHUT

THE WOMEN OUT
OF RODEO AS WELL.

I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE
OF GOING TO PRACTICE PENS

OR EVENTS WHERE
THEY WON'T LET ME COMPETE

BECAUSE THEY DON'T
ALLOW GIRLS TO RIDE.

ROUGHSTOCK RIDERS--WE'RE
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN NOW.

FORTUNATELY, IGRA
IS ONE OF THE FEW

COMPETITIVE CIRCUITS
THAT LET US COMPETE.

THIS IS MY PLAYGROUND.

FIRST ONE I HAVE HERE,
THIS IS MY MIGHTY BUCKY BARREL.

SOME INSTRUCTORS
REALLY LOVE THIS TOOL.

SOME INSTRUCTORS
THINK IT'S A BAD TOOL.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

WITH WORKING
ON WHATEVER YOU GOT.

YOU KNOW,
I'VE BEEN CALLED DYKE

AND ALL THE OTHER
VULGAR TERMS,

BUT IT KIND OF FUELS
THE FIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU KNOW,
BULL RIDING DEFINES ME

MORE THAN BEING
A LESBIAN DOES.

A COUPLE OF THESE ARE

MY MORE VALUABLE
POSSESSIONS.

MY TY MURRAY COMPETITION
USED A PBR GLOVE

THAT HE WORE DURING
THE '99 PBR SEASON.

THE TOP ONE
IS AN AUTOGRAPHED POSTER

OF TWO-TIME
WORLD CHAMPION,

PBR CHAMPION,
CHRIS SHIVERS.

HE HAPPENS TO BE
MY FAVORITE RIDER.

DEFINITELY, YOU COULD SAY
ONE OF MY HEROES,

FOR HAVING A HERO
THAT'S, WHAT,

15 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.

OF COURSE,
MY PRIZE POSSESSION

IS MY LANE FROST AUTOGRAPH.

PEOPLE DON'T PART
WITH THOSE TOO OFTEN.

SO I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH
TO SNAG THAT ONE.

AND I FEEL LIKE
I'M LIKE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF BULL RIDING
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW.

I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHO MADE THE ROPE

AND WHAT IT'S MADE FROM
AND LEFT ROPE,
RIGHT ROPE,

AMERICAN ROPE,
BRAZILIAN ROPE.

ALL THE DETAILS ON IT.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED
BULL RIDING, TWO BUCKS,

I CAME FLYING OFF
AND I LANDED
UNDERNEATH HIM.

BOOM, STEPS ON ME
AND OFF HE GOES.

AND ALL I HEARD WAS
"WELCOME TO BULL RIDING,
BITCH."

I BOUNCED UP AND WENT,
"YEAH, I WANT
TO DO THAT AGAIN."

IT'S THE SCARIEST
ROLLER COASTER

YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON
IN YOUR LIFE.

BUT THERE'S
NO SEAT BELTS.

AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON
WITH ONE HAND.

[ CHEERING ]

I'VE HAD A FEW INJURIES
IN MY TIME.

I'LL JUST GO
FROM THE BOTTOM UP.

I HAVE TWO SCREWS
IN MY RIGHT ANKLE.

ACL, MENISCUS, TWO RODS,

PLATES, AND SCREWS,
BROKE, DISPLACED,

SNAPPED THAT,
FRACTURED THAT,

BROKEN THE COLLAR BONE
ON BOTH SIDES.

I USED TO RIDE RIGHT,
NOW I RIDE LEFT.

DECIDED TO GO SEE
MY ORTHOPEDIST,

WHO I HAPPEN
TO HAVE ON SPEED DIAL.

SMASHED MY TITANIUM
FACE MASK.

MY RIGHT SIDE,
LEFT HUMERUS.

THE SHOULDER,
COMPLETE GAPS,

JUST BRUISED
HEART AND LUNG.

NOTHING MAJOR THERE.

I WANT
THE BULL RIDING BUCKLE.

I ALWAYS USED TO SAY
I CAN'T PICTURE MYSELF

RIDING BULLS IN MY 40s.
AND HERE I AM.

AND I DON'T WANT
TO STOP.

[ MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER P.A. ]

LET'S GO.

MAN: ...ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[ CHEERING ]

CHAR IS SO DEDICATED.

SHE WORKS REALLY HARD
AT BULL RIDING.

SHE MAY NOT WIN.

BUT SHE'S THERE
AND SHE'S UP.

AND SHE WANTS
TO WIN THAT BUCKLE.

I'M GETTING
TO THE POINT NOW,
IT'S, LIKE, I'M 41.

I'LL BE 42 VERY SOON.

I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER.

BUT I'M STILL KIND OF
HANGING ON THE HOPE THAT

THERE'S THAT CHANCE.

LET'S GO.

MAN: A GAY RODEO IS REALLY
UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT
WE'RE RUN.

IT'S ALL VOLUNTEERS
WHO PUT ON THE RODEOS.

HELLO. I'M AT THE STORAGE UNIT
RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW MANY MAN HOURS

IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY
BUILD A RODEO

BECAUSE IT'S COUNTLESS.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS GARDNER.

I OFTEN VOLUNTEER
TO BE PART OF THE CHUTE CREW.

WE RUN THE LIVESTOCK
FOR THE RODEO.

WE PULL THE GATES.

WE LOAD THE ANIMALS.

WE HELP THE CONTESTANTS
GET ON THE ANIMALS.

THERE WE GO.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WOULDN'T WANT
TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.

ON THE WEEKEND,
I CAN SIT AND BE WITH MY DOG

AND I CAN GO PLAY
AND I CAN GO GOOF OFF

AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
BUT IF I HAVE A CHOICE

OF GETTING MY BUTT TO A RODEO
WHEN I HAVE A CHANCE,

I'M GOING TO GO.

WOMAN: WITHOUT ALL
OF THESE VOLUNTEERS,

WE COULDN'T MAKE
THIS RODEO HAPPEN.

SO, HOW ABOUT A NICE,
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE

FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS?

THANK YOU, TAYLOR.

A RODEO'S MORE THAN
JUST A SPORT.

IT'S A LIFESTYLE.

I DO IT
BECAUSE I LOVE IT.

BUT I WOULD LOVE
TO BE THE BEST
OF THE BEST.

I WOULD SAY DAVID RENIER.
DAVID'S GOOD.

DAVID'S GOOD.
VERY GOOD.

I'D HAVE TO SAY
DAVID RENIER.

HE'S LITERALLY ONE
OF THE TOP COMPETITORS.

I THINK
DAVID INTIMIDATES
A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BECAUSE OF THE FACT
HE IS SO GOOD.

HOW MANY BUCKLES
HAVE YOU WON
IN YOUR LIFETIME NOW?

DO YOU KNOW?

732.

DO YOU ACTUALLY
KEEP TRACK?

HOW MANY WAS THAT?
732.

NO PRIDE IN THAT VOICE,
THOUGH.

HE'S ONE OF THOSE QUIET TYPES.

HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING PEOPLE,
LOOKING, YOU KNOW,

LIKE THAT HAWK JUST WAITING
FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT

TO POUNCE.

HE'S GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.

HE'S GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.

MAN: HERE COMES WADE.
HE GRABS THAT FLAG.

HE HAS WHAT HE NEEDS.
HE ROUNDS THAT POLE.

HERE HE COMES.

AND STICK IT.

[ CHEERING ]

11.49. NICELY DONE, WADE.

COMING UP, DAVID RENIER.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

IN COMES DAVID.
HE HAS HIS FLAG.

HE'S AROUND THE POLE.
NOW, GET IT WHERE YOU NEED IT.

STICK IT.

11.32, DAVID--YOUR NEW LEADER.

HOW DO YOU TYPICALLY
DO AGAINST WADE?

OH, I MIGHT BEAT HIM.

IN FIRST PLACE, DAVID RENIER.
[ CHEERING ]

AND THE BUCKLE WINNER,
DAVID RENIER.

ALL-AROUND COWBOY,
DAVID RENIER.

I'VE RIDDEN A LOT OF HORSES.

I'VE GOT A HORSE, DIGIT,
THAT WE JUST CLICK.

YOU KNOW, HE'S AN OLDER HORSE,
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

GET UP.

[ CLICKS TONGUE ]

I DON'T THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE
WOULD PAY $2,500

FOR A 20-YEAR-OLD HORSE.

YOU KNOW, I WAS
RUNNING AGAINST PEOPLE

THAT WERE RUNNING
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD HORSES.

GOOD BOY.

YOU KNOW, IN THE PROS,
THEY'RE RIDING

25, $35,000 HORSES.

TO FIND A HORSE
THAT'S A GOOD HORSE

FOR A REASONABLE PRICE,
THEY'RE OUT THERE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE
IN THE RIGHT PLACE

AT THE RIGHT TIME.

WHAT?

I DIDN'T SAY
YOU WERE DONE.

IS THIS
WHAT YOU WANT?

IS THIS IT?
IS THAT IT?

OH, I SEE.

YOU'RE DONE.
GIVE YOU YOUR TREAT.

IS THAT
WHAT YOU WANT?

[ HORSE COUGHING ]
GOODNESS.

WELL, DON'T
SWALLOW IT WHOLE.

YOU GOT TO CHEW IT,
SILLY.

BETWEEN THE TWO OF US,
I KEEP HIM IN SHAPE

AND NO INJURIES.
AND NO INJURIES FOR ME.

