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The Gay Cowboy page says "This trope covers gay or bi men who are Western-flavored characters or just fans of the genre."
So neither strict gayness nor being a literal cowboy is required.
It's a bit off topic, but the movie is intentionally ambiguous about it. Most common consensus I've heard is that one is gay with a beard, the other is bi and more Anything That Moves.
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The way both the trope itself and film page mention that they are bi and Shephards and not Cowboys seems to read they aren't. Don't know if there's a certain criteria to fit the trope.
Edited by WhirlRX