Out West: Upending the White, Straight, Mythology of the American Cowboy

We are blessed by Liv Hart’s sharing part of her master’s thesis in graphic design with us! This spread will eventually go into the Rainbow Rodeo zine. Here’s an excerpt from the essay. You can read the rest in the attachment and get the full effect of Liv’s design.

“I dedicated two years, and my entire thesis, to excavating the obscured realities of the American West, through the lens of the cowboy icon. Amidst a politically conservative West rife with LGBTQIA2S+ censorship, book bans, and the passing of draconian bills, my mission was clear: to unearth the forgotten narratives of queer historical figures spanning various ethnicities and creeds in the lands west of the Mississippi.”

You can follow Liv Hart and the Out West project on Instagram