Ridg wh the Olst All-Gay, All-Male, All-Ridg Motorcycle Club

Contents:

• RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• RIDG A SOTER JT AS GAY AS EVER
• HOR ACQUIR GAY TRAVEL GUI VPA & WEL BACK CO-FOUNR CHRISTOF WTIG AS CEO
• APP DETAIL » VPA - FD WHAT'S HIDG IN YOUR GAY CY
• WHAT ABOUT THE GAY SPORTBIKE RIR?

RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB

The club is one of the olst all-ridg, all-gay, all-male motorcycle anizatns the world.

RIDG A SOTER JT AS GAY AS EVER

While other motorcycle clubs have perhaps been active for longer perds of time (at least one group disput that they are the olst all-male, all-gay group), Empire Cy is the only one that requir, and has always required, all of s members to ri a motorcycle. "Beg a gay biker, beg a group, you fd yourself wh people who have the same terts, the same fort level, " he go on. Though E stopped ridg 1996, he is currently an ECMC Emer member, meang he don't have to own a bike or license signatn, or pay the 1960s, when E joed, "gay" was not somethg you discsed and "out" was not somethg you were.

HOR ACQUIR GAY TRAVEL GUI VPA & WEL BACK CO-FOUNR CHRISTOF WTIG AS CEO

Beg openly gay put you at risk for losg your job, your apartment, your fay, and iends.

APP DETAIL » VPA - FD WHAT'S HIDG IN YOUR GAY CY

It don't mean that you're gay, don't mean this, don't mean that.

"E lowers his voice when he says the word "gay, " even though we are chattg the lobby of The Center, as New York's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Communy Center is known. Followg ECMC's history is a b of a Forrt Gump-like experience of gay history post-1950: E himself was a member of the Mattache Society which, tablished 1950, was one of the earlit gay rights anizatns the untry. ECMC also predat the fluential Stonewall Rts 1969; E actually participated Christopher Street Liberatn Day, which is now nsired the first ever gay pri para, 1970.

ECMC survived the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s; and today some members have married their partners wh the passage of gay marriage New York State. "Today, ECMC is vol about s existence—members wear those aforementned leather jackets and vts whout fear of repercsn; they rec members at fairs like Folsom Street East, the largt outdoor fetish ftival on the East Coast; and they hold meetgs the first Wednday of every month at The Center, which all terted men and prospective members are wele to be a member of the ECMC, you mt be a gay man over the age of 21, you mt own a motorcycle, you mt be sured for said motorcycle, and you mt be licensed to ri a motorcycle.

WHAT ABOUT THE GAY SPORTBIKE RIR?

I have had rpons to posts that were ls than Gay iendly.

But, still is difficult, when you aren't homophobic, to al wh a one word rponse: "GAY".