While the notion of a “gay cowboy” may have only emerged in the eye of the public after 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, gay rodeos have actually been around since the 1970s. 

On tonight’s This is Life with Lisa Ling, the veteran journalist takes an in-depth look at this fascinating subculture and the gay men and women who call the rodeo ring their home.

Check out some preview footage AFTER THE JUMP and be sure to catch the episode tonight at 10pm (ET) on CNN.