I DEFINITELY THINK DIGIT
CAN DO IT THIS YEAR.

MAN: JIMMY HADN'T ENJOYED
HIMSELF SO MUCH IN A LONG TIME.

WHAT JIMMY DIDN'T KNOW
WAS THAT RALPH WAS SICK,

A SICKNESS OF THE MIND.

YOU SEE,
RALPH WAS A HOMOSEXUAL.

A PERSON WHO DEMANDS
AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN SEX.

DO YOU WANT YOUR SON ENTICED
INTO THE WORLD OF HOMOSEXUALS

OR YOUR DAUGHTER
LURED INTO LESBIANISM?

MAN: WHEN IT ALL STARTED,
IT WAS A SAFE PLACE

FOR GAYS TO COMPETE
AND BE OUT.

JOHN BECK,
DENVER, COLORADO.

I'M PROBABLY
THE OLDEST GOAT HERE.

I GREW UP IN NEBRASKA
ON A RANCH.

I GREW UP WITH RODEO
ALL MY LIFE.

BACK WHEN I WAS
"COMING OUT,"

IT WAS VERY, VERY ROUGH.

I SLEPT WITH A SHOTGUN
AND A PISTOL.

THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT,

MY BARN CAUGHT ON FIRE
MYSTERIOUSLY.

AND I HAD
A LITTLE COLLIE PUPPY

THAT THEY PUT
A HANDKERCHIEF AROUND IT

AND PUT A NOTE ON IT
AND SET HER

IN FRONT OF THE DOOR
AND THEY KILLED HER.

THE NOTE SAID,
"YOU'RE NEXT."

WADE: I'VE DRIVEN
TO RODEOS WHERE

YOU'RE NOT WELCOME
IN THE CITY.

AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU JUST DROVE
FOR 24 HOURS

TO GET TO A RODEO
AND GET IN THE CITY.

AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"HUH, YOU'RE ONE OF THEM."

MAN: I'M SHOOTING A DOCUMENTARY
ON THE INTERNATIONAL

GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION.

MAN, I AIN'T GOT
NO OPINION ABOUT THAT.

NO COMMENT. NO.

THEY'RE NOT COWBOYS.

THAT CHARACTERIZATION
IS SO MUCH A PART
OF OUR CULTURE.

COWBOYS ARE
ABOUT TRADITION.

ONCE YOU EXPOSE IT,

QUESTION IT,

TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN
OR WHATEVER,

IT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY.

GAY RODEO?
MAN: GAY RODEO?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
GAY RODEO?
GAY COWBOY?

STICK IT UP
YOUR ASS.

WADE: THEY NEVER CAME OUT AND
SAID, "I WILL NOT RENT TO YOU."

WHAT THEY SAID WAS,
"I JUST DON'T SEE A TIME

IN OUR CALENDAR
THAT WE CAN FIT YOU IN."

THEY HAVE WEEKENDS THAT
THAT ARENA SITS EMPTY.

YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD
THEY NOT RENT TO US?

AS PROGRESSIVE AS WE LIKE
TO THINK THE WORLD IS,

I THINK THAT WE STILL
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

MAN: IT'S A MASCULINE SPORT.

GOES BACK TO THE DAYS
OF THE WILD WEST

WHEN WOMEN STAYED AT HOME

AND THE MEN WOULD GO OUT
ON THE TRAIL RIDES

AND GATHER THE CATTLE,

DOING WHAT WE NOW
CONSIDER RODEO EVENTS.

SO, YEAH, I DO THINK
IT'S INHERENTLY HOMOPHOBIC.

I HATE SAYING THAT
BECAUSE I LOVE RODEO

WITH ALL MY HEART.

[ CHEERING ]

I WAS WALKING
DOWN THE HALL

AND THIS MOTHER
AND HER DAUGHTER

PASSED ME IN THE HALLWAY.

THE LITTLE KID SAID,
"MOMMY, I JUST SAW
A PRINCESS."

[ LAUGHTER ]

I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT.

LIKE, FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR
WITH TRADITIONAL

OR "STRAIGHT" RODEOS.
AND YOU SEE

THEY OFTEN HAVE
A RODEO QUEEN.

AND THAT'S
THE PUBLIC IMAGE
OF THAT RODEO.

OUR ROYALTY,
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE

FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

AND FOR FUNDRAISING.

WHAT AM I ABOUT TO DO?

I AM GOING TO GET
PULLED THROUGH THE ARENA

PROBABLY THROUGH
THE MUD PUDDLES.

MAN: AND SARAH PALIN IS
THE BIGGEST

TEA BAGGER OF THEM ALL.

WADE: THAT'S THE WAY THAT
OUR RODEOS ARE SET UP,

SO THAT WE CAN
GIVE THE MONEY BACK
TO OUR CHARITIES.

I MEAN, IF YOU NEED
TO RAISE MONEY,

CALL A DRAG QUEEN,
HE'LL MAKE

A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS
IN A COUPLE HOURS.

WE COULD NOT HAVE
DONE THE THINGS

THAT WE HAVE DONE
WITHOUT THE ROYALTY PROGRAM

RAISING A LARGE PORTION
OF OUR PROCEEDS

THAT WE MAKE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

GET TOUGH. GET TOUGH.

I'M TY TEIGEN FROM COLORADO.

MY ETHIC OF RODEO IS THAT
IF YOU NEED A HAND,

I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN
TO HELP YOU.

IF YOU GOT A PIECE
OF TACKLE THAT BROKE,

I'LL LOAN YOU MINE.
I WANT TO HELP YOU

HAVE THE VERY BEST RUN
YOU CAN HAVE.

AND THEN I'M GOING
TO GO OUT AND BEAT YOU.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED
IN IGRA SINCE 1995.

I WAS OUT OF RODEO
FOR 12 YEARS

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE
TRADITIONAL RODEO

DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
AN OPENING FOR GAY PEOPLE

AND THAT I WOULD
FACE DISCRIMINATION.

AND THEN I MET
SOME PEOPLE IN COLORADO

THAT WERE INVOLVED
IN THE GAY RODEO.

AND I WAS EXCITED TO LEARN
THAT THERE WAS A PLACE

WHERE GAY PEOPLE
WERE RODEOING.

AND THEY GOT ME
BACK INVOLVED

AND I BEEN GOING EVER SINCE.

I, UNFORTUNATELY,
WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH STAGE FOUR
OVARIAN CANCER

IN NOVEMBER OF 2009.

I'M WEAK AND NOT REALLY ABLE
TO COMPETE AT THE MOMENT,

BUT REALITY IS
IS THAT RODEO

IS WHAT GETS ME
OFF THE COUCH

EVERY THREE WEEKS.
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]

DOGGIE, USE YOUR LEGS NOW,
DOGGIE!

DRIVE OVER!

I WANT TO GET BACK
ON MY HORSES

AND I WANT TO BE COMPETING.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
I GOT TO FIGHT

AND I GOT TO WORK
TO GET STRONGER

AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

WADE: TY TEIGEN
DEFINITELY REPRESENTS

A LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE GOOD
IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

HARD TO BEAT HER
WHEN SHE'S DOWN.

SHE'S GOING TO FIGHT
EVEN HARDER TO GET BACK UP.

I THINK THAT CANCER
IS THE TOUGHEST BATTLE

I'VE EVER FACED,
BUT, YEAH,

I THINK
MY RODEO BACKGROUND

HAS HELPED ME
A GREAT DEAL

IN BEING TOUGH ENOUGH
TO FACE THIS

AND HANDLE THIS
AND MAKE IT WORK.

ONE OF OUR MEMBERS
IS BATTLING CANCER.

SO, IN LAS VEGAS,
THERE WAS A BUCKLE

THAT WAS BEING
AUCTIONED OFF.

LET'S START WITH $100.
WHO'S GOT $100?

I GOT ONE. I'M LOOKING FOR TWO.
I GOT TWO.

THREE?
[ AUCTIONEERING ]

ALL OF THE PROCEEDS
FROM THIS NUMBER

WILL GO TO TY TEIGEN
IN HER CONTINUED FIGHT.

AND THE GIRLS CAME OUT
AND LAID OUT A NUMBER,

AND THEY PUT ON
A HELL OF A FUNDRAISER.

EVERYBODY WAS PUTTING MONEY IN
AND TIPPING THE GIRLS.

AND THEN THEY DECIDED
WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW,

AUCTION OFF THIS BUCKLE.

SHE'S NEVER ASKED FOR HELP.

SHE'S NEVER SAID,
HEY, I NEED ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST BEEN
PEOPLE STANDING UP

AND SAYING THIS IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

YOU WANT TO GO 425?
YOU WANT TO GO 425.

450, 450.

I HAD A BAD SPIN WITH MY CANCER
THIS SPRING.

SO WHERE I WAS WAS HOME
IN MY LIVING ROOM.

LISTENING TO THAT GROUP
OF PEOPLE ON SPEAKER PHONE.

CLEAVAGE, TY,
I WISH YOU COULD
SEE THE CLEAVAGE.

[ LAUGHING ]

WHOO!

575. DO I HAVE 6?

YES!
YES!

SOMEONE
GOT 6--

PEOPLE THROWING IN MONEY
LEFT AND RIGHT.

THE ASSOCIATION STARTED BATTLING
EACH OTHER FOR THE BUCKLE.

