Saddle up and ride into the world of queer cowfolx with our display celebrating the stories of LGBTQ+ folks in the cowfolx culture!
Explore this display of books, rare photos from the UNLV Special Collections & Archives, journals articles that dig deep into the LGBTQ+ history of the American West, and a catalog of Country tunes that bring the spirit of Pride!
Some materials featured in the display include:
- Slapping leather: queer cowfolx at the gay rodeo by Elyssa Ford and Rebecca Scofield
- Queer cowboys: and other erotic male friendships in nineteenth-century American literature by Chris Packard
- Rodeo as refuge, rodeo as rebellion: gender, race, and identity in the American rodeo by Elyssa Ford
- Jackson (feat. Orville Peck) by Trixie Mattel
- I Can't Shake The Stranger Out of You by Lavender Country
- Historical photos from UNLV Special Collections & Archives
- Politely Different: Queer Presence in Country Dancing and Music by Kathryn Alexander
- Queer Wests by Geoffrey W. Bateman
This display is available for viewing in the lobby of Lied Library in conjunction with LGBTQ+ History Month, LGBTQ Pride Month at UNLV, and Las Vegas Pride. Book on the display are available for check out. Articles can be accessed using your ACE account. Images from Special Collections & Archives can be viewed in the online portal or by visiting them in Lied Library.
