Welcome to the queer frontier ✦ No gatekeeping past this point ✦ Est. whenever we decided to stop explaining ourselves
Cowboy standing outside a neon-lit honky-tonk at dusk

✦ A field guide to being exactly who you are

The open range,
with better company.

Stories from growing up, surviving cancer, chasing rodeo dreams, and making a life that feels like mine.

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closet
required ♡
Howdy,
darling!
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01MY STORY

For the kid I was,
the cowboy
I became, and
the road ahead.

These are personal field notes from a life shaped by small towns, cancer, country music, rhinestones, and the courage to take up space.

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“Turns out the wild west was missing a little more glitter.”
02FROM THE TRAIL

Stories from
the good life.

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FIELD NOTE

The road starts here

SAMPLE POST — An opening placeholder for the path toward Mr CGRA 2027, written in public one honest mile at a time.

GROWING UP

The long way home

SAMPLE POST — A placeholder for a story about small-town beginnings, the parts of yourself you learn to carry quietly, and the moment the road finally opens up.

03ROAD TO MR CGRA 2027

Every buckle has
a backstory.

Follow the ride: the practice, the people, the purpose, and the run toward Mr CGRA 2027.

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04JOIN THE HERD

Newsletter
coming soon.

When the campfire is ready, this is where new stories and road notes will gather. No email collection yet—just a promise to make it worth your while.

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