I GOT A $700 BILL
RIGHT OVER THERE.

ARE WE ALL IN?
ARE WE ALL DONE?

HOLD THE PHONE.
HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

ALL RIGHT,
HOLD ON A SECOND.

I GOT A PROPOSITION FOR YOU.

HOW ABOUT 650
FROM THOSE GOOD FOLKS,

650 FROM YOU GOOD FOLKS,

AND THE BUCKLE GOES TO TY?

NOW, HOW DO YOU SAY
THANK YOU TO PEOPLE

THAT HAVE DONE THAT
FOR YOU?

I JUST--WORDS FAIL.

[ CHEERING ]

TY SAYS THAT
SHE LOVES YOU ALL
VERY, VERY MUCH.

WE LOVE YOU, TOO, TY.
WE'LL SEE YOU REAL SOON.

MAN: IF YOU WANT TO DEFINE
WHAT IGRA IS,

I THINK THAT NIGHT,
IT REALLY DOES IT.

AND I THINK
THAT'S REALLY, TO ME,

WHEN I THINK ABOUT
COWBOY CODE,
THAT WOULD BE IT.

IT'S TRANSFERABLE
TO EVERYBODY'S LIFE

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A COWBOY.

IT HASN'T BEEN A YEAR
WITHOUT CHALLENGES.

I KNOW THE ECONOMY IS TOUGH.

BELIEVE ME, I KNOW IT'S TOUGH.

WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO.
LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT.

PLEASE, PLEASE DO YOUR PART
TO HELP OUT, PRODUCE THE RODEOS.

THEY DON'T JUST
HAPPEN BY THEMSELVES.

FOR SO MANY YEARS,
OUR GOAL WAS TO RAISE MONEY

FOR CHARITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

ANY MORE, THESE RODEOS
AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH SPECTATORS

TO SHOW UP TO BREAK EVEN.

THERE ARE SEVERAL
REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
THAT STRUGGLE.

AND WE HAD A FEW RODEOS
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN
THIS YEAR

BECAUSE OF FUNDING.

AND ORGANIZATION
AND PEOPLE TO LEAD THEM

AND PEOPLE TO GET
THEIR COMMUNITY EXCITED.

MAN: WITH ATTENDANCE
AT RODEOS GOING DOWN,

VOLUNTEERISM IN GENERAL
IN THE COMMUNITY

IS GOING DOWN, WITH ALL
OF US WHO'VE BEEN DOING

ALL THIS WORK
FOR SO MANY YEARS

GETTING OLD,
GETTING TIRED, DYING.

IT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST
CONCERNS IS WHETHER

WE'LL SEE THE IGRA
IN FIVE MORE YEARS.

[ TOY SQUEAKS ]

I KNOW. I KNOW.

I KIND OF LOOK AT IT
AS YOU TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET

AS QUICK AS YOU CAN GET IT.

WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING
OUR RODEO ON TREASURE ISLAND.

IT'S THE ISLAND BETWEEN OAKLAND
AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THIS HAS NEVER BEEN
ATTEMPTED BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE
TAKING UP A PARADE GROUND

THAT USED TO BELONG
TO THE MILITARY,

TEAR UP THE DIRT,
AND BUILD OUR OWN ARENA

RIGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF EVERYTHING.

SO YOU'LL BE LOOKING RIGHT OUT
THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY.

BEING ABLE TO LITERALLY
HAVE THE RODEO

IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FREAKING BAY,

NOW, THAT'S
PRETTY DAMN COOL.

YEAH.

WE HAD A BIG HOLE
TO DIG OURSELVES OUT OF.

HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED?

RIGHT AROUND 70,000.

YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS
TO DO THAT?

YEAH.

YEP.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT
A LOT OF TIME.

NOT A LOT OF TIME AT ALL.

AN UNUSUALLY HOT SUMMER HAS
MAGNIFIED THE DRY CONDITIONS

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.

WOMAN: THE TEXAS FARM BUREAU
SAYS THIS YEAR,

OFFICIALLY THE DRIEST
ON RECORD.

MAN: A BALE OF HAY IS GOING
BETWEEN $65 AND $85.

THE STATE IS EMPTYING
ITSELF OF ITS CATTLE.

WE NEED RAIN NOW.

MAN 2: IN OKLAHOMA, YOU'RE
SEEING THE HOTTEST WEATHER

SINCE 1936, THE HEIGHT
OF THE DUST BOWL.

IT'S PRETTY GRIM OUT THERE
IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

WADE: PEOPLE REALLY DON'T SEE
HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS

THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

BUT FOR US, YOU KNOW,
THE COWBOY, OUR LIVELIHOOD,

IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING WE DO
FROM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD

TO FEEDING YOUR LIVESTOCK,
WHATEVER.

IT AFFECTS ALL OF THAT.

SO I CAN SAY THAT
BEFORE THE DROUGHT,

WHAT WE BOUGHT PROBABLY
COULD HAVE GOT

FOR ABOUT $75...

IS $189.

NOT LONG ENOUGH.

IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE SPORT.

WHEN YOU'RE HAULING
A HORSE TRAILER,

YOU GET MAYBE 10 MILES
TO THE GALLON.

SO, 10 MILES
TO THE GALLON
AT $4 A GALLON,

12,000 MILES.

IT AIN'T CHEAP.

I HAVE SIMPLE,
HUMBLE MEANS, YOU KNOW.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF MONEY BEHIND ME.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I WORK FOR
IS SO I CAN RODEO.

[ ENGINE WHIRRING ]

[ CELL PHONE RINGS ]

OH, MY GOD.

HELLO.

HOW GOOD A FRIEND ARE YOU?

[ LAUGHS ]

WELL, I JUST GOT
SOME REALLY BAD NEWS.

SO WE'RE TALKING $3,500
TO REPLACE ALL THE INJECTORS.

CALL ME BACK.

WELL, HELLO, SIR.

I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS,
IF YOU HAD IT TO PUT

ON A CREDIT CARD
OR IF YOU HAD SOME OF IT

AND I CAN DEFINITELY
PAY YOU BACK.

MMM.

NOT THE NEWS I WANTED.

DO YOU RODEO?
DO YOU GET THAT FIXED?

TAKE THE CHANCE
AND GO DOWN AND HOPE

THAT YOU WIN ENOUGH
TO COVER THAT.

NOT GOING TO CANCEL THE RODEO.

I NEED TO BE AROUND
MY RODEO FAMILY.

[ CELL PHONE RINGS ]

HEY, DO YOU HAVE
A SECOND TO TALK?

TALKING SHOP?

I USE ALL MY VACATION DAYS
FOR RODEO.

I COUNT MY HOURS.
I COUNT MY DAYS.

I GET MY SCHEDULE AHEAD
AND PLAN, OKAY, I'M GOING HERE,

I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING.

THEY ALL THINK
THEY'RE GOING.

OH, MY GOD, REALLY?

BACK UP, BACK UP,
BACK UP, NONE OF YOU.

[ CHEERING ]

[ HORN BLOWS ]

ALL MY GRAY HAIRS,
CHARLENE HAS GIVEN THEM TO ME.

I COULD SEE MY BOYS
DOING THAT, POSSIBLY,

BUT NOT CHARLENE.

I MEAN, THIS IS
THE CHILD THAT WAS AFRAID

OF THE PONY RIDES
AT THE ZOO.

HER GRANDPA, HE WAS
A MATADOR IN MEXICO CITY.

HE WAS ALL EXCITED.

HE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING
TO BE LIKE A MATADOR.

LIKE HE WAS,
UNTIL I TOLD HIM, NO,

THAT SHE'S ON TOP
OF THE ANIMALS.

AND HE GOES, "OH, MY GOD,
SHE'S BRAVER THAN I AM."

I'VE WATCHED HER
GET INJURED.

I'VE WATCHED
HER BREAK BONES.

AND IT'S HARD
TO WATCH SOMEBODY

THAT YOU REALLY LOVE
PUT THEIR LIFE
ON THE LINE.

SHE'S MY ONLY DAUGHTER.

I JUST COULDN'T
THINK OF BEING AROUND
WITHOUT HER.

MAN: UP NEXT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, TURN YOUR ATTENTION

TO CHAR DURAN
FROM FORT LUPTON, COLORADO.

SHE'S HOPING TO LAST
FOR SIX SECONDS.

SO GIVE HER SOME NOISE.

SHE'S OKAY.

HER BULLFIGHTER IS ALL OKAY.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN?
NO.

SHE'S SO INTO IT THAT
SHE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP YET.

AND I KNOW EVENTUALLY
SHE WILL GIVE IT UP,

AND IT'S GOING TO BE
A BIG HOLE IN HER LIFE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

AND SHE'LL KNOW
WHEN SHE'S READY TO QUIT.

YOU KNOW, I COULD BE
RIDING AGAINST THE GUY

WHO GOT STOMPED
JUST AS BAD

AND HE CAN FLOP AROUND
AND LAY THERE AND CRY.

BUT I FEEL LIKE
I HAVE TO GET UP

AND I HAVE TO MOVE
JUST TO SAY,

SEE, I CAN
STILL DO THIS.

THIS IS MY PUPPY, RASCAL.
RASCAL'S TWO YEARS OLD.

AND HE'S BEEN
A GREAT COMPANION.

HE'S A GOOD RODEO DOG,
AREN'T YOU?

YES.

