Ride ’em, cowboy – 25+ pics from gay rodeos across the U.S.A.

Greg Endries is no stranger to the Wild Gay West.

For the past year, he’s been touring the gay rodeo circuit of the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) for his photographic series, Cowboys and Cattle Queens.

Endries has focused his efforts in the western and southern U.S. because the last time the east coast had a gay rodeo was in 2008 with the Atlantic Stampede in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

But there’s no need for easterners to catch the gay cowboy blues because the IGRA and Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) are working hard to usher in an east coast return of gay rodeos.

“Leading the charge is the royalty team of Miss ASGRA Evita Peroxide, Mr. ASGRA Jonathon Roman, and Ms. ASGRA Jennifer Vrana,” Endries says. “All three have been tirelessly raising funds to bring the rodeo back, and they are also competitors in the rodeo. Evita competes in full drag, and she also holds drag story hours in the DC area.”

So far their efforts have succeeded in securing a spot on the official IGRA calendar for next year. The Atlantic States Gay Rodeo returns June 5-8, 2025 with the World Stampede (in a nod to World Pride), but still needs more funding to make it happen. They are hosting a Rodeo School, next month in the central New Jersey and Philadelphia area on August 17-18, open to all aspiring cowboys, cowgirls, and rodeo competitors of all genders. The event is organized by Ms. ASGRA Jen Vrana and participants will learn calf roping, steer decorating, chute dogging, barrel racing, and all the other rodeo events.

You can learn more about the IGRA and the ASGRA, including a complete schedule of events and how you can help, at their websites (igra.com and asgra.org). You can learn more about Endries’s work and view his extensive photographic collection at his website (gregendries.com)

In the meantime, we’ve curated some stunning pics from the Endries collection, including portraits and hard action shots of Evita Peroxide.

So keep scrolling to see more of these gay cowboys and their rassling ways.