A Roll in the Hay

As an iconic symbol of masculine ruggedness, cowboys are a staple of gay porn. In reality, men spent a great deal of time without women on the American frontier in the nineteenth century.

Hence, as often happens when men are alone without female company, they turned to each other. I read a book some years ago -- unfortunately, I've forgotten the title and author -- chronicling how male-male love in the wild west was not uncommon, often out of necessity but sometimes out of preference, too.