I DO THINK ABOUT JACKIE.

28TH BIRTHDAY,
I GET THIS GREAT BIG BOX.

IT'S A HUGE BOX.

I UNWRAP THE FIRST BOX
AND THERE'S ANOTHER BOX.

UNDERNEATH THE BIGGER BOX,
A LITTLE LESS BIG BOX.

AND I FINALLY GOT DOWN
TO THE VERY LAST BOX

AND IT WAS A RING BOX.

A SIMPLE LITTLE BAND.

IT WAS A TOUCHING MOMENT.
IT WAS WHAT I WANTED.

I LOST THE LOVE
OF MY LIFE IN 1997.

MY LOVER, JACKIE RILEY, WE WERE
TOGETHER FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE CELEBRATED
FIVE YEARS TOGETHER

THAT SOME PEOPLE LIVE
A WHOLE LIFETIME WITHOUT.

I LOVED THAT SHIT-EATING GRIN.

I LOVED THAT, YOU KNOW,
HIS QUIRKINESS.

HE WAS THAT PERFECT COMPANION.

WOMAN: THE RIDERLESS HORSE
CEREMONY CELEBRATES

THE BOND BETWEEN
THE RIDER AND HIS HORSE.

TODAY WE USE
THE RIDERLESS HORSE

TO SYMBOLIZE THE BOND
OF A COWBOY OR COWGIRL

WHO'S GONE FROM US, LEAVING
THE FAITHFUL HORSE BEHIND.

BACK IN THE LATE SEVENTIES
AND EARLY EIGHTIES

WHEN THE AIDS CRISIS REALLY
CAME TO THE FOREFRONT,

WE LOST A LOT
OF RODEO COMPETITORS

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY TO AIDS.

I HAVE LOST FRIENDS
TO HIV AND AIDS,

BUT NOT NEARLY
AS MANY AS PEOPLE

THAT MIGHT BE JUST
FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN ME.

WOMAN: IT IS OUR WAY
OF PAYING HOMAGE

TO THOSE WHO PAVED
THE WAY FOR US

AND SET AN EXAMPLE
FOR US TO FOLLOW.

FOR THOSE FOLKS
WHO SURVIVED

THROUGH REALLY,
REALLY ROUGH YEARS

WHEN THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF HOPE,

THEY COME FROM
A DIFFERENT PLACE.

I FOUND OUT AFTER
HE HAD PASSED AWAY

THAT HE HAD BEEN
HIV-POSITIVE

THE WHOLE TIME
WE WERE TOGETHER

AND NEVER TOLD ME.

I'M NOT MAKING
EXCUSES FOR HIM.

I KNOW WHY
HE DID WHAT HE DID,

AND IT WAS A TOTAL
FEAR OF BEING ALONE.

I AM HIV-POSITIVE.

I FOUND OUT THE WEEK
BEFORE HE DIED.

I WOULDN'T WISH IT
ON MY WORST ENEMY,

BUT I WOULDN'T BE
THE PERSON I WAS TODAY

IF I HADN'T EXPERIENCED
WHAT I EXPERIENCED.

MAN: WE MISS ALL WHO WE'VE
LOST. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE KNOW THAT
YOU RIDE WITH US TODAY.

TOWARDS THE END
OF HIS LIFE, I TOLD HIM

I REALLY WANTED
TO COMPETE IN RODEO.

AND WHEN HE PASSED,
I WAS ABLE TO PURSUE THAT.

YEAH, WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO THE FT. LAUDERDALE RODEO.

THAT'S A RODEO
I TYPICALLY
DO VERY WELL AT.

DAVID'S NOT HERE
THIS WEEKEND.

I GOT TO GET
ALL THE POINTS
I CAN, YOU KNOW.

I NEED IT.

NO MATTER WHO'S THERE,
YOU GOT TO BRING

YOUR "A" GAME
NO MATTER WHAT.

MAN: WELCOME TO THE MARDI GRAS
OF GAY RODEO,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

HOW YOU DOING, FT. LAUDERDALE?

[ CHEERING ]

WE GOT SOME COMPETITION
THIS WEEKEND.

AND SOME STRAIGHT COMPETITION.

I'M LUKE LANCASTER,

AND I'M ONE OF THE STRAIGHT
COWBOYS ON THE GAY RODEO.

I COMPETE
IN THE TRADITIONAL RODEO,

AS WELL AS THE GAY RODEO.

MONEY'S GOOD,
AND I GOT A CHANCE.

AND I KNOW
I'M ONE HELL OF A RIDER.

SO I GOT A CHANCE TO DO IT,
I'M GOING TO GO FOR IT.

LUKE, HE'S
A TOUGH COMPETITOR.

HE'S ROPED QUITE A BIT,

RODE BULLS
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

ACTUALLY, I THINK HE HAD
A PRETTY BAD INJURY.

I GOT TEMPORARILY PARALYZED
IN THIS RING.

THAT WAS
THE LAST TIME I RODE,

SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO.

EVERYBODY SAID I WENT
AT LEAST 15 OR 20 FEET

UP IN THE AIR.

I CAME DOWN RIGHT
ON THE BACK OF MY NECK.

MY FEET SANDWICHED
OVER TOP OF ME,

AND THE BULL JUST
DROVE ME IN THE GROUND.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER
TOO MUCH AFTER THAT.

WADE: LUKE IS LIKE ME.
HE LOVES TO COMPETE.

MAN: SO, LUKE, WHAT'S IT
GOING TO TAKE YOU

TO STOP RIDING BULLS?

A CASKET.

LET'S GO, BOYS!

[ HORN BLOWS ]

MAN: UP NEXT, WADE EARP
FROM DALLAS, TEXAS.

HE NEEDS TO COVER
THIS BULL TODAY.

WHEN I SAY COVERING,
I MEAN LAST HIM

FOR AT LEAST SIX SECONDS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
HELP HIM OUT.

MAKE SOME NOISE.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

[ CHEERING ]

WOMAN:
COME ON, WADE!

MAN: OOH!

YOU CAN SEE, LIKE,
THE BONE GOES LIKE THIS.

AND THEN THERE'S A BIG DIP,
AND HIS ARM'S JUST LIKE...

SO I THINK IT'S OUT
OF ITS SOCKET.

SO, BUT THEY FED HIM
A LITTLE BIT OF MORPHINE
RIGHT HERE.

I'M NOT
THE GREATEST COOK, BUT...

ESPECIALLY ONE-HANDED,
BUT WE'LL GET THERE.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING
TO LET IT HEAL

AND WON'T RIDE ROUGHSTOCK
TILL FINALS, AND...

HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE
WELL ENOUGH BY THEN
TO RIDE.

YOU WANT TO HOPE
THAT YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH

THAT THE POINTS
YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW

ARE GOOD ENOUGH
TO TAKE YOU
TO THE FINALS,

BUT THERE'S STILL
THAT RISK OF, YOU KNOW,

NOT BEING IN THE TOP 20.

YOU KNOW, GOING
TO FINALS, THE MORE
EVENTS YOU ARE IN,

THE MORE CHANCE YOU HAVE
AT WINNING ALL-AROUND,
YOU KNOW.

WE KNOW IT DOESN'T
HELP MY CHANCES
BEING LIKE THIS.

SO IT TAKES
A LOT MORE THAN THIS
TO KEEP WADE EARP DOWN.

[ CHUCKLES ]

ANOTHER CHALLENGE
IS CONTINUING TO PULL

A MORE YOUTHFUL CONTESTANT BASE.

YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE AGE
OF A IGRA RODEO CONTESTANT,

I THINK, IS, LIKE,
42 YEARS OLD.

I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO SUSTAIN AND PROLONG
IS TO GET
SOME YOUNGER BLOOD.

WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME
YOUNGER PEOPLE INVOLVED.

HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE
THE YOUTH IN A COUNTRY

WHERE EVERYONE
IS SO DRIVEN
THAT IT'S OKAY

TO SLOW DOWN
A LITTLE BIT
AND GET INVOLVED

AND GET INVESTED
WITH SOMETHING

AND COMMIT YOUR TIME
AND ENERGY TO IT?

NOT AN EASY PROBLEM
TO SOLVE.

MAN: A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME,
THEY'RE LIKE,

WELL, SINCE YOU'RE GAY,
WHY DON'T YOU MOVE

TO A PLACE THAT'S
MORE ACCEPTING,

LIKE CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK,
AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF?

NO.

I LOVE MANGUM, OKLAHOMA.

BECAUSE I'M GAY DOESN'T MEAN,
LIKE, I SHOULD RUN.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE
IN THE HUSTLE AND THE BUSTLE.

I WANT TO LIVE OUT HERE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE

TO WALK OUTSIDE
AT ANY TIME IN THE DAY

AND PISS OFF MY FRONT PORCH.

NAKED.
'CAUSE I LIKE TO BE NAKED.

EVERYBODY'S SHOCKED
THAT I RODEO.

THEY'RE, LIKE,
"YOU'RE A COWBOY?"

I'M LIKE, "YEAH."

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I DON'T WEAR
A 10-GALLON HAT EVERY DAY

AND SPIT
AND CHING-CHING-CHING, YOU KNOW.

AND HERE, IF YOU'RE GAY,
YOU'RE GOING
TO GET PICKED ON.

AND HE LEARNED
TO FIGHT YOUNG,

AND HE LEARNED
TO FIGHT HARD.

