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At any given moment, there are up to 3,000 people in witness protection in the UK, giving up their

life for a new identity in a safe house.

But what happens when it all goes wrong?

Three shot, two male, one female.

And the detective inspector, Liz Nile.

It's a safe house.

Sheltering, a protective witness and his family.

Who did this?

I am going to find out a promise. Protection

coming soon on ITV1

and ITVX. Hello and welcome to Outward Slate's LGBTQ podcast.

I'm Christina Cauterucci, a senior writer at Slate.

And this week, we're talking about ropes, about leather, about tight levies and straining belt

buckles and sweaty shirtless men. That's right, you guessed it. We are taking a field trip to the

rodeo because I just read a book that I am dying to share with you all.

It came out last year and it gave me a look inside a queer subculture and history that I didn't even know existed.

It's called Slapping Leather, Queer Cow Folks at the Gay Rodeo.

Yes, that's Cow Folks with an X.

And it traces the history of the queer fascination with the trappings of country Western life and the rodeo groups that started forming post-stone wall just for gay people.

So on one hand, they've been social spaces and sometimes sexy spaces that allow queer people to

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