{"id":108488,"date":"2021-01-11T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=108488"},"modified":"2021-01-11T20:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:20:37","slug":"mr-gay-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=108488","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Gay Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr. Gay Texas was a state pageant that ran from 1974 through 1983 prior to becoming a prelim to Mr. Gay Texas All-American (later named <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=68743\">Mr. Gay Texas America<\/a>) in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mr. Gay Texas Titleholders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-columns\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13906735_965379886908377_6460620835611769250_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"C.J. Harrington\" data-height=\"717\" data-id=\"106120\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106120\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13906735_965379886908377_6460620835611769250_n.jpg\" data-width=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13906735_965379886908377_6460620835611769250_n.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dale-Layne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dale Layne\" data-height=\"188\" data-id=\"106124\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106124\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dale-Layne.jpg\" data-width=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dale-Layne.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Steve-Dugas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve Dugas\" data-height=\"188\" data-id=\"106128\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106128\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Steve-Dugas.jpg\" data-width=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Steve-Dugas.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/104939154_10157089998631669_4905469327858586766_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Jones\" data-height=\"1561\" data-id=\"106132\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106132\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/104939154_10157089998631669_4905469327858586766_o.jpg\" data-width=\"1321\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/104939154_10157089998631669_4905469327858586766_o.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mike-Rosen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Rosen\" data-height=\"192\" data-id=\"106137\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106137\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mike-Rosen.jpg\" data-width=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mike-Rosen.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rick-Price.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rick Price\" data-height=\"1122\" data-id=\"106141\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106141\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rick-Price.jpg\" data-width=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rick-Price.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ted-Fees.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ted Fees\" data-height=\"188\" data-id=\"106150\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106150\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ted-Fees.jpg\" data-width=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ted-Fees.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jay-Gondik.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jay Gondik\" data-height=\"188\" data-id=\"106154\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106154\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jay-Gondik.jpg\" data-width=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jay-Gondik.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Prejean.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Prejean\" data-height=\"194\" data-id=\"106158\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106158\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Prejean.jpg\" data-width=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Prejean.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Colt-Thomas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colt Thomas\" data-height=\"686\" data-id=\"106162\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=106162\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Colt-Thomas.jpg\" data-width=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Colt-Thomas.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mr. Gay Texas Titleholders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1974&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106113\">C.J. Harrington<\/a>&nbsp;***<\/li><li><strong>1975&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106123\">Dale Layne<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1976&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106127\">Steve Dugas<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1977&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106131\">Robert Jones<\/a>&nbsp;***<\/li><li><strong>1978<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106136\">Mike Rosen<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1979&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106140\">Rick Price<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1980&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106149\">Ted Fees<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1981&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106153\">Jay Gondik<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1982&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106157\">David Prejean<\/a><\/li><li><strong>1983&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=106161\">Colt Thomas<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>***In Loving Memory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Gay Texas was a state pageant that ran from 1974 through 1983 prior to becoming a prelim to Mr&#8230;. <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=108488\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> Mr. Gay Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-108488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-texas","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}