AND HE LEARNED
TO FIGHT DIRTY.

MY FIRST FIGHT WAS RIGHT THERE
UNDERNEATH THAT TIRE SWING.

I WAS RAISED NOT TO TAKE
SHIT OFF OF ANYBODY.

ESPECIALLY COMING FROM
THE STICKS, YOU KNOW.

GOING TO SCHOOL
WITH A CLASS OF 51, YOU KNOW.

CHRIS, IF YOU JUST MEET HIM
AND YOU LOOK AT HIM,

YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT.
IT'S WHEN HE OPENS HIS
MOUTH JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WELCOME TO THE PARTY,
Y'ALL.

IN OUR SMALL TOWN NOW,
THERE'S NOBODY.

LIKE, IF THERE IS,
THEY DON'T COME OUT.

THEY JUST HIDE IT.

I GOT IN A FIGHT ONCE
AT A COLLEGE RODEO.

'CAUSE, LIKE,
I WENT THERE, I ROPED
AND I CAME BACK.

AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"HEY, YOU'RE THE FAGOT

THAT ROPES GOOD,
DON'T YOU?"

I'M, LIKE, "FAGOT?

"WOULD YOU LIKE
A PIECE OF FAGOT PIE?

BECAUSE I'M ABOUT
TO SERVE YOU SOME."

I'VE ALWAYS TEAM ROPED.

I ACTUALLY HAD
A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO

TO A JUNIOR COLLEGE
ON RODEO.

BUT MY FIRST PRACTICE,
NO ONE WANTED
TO ROPE WITH ME.

AND THAT WAS MY FIRST
AND LAST RODEO PRACTICE.

THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY
SHUNNED HIM.

HE EVEN JUST QUIT ROPING
FOR A WHILE.

BECAUSE THEY TREATED HIM
SO BAD.

LOOK AT THAT
GAP-TOOTHED KID.

YOU KNOW,
I WAS THAT FAT KID

WHEN I HAD A PIECE OF GUM
IN MY MOUTH AT ALL TIMES.

I FOUND ALL
THE PROM PICTURES.

I WENT TO, LIKE, EIGHT
OR NINE PROMS...WITH GIRLS.

I THINK THIS IS
MY EIGHTH GRADE

OR NINTH GRADE YEAR.

"MY IDEAL MATE HAS
TO BE A WOMAN, OF COURSE.

"SHE WOULD HAVE TO BE
A COWGIRL WITH A COW DOG

"THAT DRIVES A PICKUP.

"SHE WOULD LIKE
TO RIDE HORSES
IN THE MOONLIGHT.

"SHE MUST LOVE ANIMALS
TO DEATH.

"SHE WOULD LOVE
TO EAT SEAFOOD
AND SUBWAY SANDWICHES

AND DRINK DR. PEPPER."

WOW. OH, MY GOD.

"THERE'S REALLY NOTHING
I LIKE ABOUT ME AT ALL.

"BECAUSE I REALLY
DON'T LIKE ANYTHING

"ABOUT MYSELF AT ALL.

"I COULD SAY A BUNCH
OF BAD STUFF ABOUT ME,

BUT THAT'S NOT
THE ASSIGNMENT."

THE FIRST TIME
I TRIED COMING OUT,

I WAS, LIKE, 14,
TO MY MOTHER.

AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAYS,
"MOM, BUT I LIKE BOYS

BETTER THAN I DO GIRLS."

AND, OF COURSE,
AT THAT TIME, I SAID,

WELL, JUST ACT LIKE
CHRIS AND GO ON.

I THINK HE WAS ABOUT 14.

IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT.

AND I HEARD A BANG.

I PUT A DISH TOWEL
AROUND MY NECK

AND I JUMPED FROM MY BED AND
SWUNG FROM THE VENT IN MY ROOM.

I THOUGHT,
WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT?

AND I GOT UP AND CHECKED.

AND IT WAS HIM.

AND IT JUST WASN'T MEANT TO BE
OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE.

I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD HIM.

NOW, IT WAS ROUGH
ON HIM AND HIS DAD

WHEN HE TOLD HIS DAD
HE WAS GAY.

LARRY HAD SUSPECTED IT.

IT'S BEEN HARD ON CHRIS.
AND HARD ON LARRY.

PART OF ME AS A GAY CHILD
FEELS LIKE I'M A BURDEN.

I KIND OF WANT TO, LIKE,
SET MOM DOWN

AND BE, LIKE,
"I'M SORRY I'M GAY."

LIKE, IF I WAS STRAIGHT,
IT'D MAKE IT

SO MUCH EASIER FOR YOU.

USED TO WHEN HE'D BE UPSET,
I WOULD KNOW IT

'CAUSE HIS MOM WOULD
ASK ME TO GO FIND HIM.

AND HE'D BE AT THE PASTURE
JUST RIDING.

IT RELIEVES HIS STRESS
TO JUST GO OUT

AND BE ON THE HORSES.

AND HE JUST FOUND RODEO
AS HIS OUT.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK
THAT HE LOVES IT SO MUCH.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHERE HE FOUND OUT

ABOUT THE GAY RODEOS,
BUT IT WAS THE BEST THING

THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO HIM.

FOR ME, I THINK
AS LONG AS WE CAN REACH

YOU KNOW, ONE KID THAT'S OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF PODUNK NOWHERE

THAT'S GAY,
THAT CAN LOOK AT THIS

AND GO, "I CAN BE GAY,
AND I CAN STILL BE, YOU
KNOW, THIS FARM KID. "

IF THAT KID FINDS ACCEPTANCE

IN WHAT WE'RE DOING,
THEN I THINK WE'VE SUCCEEDED.

MAN: OH.

YOU GOT A TETANUS SHOT,
I HOPE.

THIS YEAR'S RODEO,
WE REALLY TRIED

TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT

AND PUT US
ON TREASURE ISLAND.

REALLY, REALLY COOL IDEA.

AND PEOPLE GET
VERY FRUSTRATED

BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
MANAGING A BUDGET,

IT'S COUNTLESS PHONE CALLS,
VENDORS, EMAILS.

AND EVERY RODEO HAS ITS

"I'M GOING TO BREAK" POINT.

IT'S EXHAUSTING,
ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTING.

YOU'RE STILL HAVING
TO DO YOUR DAY JOB.

AND ALL YOU DO
IS PUT ONE FOOT

IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.

THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE FROM RODEO,

IF YOU REMOVE US FROM
THAT PART OF THEIR LIVES,

IT DOESN'T JUST
MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR

WHEN THE BOOTS COME OFF
AND THE COWBOY HAT COMES OFF.

FOR SOME OF US,
THAT HAT AND THOSE BOOTS
NEVER COME OFF.

WHEN YOU'RE
ON INSTANT MESSAGE
WITH ME AT WORK,

THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME
WRESTLING A STEER.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE,

"IS THAT REALLY YOU
WRESTLING THAT STEER?"

AND THEY'RE,
LIKE, "HOLY SHIT!"

AND IT CHANGES
HOW THEY TALK TO ME.

IT CHANGES
THEIR PERCEPTION OF ME.

CAN YOU IMAGINE
IF THEY ALL KNEW THAT
I WAS TRANS AND GAY?

READY? SIT.

MOST PEOPLE THINK
OF TRANSSEXUALS,

THEY OFTEN THINK
THAT WE'RE REALLY
KIND OF JUST CRAZY.

GO, HURRY! HURRY!

RIGHT HERE. GOOD.
BACK. BRING IT BACK.

WHICH IS THE REASON
I TRY TO BE

AS OPEN AS I CAN ABOUT IT.

YOU WERE A FEMALE?

YES. IT'S COMMON
KNOWLEDGE OUT HERE.

YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE
THAT CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO BE GAY,
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO WANT TO HAVE A CHANGE,
SO...

WELL, IT'S NOT
REALLY TO WANT TO.

IT'S THE EQUIVALENT
OF YOU LOOKING
AT YOURSELF

AND EVERY TIME
YOU SEE YOURSELF

IN THE MIRROR, IT'S
TOTALLY OPPOSITE

OF WHAT
YOUR HEAD SAYS.

RIGHT.

THE HARDEST THING THAT
A LOT OF TRANS PEOPLE DO

IS THEY TRY
TO ERASE THIS.

EVERYTHING THAT
THIS IS RIGHT HERE

ULTIMATELY MADE ME
INTO THE MAN I AM TODAY.

I PROBABLY HAVEN'T
PULLED THAT OUT
SINCE 10 YEARS AGO.

YEAH, I WAS A PRETTY
CUTE LITTLE GIRL.

AND THEN OVER TIME,
MORE AND MORE AND MORE,

THE MASCULINITY
KEPT COMING OUT

AND I KEPT
CHALLENGING THAT

AND KEPT TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T

SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING THESE THINGS.

BEING A TOMBOY WAS OKAY,
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW,

PRETTY FREAKING MASCULINE
FOR A LITTLE GIRL.

SO I DID THINGS
TO TRY TO MAKE IT OKAY.

I TRIED WEARING DRESSES.
I TRIED BEING MORE FEMININE.

YOU NAME IT, I DID IT.
THERE'S NOT A STEREOTYPE

OUT THERE THAT I DIDN'T TRY
JUST SO I COULD FEEL BETTER.

