Horses Built the Confidence for Living an Authentic Life

BY LAUREN MAULDIN Horses offer a gift of universal acceptance. The animals make no judgements based on gender, religion, sexuality or any of the other dividing factors humans are often troubled by. Ryan O’Donnell, a...

Queer Equestrian Voices: An Interview with Tatum Standley

BY TPH TEAM Throughout my career with horses, I’ve known dozens of farriers with bold personalities. They’ve spanned the range from homophobes that I've ceased to involve with my horses' care, to the most wonderful...

Kaitlyn Boggio is Out & Proud in the Horse World

BY TPH Staff This Pride Month project of having queer equestrian conversations has been a special experience, and one that I hope readers are carrying on in their own communities too. One person I’ve been...

It’s National Coming Out Day: What Does That Mean, and Is It Problematic?

BY TPH TEAM Are you out amongst your friends at the barn or in your pony club or at home? Do you wish you were? How do you tell your story? When we think of queer...

It’s Pride Month! What Does That Mean?

By TPH Staff June means a lot of things in the horse world: Devon, Upperville, the end of the school year, the beginning of summer. For a lot of us, it also means the start of...