It seeks to provide access to the community of gay rodeo organizations in the United States to people of "all gender and sexual identities".
Founded in 1989, NSGRA had more than 100 members within the first two years, and held its inaugural rodeo during the 1993 Pride week.
[2] But after developing a "huge" following in the 1980s and early 1990s, it suffered from debt and dwindling membership[3] as the country craze began to fade by the late 1990s.
[3] The August 2016 rodeo at the Dead Broke Arena in Hugo, Minnesota, featured "speed, roping, rough stock and camp events".
According to the association website, the 2020 North Star Regional Rodeo was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.