AND EVERY TIME I DID,
I HATED MYSELF.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I WOKE UP JUST GOING,

"I CAN'T LIVE ANYMORE
IN THAT BODY."

I GOT TO A POINT IN MY LIFE
WHERE DEPRESSION WAS JUST

REALLY, REALLY CONSTANT
AND I COULDN'T

LOOK AT MYSELF IN A MIRROR.

AND I WOULD JUST LOOK AT ME
AND I WOULD JUST

SEE SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T THERE.

THE DEPRESSION
GOT TO THE POINT

WHERE I FELT LIKE
I WAS EITHER

GOING TO KILL MYSELF
OR GET BUSY LIVING.

I'M REQUIRED TO CARRY,
FOR TSA PURPOSES,

A CARD THAT BASICALLY SAYS
THAT I HAVE AN IMPLANT.

THE SURGERY
IS EXTREMELY INVASIVE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T EVEN DO SURGERIES.

FOR ME, IT WAS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, CHEST SURGERY.

YOU GET A BILATERAL
MASTECTOMY.

THEY DID A RADIAL
FOREARM PHALLOPLASTY.

SO WHAT THEY DID
WAS THEY TAKE
THE TISSUE FROM MY ARM

AND THEY CREATE
THE PHALLUS WITH IT.

SO IT'S NOT A BAD SCAR.

SOME PEOPLE REALLY,
IT BOTHERS THEM.

FOR PEOPLE
WHO DON'T KNOW ME,

I JUST BASICALLY
TELL THEM I GOT BIT

BY A TRACTOR.

FOR PEOPLE WHO DO KNOW ME,
THEY KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
WHAT MY FAMILY WANTED,

BUT IT'S REALLY,
FOR ME, IT WAS A MATTER

OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THIS WAS THE WEEKEND
I GOT TO MEET
MY GRANDMOTHER

AS TRAVIS
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND SHE'S, "WELL,
LET ME SEE YOUR CHEST."

I'M, LIKE, "NANA."
SHE GOES,

"DON'T YOU ARGUE
WITH ME, YOUNG MAN."

AND SO I SHOWED HER
MY CHEST, YOU KNOW,

THE SCARS ON MY CHEST
AND SHE JUST, "OKAY,

THEY DID A GOOD JOB."
AND JUST MOVED ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR
AND A HALF LATER,

SHE WAS, YOU KNOW,
"AND WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?"

AND I THINK THAT'S,
WITH RODEO,

THAT'S ONE
OF THE REASONS
WHY I KEEP COMING BACK.

IT'S BECAUSE
OF THE ACCEPTANCE.

IT'S JUST--THEY JUST--
THEY DON'T CARE.

SO YOU GET TO COME HERE
AND BE YOU.

AND THE COMMON THEME
IS YOU GOT

A PAIR OF BOOTS ON
AND YOU'RE WILLING
TO WORK.

MAN: WHAT WOULD YOU DO
WITHOUT IGRA?

I'D BE A LESSER MAN.

* LATE NIGHT

* MIDNIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE

* I DIDN'T FEEL SO GREAT

* UNTIL I SAW A CITY

* WHEN I WAS YOUNGER

* AND OPEN LIKE A CHILD

* MAN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE

* SINCE I FELT THAT WAY

* MORE AND MORE I HESITATE

* 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW

* LOVE AND LOVE
AND NOTHING ELSE *

* IT'S ALL I NEED

YOU GOT TO DO GOOD TODAY.

I'M GOING TO BE GOOD.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD.

YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A GOOD DAY

AND YOU'RE GOING
TO GET LOTS OF TREATS.

MAN: ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, WHO'S
READY TO RODEO TEXAS STYLE?

[ CHEERING ]

WHO'S GOING TO BE
IN THE TOP 20 THIS YEAR

AND GET INVITED
TO WORLD GAY RODEO FINALS?

NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE
UNTIL THE INVITATIONS

ARRIVE IN THE MAIL.

WADE EARP, COMING UP.

SWEET. THAT CATCH IS GOING
TO PUT HIM IN FIRST PLACE.

NICELY DONE, WADE.

MORNING. HOW ARE
YOU DOING, DAVID?

MAN: OKAY, NOW WE'RE LOOKING
FOR DAVID RENIER

OUT OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

WHOO-HOO. 1.29.

YOUR NEW LEADER, DAVID RENIER.

DAVID RENIER, COMING OUT
ON HIS HORSE EASY.

HE THROWS THE LOOP.

BEAUTIFUL CATCH.

IT DON'T GET MUCH FASTER
THAN THAT.

NO BULL RIDING
OR CHUTE DOGGING FOR WADE.

WADE'S STILL NURSING
THAT SHOULDER INJURY.

SO HE'S GOT TO RELY
ON HIS HORSE, DIGIT,

FOR EVERY POINT.

WADE EARP COMING UP NEXT
IF HE CAN GET HIS OLD DINOSAUR,

DIGIT, UNDER CONTROL.

GO.

OH, NO CATCH.

COMING UP NEXT,
GOAT WRESTLING.

FASTEST TIME WINS.

[ YELLS INDISTINCTLY ]

DAVID RENIER IS UNSTOPPABLE
THIS WEEKEND.

DAVID, DON'T YOU EVER
GET TIRED OF WINNING?

I DON'T LOOK AT IT
AS IF I DIDN'T DO WELL.

I LOOK AT IT AS
I WENT IN, I DID MY BEST.

I DID PRETTY GOOD.
BUT AT SOME POINT

OR ANOTHER,
I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO CATCH UP.

WE ARE ON OUR WAY
TO A RODEO.

GETTING READY,
TRYING TO GET BACK
INTO IT.

A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT
THAN JUST HOPPING ON

AND GOING HEE-HAW.

THE HARDEST PART
IS GETTING BACK
AFTER AN INJURY.

BECAUSE MEMORIES
ARE FRESH

AND SCARS
ARE STILL FRESH.

AND SOMETIMES
THE PAIN'S STILL THERE.

MAN: WELL, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE!

GOOD MORNING!
HAPPY SUNDAY.

WHAT CAN WE GET FOR YOU?

I WANT A BREAKFAST
OF CHAMPIONS.

WADE: CHAR IS A GREAT
COMPETITOR, YOU KNOW.

SHE HAS
A BIG RODEO SPIRIT.

SHE NEEDS
TO COVER A BULL.

AND WE'RE CLOSE.

I DON'T CARE
IF I'M RIDING TWO,

I DON'T CARE
IF I'M RIDING TEN.

I'M GOING TO MAKE
A RIDE TODAY.

THERE'S OTHER
RIDERS TODAY.

THERE'S ONE GAL
THAT I KNOW OF,
I JUST MET HER.

HER NAME'S ALANA.
SHE'S A GREAT GIRL.

A TOUGH GAL,
FROM WHAT I HEAR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
ALL YOUR REALLY GOOD
GIRL BULL RIDERS,

YOUNG LIKE THAT,
YOU ALL ARE BLONDE
AND CUTE LIKE THAT.

I'M, LIKE, WHERE'D
YOU ALL GET, LIKE,

PUT IN A LAB TOGETHER?

YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE LIKE STEPFORD
BULL RIDING WIVES.

WOMAN: BULL DRAW WILL BE
HAPPENING BY THE TOWER.

IT'S A RANDOM DRAW
OF THE BULLS.

AND THAT'S THE ANIMAL
THAT WE GET TO PULL
IN THEIR CHUTES.

IT'S ALL PURE RANDOM.
WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO GET UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

CHAR HAS 65,
HARRY HOLSTEIN.

I GOT HARRY HOLSTEIN.

HE'S THE WHITE
WITH THE BLACK SPOTS.

HE'S A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER THAN LAST TIME
I WAS ON HIM.

THIS IS A NICE BULL.
YOU REMEMBER THIS BULL?

YES, HE IS. YES.
YES, I DO.

I BEEN ON HIM
A TIME OR TWO.

SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING
TO RESIN YOUR ROPE,

YOU'RE GOING
TO RESIN YOUR HANDLE.

AND LOOP UP AROUND.

AND THIS WHOLE KNOT'S
NOT GOING TO SLIDE.

SO YOU'RE SET NOW.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DONE...

I MET A REALLY GREAT GUY.
HIS NAME IS ANDY.

HE'S A NEW BULL RIDER.
THIS WAS HIS SECOND RODEO.

I'LL REMEMBER THAT.

HELL, I MIGHT EVEN BUY YOU
A BEER IF YOU DO IT.

BABY.

AND I ALMOST JUST
KIND OF BROKE DOWN

AND CRIED A LITTLE ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE WANTS IT

AND HOW MUCH HE WANTS
TO BE A BULL RIDER.

AND HOW MUCH HE WANTS
TO MAKE HIS RIDE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,
BABY?

LOOK AT ME.

YOU'VE ALREADY
GOT IT.

YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH IT TAKES
TO GET IN THAT CHUTE

AND CALL THAT GATE?

YOU KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH
HAVE EVER DONE THAT?

HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE THE BALLS
TO EVEN DO THAT?

I KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO WANT IT.

TRUST ME, GOD,
I KNOW IT, YOU KNOW.

IT DON'T. IT REALLY DON'T.
TRUST ME.

MAN: ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,
DO YOU ALL WANT TO SEE
SOME BULL RIDING?

[ CHEERING ]

WE'VE GOT TWO WOMEN
RIDING BULLS TODAY.

