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Inside Palm Springs’ Queer Rodeo

In early May, the small city of Banning, California, hosted the Palm Springs Hot Rodeo. The competition, which has occurred most years for the past 50, salutes the homoeroticism of rodeo culture. The four-day event—an official stop on the International Gay Rodeo Association circuit—features traditional rodeo events like steer wrestling and calf roping, along with […]


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“Peers, Partners, and Equals”: How a Tiny California Nonprofit Gets Unhoused People Back on Their Feet

Standing in the parking lot of the El Portal Church of Christ in the Richmond, California area, unhoused people are quick to give O’Neill Fernandez a hug—or just chat. Some have come to shower in a mobile unit run by his employer, Safe Organized Spaces Richmond, better known as SOS. Fernandez was in their shoes, […]


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