The bar has long had a symbiotic relationship with TGRA. Tim Smith, the statewide president of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association, says its original name was “Magnolia Thunderpussies,” which at the time of this writing could not be verified. It has been around in one incarnation or another since 1980. The site of the meetup is the Round-Up Saloon, Oak Lawn’s landmark gay country and western bar. It’s a Sunday afternoon and three overlords of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association, which is exactly what it sounds like, have congregated to drink about “A Texas Tradition,” their annual charity rodeo this weekend in Denton.