OUR FIRST FEMALE CONTESTANT
UP FOR THE DAY

WILL BE ALANA OUT
OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

ALANA LOADING UP IN THE CHUTES.

SHE LOOKS LIKE
SHE'S READY TO GO.

COME ON, ALANA!

[ HORN BLOWS ]

HEY, ALANA,
HOW ABOUT 68 POINTS?

UP NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR CHAR DURAND

FROM FORT LUPTON, COLORADO.

SHE SAYS, "I THINK
I CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER

ON HARRY HOLSTEIN."

THAT'S A BIG-ASS BULL, FOLKS.

CHAR GETTING READY THERE
IN THE CHUTE.

OUCH.

GIVE HER A NICE ROUND
OF APPLAUSE, FOLKS.

THAT'S ALL
SHE'S TAKING HOME TODAY.

AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE.

YOU WERE RIGHT THERE
IN THE POCKET.

YOU DID GOOD.
YOU DID VERY GOOD.

YEAH. TOMORROW
WILL BE A BETTER DAY.

THANK YOU
FOR BEING THERE FOR ME.

I WAS VERY PLEASED.
NOT A PROBLEM.

I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
IT MEANS A LOT.

DO WE NEED
TO PUT THAT IN HERE?

THANK YOU. AW.
THANK YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT
WHO'S GETTING THE BUCKLES,

YOU GOT TO JOIN US
AT AWARDS TONIGHT.

IN BULL RIDING
FOR THE LADIES,

YOUR BUCKLE
FOR WOMEN'S JUNIOR BULL

GOES TO ALANA--

[ CHEERING ]

CHAR: I CAN HONESTLY SAY
THIS IS THE WORST SEASON

I'VE EVER HAD SINCE
I STARTED RODEOING.

MAN: SO I'D LIKE TO START
WITH YOU THIS MORNING

WITH A LESSON
ON ATTITUDE.

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE
WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN

WHO WAS LOSING HER HAIR.

AND SHE GOT DOWN
TO THE POINT

WHERE SHE HAD
THREE STRANDS OF HAIR.

AND SHE GOT UP
THAT MORNING

AND SHE LOOKED
IN THE MIRROR

AND SHE SAID, "I'M GOING
TO BRAID MY HAIR TODAY."

AND SO SHE TOOK
THOSE THREE STRANDS
OF HAIR

AND SHE BRAIDED IT.

AND THE NEXT MORNING
SHE WOKE UP

AND SHE HAD
TWO STRANDS OF HAIR

AND SHE LOOKED
IN THE MIRROR

AND SHE SAID, "I'M GOING
TO WEAR PIGTAILS TODAY."

AND THE NEXT MORNING
SHE WOKE UP

AND SHE HAD
ONE STRAND OF HAIR.

AND SHE SAID,
"FANTASTIC.

I'M GOING TO WEAR
A PIGTAIL TODAY."

AND THE FOURTH MORNING
SHE WOKE UP

AND SHE HAD NO HAIR.

AND SHE SAID,
"THANK GOD, I DON'T HAVE

TO WORRY ABOUT
DOING MY HAIR TODAY."

SO I TELL YOU THAT STORY,
AND I KNOW IT HITS HOME

FOR US HERE AT IGRA.

AND IF WE LOOK
AT ATTITUDE

AND WE THINK OF TY,

REMEMBER THE ATTITUDE
THAT TY HAS.

AND REMEMBER THAT
THAT IS THE ATTITUDE

THAT WE ALL
WANT TO HAVE.

WOMAN: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MS. TY TEIGEN,

MARCHING IN THE--

IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE TOUGH.

I WAS SICK
EARLIER IN THE YEAR

AND WASN'T ABLE
TO COMPETE THIS YEAR.

BUT I'M FEELING
SO MUCH BETTER

AND ON TRACK
FOR A COMEBACK.

AND MY HAIR'S
COMING BACK.

THAT'S WHAT I TELL
ALL THE BALD GUYS.

MINE'S COMING BACK.

I HAD A FRIEND TEXT ME
AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT.

IT'S SAD. I JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW...

THAT TY PASSED.

MAN: THERE MAY BE SOME OF YOU
THAT WILL LOOK AT THIS

AS A EULOGY,
AND THAT'S OKAY.

ALONG WITH OTHERS
WHO WILL SEE THIS

AS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE,
AND THAT, TOO, IS OKAY.

THE COLORADO
GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION

ASKS THAT YOU JOIN US
AS WE PAY TRIBUTE

TO OUR GRAND MARSHAL,
TY TEIGEN,

WHO PASSED AWAY
THIS PAST SUNDAY.

WE ASK THAT ANYONE WANTING
TO JOIN US IN THE ARENA,

PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME.

WADE: GOD TAKES SO MANY
THINGS FROM HER.

TRAGEDY IN THE FACE
OF TOUGH THINGS AHEAD.

YOU STILL, AS SHE SAID,

PUT ON YOUR
BIG GIRL PANTIES.

PULL IT UP AND GO ON.

FOLKS, UP NEXT,
IT'S TRAVIS GARDNER.

AND TRAVIS' MOM.

TRAVIS SAYS MAKE SURE, MOM,
YOU BETTER DO A GOOD JOB

OR HE'S SENDING YOU TO--

[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
COME ON, MOM!

GO, MOM, GO!

MOM'S GOT IT DONE!

TRAVIS, WAITING FOR YOU.

YEAH, MOM DOES IT.

GOOD JOB, MOM.

BUT IT'S OKAY.
HE'S STILL MY CHILD.

I DON'T CARE
WHAT SEX HE IS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

HE'S MY KID
AND I LOVE HIM NO MATTER...

MAN: CHAR, THIS ONE'S
FOR THE BUCKLE.

HERE WE GO, CHAR.

COME ON. GET IT.

SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE!

SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE!

OH!

CHAR!

AWESOME.
THAT WAS AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, GIVE HER
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SHE'S ONE BRAVE COMPETITOR.

"DEAR WADE,
OUR CONGRATULATIONS.

"YOUR COMPETITION
HAS RESULTED

"IN SUFFICIENT POINTS
EARNED IN YOUR DIVISION

"TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION
TO COMPETE

IN THE FINALS RODEO
IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS."

EVEN THOUGH
I GET THIS INVITATION,

I HAVE TO KIND OF
BRING MY "A" GAME.

DIGIT BETTER
BE READY FOR THIS.

WE GOT SOME HARD WORK
AHEAD OF US.

IT ALL
COMES DOWN TO THIS.

THIS IS WHAT WE WORK FOR
ALL YEAR LONG, YOU KNOW.

YOU TRAIN,
YOU WORK YOUR HORSES,

YOU TRAVEL,
UPS AND DOWNS.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN
GO THROUGH TO GET THERE.

YOU KNOW, MONEY,
AND THE PRICE OF GAS,

THE DROUGHT
WE BEEN EXPERIENCING,

AND THE PRICE OF HAY,
ALL THAT.

IT COMES DOWN
TO THIS ONE WEEKEND.

FINALS IS GOING
TO BE BIG.

IT'S GOT TO BE BIG.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD
SOME SMALL ATTENDANCE

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT SOME
OF THE SMALLER RODEOS.

SO YOU'RE HOPING
THAT AT FINALS

YOU HAVE LARGER NUMBERS,
YOU HAVE BUTTS IN SEATS.

YOU KNOW,
KEEP IGRA ALIVE.

GOOD BOY.

IGRA! RODEO WEEKEND!

* OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE

* BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT

* WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAIL

MAN: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE CONTESTANTS

FOR THE WORLD GAY
RODEO FINALS.

JOHN BECK,

[ CHEERING ]

CHRIS SHERMAN.

[ CHEERING ]

I'M NOT REALLY
IN THE RUNNING TO BE
ALL-AROUND COWBOY.

BUT THAT'S NOT
THE WHOLE REASON I'M THERE.

MY DAD'S ACTUALLY COMING
FOR HIS FIRST GAY RODEO.

LUKE LANCASTER.

[ CHEERING ]

FINALS ARE GOING
TO BE GOOD.

I'M READY TO ROLL.

DAVID RENIER.

[ CHEERING ]

I HATE TO LOSE MORE THAN
I LIKE TO WIN.

AND WADE EARP.
[ CHEERING ]

YOU WANT THAT TOP PRIZE.

YOU WANT TO LAND
THE ALL-AROUND COWBOY
AT FINALS.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THE TOP 20
IN EACH OF OUR EVENTS.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD
ALL YEAR LONG

TO GET HERE THIS WEEKEND.

* OH, SAY, DOES THAT
STAR-SPANGLED *

* BANNER YET WAVE

* O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE

* AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE

ALL RIGHT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

IT'S TIME FOR SOME RODEO.

I'M TAPING MY DISLOCATED
SHOULDER FROM FLORIDA.

TAPING IT
JUST TO PROTECT IT.

THIS COWBOY'S GOING
TO GET ON THE BACK

OF 2,000 POUNDS
OF PISSED-OFF POT ROAST.

I'M HOPING
I'M NOT TOO RUSTY.

IT'S BEEN MONTHS
SINCE I CLIMBED

ON A BULL
OR A BRONC.

BRINGING OUT A RIDER NAMED
WADE EARP FROM WHERE ELSE

BUT RIGHT HERE
IN DALLAS, TEXAS,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

YEAH, WADE'S COME OUT
STRONG ON THE BULLS,

BUT HE JUST,
COUPLE SECONDS

BEFORE THE WHISTLE,
HE'S COMING OFF.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD.
HE'S AN OLDER FELLOW.

