"A pineapple express was reaching its climax when my husband, Aaron, and I entered Stud Country. As we trotted inside, we slipped on white N95 masks and peeled off our raincoats, revealing wet T-shirts tucked into our respective jeans and cargo pants, cinched with belts that matched our cowboy boots. This was our usual get-up, but it wasn't our usual routine. It was just after 8 p.m. on a Thursday (a school night!) and we'd come to Los Globos - home to Stud Country,"
"Aaron and I had gotten married at a courthouse a few weeks earlier, before the Supreme Court could take on a case that might overturn same-sex marriage. (In a rare win, the court declined it. Take the L, Kim Davis!) We wanted to celebrate our marriage with family and friends at a small desert reception in the spring - meaning that we needed to practice for our "first dance." What could be better than a two-step?"
A pineapple express was reaching its climax as the couple entered Stud Country, wearing N95 masks and soaked T-shirts tucked into jeans and cargo pants with belts matching their cowboy boots. They attended a beginner's two-step class to rehearse a first dance after a recent courthouse marriage weeks earlier, to be celebrated with a small desert reception. The Supreme Court declined to take a case that might have overturned same-sex marriage. Stud Country hosts parties with classic and '90s country dances, sustaining Los Angeles's queer line-dance and LGBTQ+ cowboy traditions and expanding bicoastally. A duo performed an elegant two-step on a nearly empty dance floor.
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