AND WHEN THE BULLS
START BUCKING REAL HARD,

IT'S HARD
TO COVER THEM SOMETIMES.

GOAT WRESTLING COMING UP NEXT.

CHRIS SHERMAN
ON THIS NEXT TEAM

FROM MANGUM, OKLAHOMA.

NOT PRETTY.

RICHARD SIMMONS.

ONLY ONE OF US
GOT THE MEMO, THOUGH.

HERE HE GOES.

HE'S GOING
TO HAVE TO MOVE IT.

YEAH, I WAS PROUD OF HIM
BEING THERE,

BUT IT MADE ME NERVOUS.

I WAS, LIKE,
DAD, I WAS SO NERVOUS.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME,
HE'S, LIKE,

"SON, YOU THINK YOU'RE NERVOUS,
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN

IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM
ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO."

OKAY, NOW WE'RE LOOKING
FOR DAVID RENIER.

DAVID RENIER
FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

DAVID'S RANKED NUMBER ONE
INTERNATIONALLY.

HE'S COMING TO THIS RODEO
IN FIRST PLACE.

NICE, CLEAN CATCH.

AND HERE COMES WADE EARP
ON HIS TRUSTY OLD HORSE, DIGIT.

HERE COMES WADE.

NO CATCH.

ALL RIGHT, AS WE MOVE
INTO POLE BENDING,

I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER
A COUPLE OF THINGS.

HORSE AND RIDER IN THIS EVENT
TRYING TO GET THROUGH

THOSE POLES JUST AS FAST
AS THEY CAN.

THEY CAN TOUCH THEM,
THEY CAN MAKE THEM WIGGLE,

THEY CAN MAKE THEM WOBBLE.

AS LONG AS THEY DON'T
FALL DOWN, IT'S ALL GOOD.

UNFORTUNATELY,
IF YOU BREAK THE PATTERN,

THAT'S A NO-TIME.

AND REMEMBER,
THE FASTEST TIME WINS.

UP NEXT,
DAVID ON THAT EASY HORSE.

MAN: DAVID RENIER'S DOING
REALLY WELL THIS WEEKEND.

HE'S BEEN ON HIS GAME.

DAVID AND EASY
MAKING IT LOOK SO BREEZY.

I'M DOING GOOD.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED

TO HAVE DONE BETTER
IN POLES JUST NOW,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
YOU WIN SOME,
YOU LOSE SOME.

THE BEST OF THIS WEEKEND
WILL WIN

THAT ALL-AROUND
COWBOY BUCKLE,

THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
IN ALL OF IGRA.

HERE COMES JUNIOR BULL RIDING.

LUKE LANCASTER COMING OUT
OF CHUTE NUMBER TWO.

OOH, THAT LOOKED PAINFUL.

DAVID RENIER, TWO-TIME
DEFENDING CHAMPION

OUT OF THE GATE.
WADE AND HIS HORSE, DIGIT.

HERE THEY COME.

INTO THAT LAST BARREL.
NOW, GET AROUND IT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
HELP THEM OUT.

MAKE SOME NOISE.

YOU KNOW
YOU'RE AT FINALS RODEO

WHEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND PLACE

IS LESS THAN
A TENTH OF A SECOND.

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, FOLKS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER GREAT EXCITING DAY

OF RODEO TOMORROW.

COME ON BACK
AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

[ THUNDER ]

MAN: WE HAVE HAD
A MIRACLE IN TEXAS.

WOMAN: I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'VE HEARD,
BUT PRAYERS ANSWERED.

IT IS RAINING IN TEXAS.

THANK GOD FOR THE RAIN.
WE BEEN PRAYING FOR RAIN.

WE'RE INSIDE,
SO THAT'S ALL BETTER.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST
SUBSTANTIAL RAIN

FOR WAY TOO LONG.

COME ON IN AND MAKE YOURSELF
NICE AND COZY.

THE MORE ENCOURAGING THING
IS THAT PEOPLE

JUST CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.

THEY JUST CONTINUE TO COME
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

MAN: YEAH, I THINK
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RODEO.

I MEAN, WE'VE STILL
GOT A LITTLE BIT TO GO,

BUT LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT CAME DOWN.

AND THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT
FOR THE FUTURE OF GAY RODEO.

I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT
THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST

ATTENDED FINALS RODEO
IN IGRA HISTORY.

FROM THE FINANCIAL
STANDPOINT,
WE LOOK AT THE BOOKS,

I THINK WE'RE
IN A STRONG POSITION.

SO THAT'S REALLY
GOOD NEWS FOR US.

I REALLY NEED
TO DO WELL TODAY.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT.

MAKE OR BREAK.

THOSE ARE VERY COOL BOOTS.

THE FLAMES
COMING OFF THE DICE.

MAN: DAVID RENIER FROM SAN DIEGO
HOPING TO CONTINUE

A HUGE DAY FROM YESTERDAY.

TEXAS COWBOY WADE EARP,

HE KNOWS HE'S GOT IT IN HIM
TO DO BETTER.

COME ON, OLD MAN.
YOU CAN DO THIS.

OH, IT'S A TIGHT RACE.

WADE EARP.

AND STICKS IT.

NICE TIME, TOO, WADE.

DAVID AND EASY.

DAVID RENIER, NO TIME.

WE ONLY HAVE
ONE BRONC RIDER TODAY.

IT'S WADE EARP
FROM DALLAS, TEXAS.

IF HE WANTS A SHOT AT THAT
ALL-AROUND COWBOY BUCKLE,

HE'S GOT TO STAY ON THIS HORSE
FOR SIX SECONDS.

ALL RIGHT, KIDS,
IT'S GETTING LOUD IN HERE.

KEEP IT UP. I LOVE IT
WHEN IT GETS LOUD.

YOU GOT IT, WADE EARP.

THAT BRONC RIDE
IS GOING TO MAKE

THIS ALL-AROUND
COWBOY CONTEST INTERESTING.

WE'LL FIND OUT TONIGHT
AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY

JUST WHO THE NEW WORLD
GAY RODEO ALL-AROUND COWBOY IS.

MAN: WOW, WHAT
AN AMAZING WEEKEND.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED
THIS WEEKEND.

OUR CONTESTANTS,
YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

AND NOW FOR
THE ALL-AROUND COWBOY.

WADE: YOU KEEP GOING
THROUGH IT

OVER AND OVER
IN YOUR MIND.

MY HEART
WAS JUST POUNDING.

IT WAS, LIKE, THIS IS IT.

MAN: THE NEW WORLD GAY RODEO
ALL-AROUND COWBOY IS...

MR. WADE EARP.

[ CHEERING ]

WADE: TO WIN ALL-AROUND COWBOY
AND TO HAVE IT HAPPEN

IN YOUR HOME STATE
IN FRONT OF A HOME CROWD

WITH AN INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE UP THERE...

I DON'T THINK
IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANY BETTER.

THAT'S HOW
YOU WANT IT TO GO.

AND GO OUT ON TOP.
THE BEST OF THE BEST.

[ RATTLING ]

BEEP.

WHAT HAPPENS
IF I DON'T COVER?

I WILL GET UP,
DUST MYSELF OFF,

PACK MY GEAR BAG,
AND PUT IN

MY VACATION DAYS
FOR THE NEXT RODEO.

MAN: WHY STILL HAVE
THE GAY RODEO?

I THINK IT'S REAL
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE

TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE
AND BE OPEN.

AND AFTER YOUR RIDE
OR AFTER YOUR EVENT,

JUMP THE FENCE
AND KISS THE LOVER
OF YOUR CHOICE.

WHETHER THEY'RE
A COMPETITOR,
OR A VOLUNTEER,

OR A DANCER,
OR A ROYALTY MEMBER,

WE ARE A GREAT PLACE
TO BELONG.

THE CHALLENGE
FOR EACH OF US

IS TO FIND
WHERE WE FIT.

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,
IT'S RODEO.

GAY RODEO
IS AN OUTLET FOR US

TO, LIKE, BE WHO WE ARE

AND COMPETE IN EVENTS
IN SPORTS THAT WE LOVE.

AND NOT BE JUDGED FOR IT.

THEY'RE NOT JUST COMPETITORS
I COMPETE WITH,

THEY'RE FAMILY TO ME.

WADE: YOU HAVE YOUR BLOOD
FAMILY, THE PEOPLE

THAT YOU'RE BORN INTO.

AND THEN YOU HAVE
YOUR CHOSEN FAMILY.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM
BEHIND YOU

BEING THERE
WHEN WE FALL DOWN,

HELPING YOU GET BACK UP.

MAN: IT'S A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE

WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE
AND NOBODY REALLY CARES.

AND THAT'S WHAT IGRA IS.

A LOT OF TIMES
IT CAN BE REALLY HARD,

BUT YOU CAN BE A COWBOY
AND STILL BE GAY

AND WHO YOU ARE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE IT.

IF YOU'RE TAKING RISKS
IN THE ARENA IN A RODEO,

AREN'T YOU A COWBOY REALLY?

MAYBE WE OUGHT
TO BE FORGIVING

AND SAY, OKAY,

THERE ARE OTHER
KINDS OF COWBOYS.