Dyk on Bik (DOB) is a motorcycle club prised of gay, bisexual, and trans women. This is their history, and what they've done 2020.
Contents:
- RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
- DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.
- BAND OF BIKERS PTUR THE EAST COAST GAY BIKER SCENE OF YTERYEAR
- LONGG AND BELONGG: TOWARD A CULTURAL HISTORY OF GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE US
RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
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Jo our vibrant muny of gay motorcycle enthiasts! Open to both members and ved guts, the meetgs are a great way to nnect wh like-md dividuals wh our gay motorcycle muny.
Jo for an unfettable journey, and be a part of our rich history as one of the longt nng gay motorcycle clubs! The club is one of the olst all-ridg, all-gay, all-male motorcycle anizatns the world.
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.
DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.
Beg openly gay put you at risk for losg your job, your apartment, your fay, and iends. 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.
BAND OF BIKERS PTUR THE EAST COAST GAY BIKER SCENE OF YTERYEAR
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. The advent of gay motorcycle clubs the last half of the 20th century was grew out of a need for eedom, safe haven, and above all, pri.
Unlike gay bars, LGBTQ motorcycle anizatns uld more easily eva police raids and chronic harassment om lols. Jog a gay biker club provid support, safety, mararie and eedom to a group of people who stggled to fd those thgs an anti-gay society.
Te to s name, Dyk on Bik (DOB) is a motorcycle club prised of gay, bisexual, and transgenr women that supports the larger LGBTQ muny through ridg events and fundraisers.
LONGG AND BELONGG: TOWARD A CULTURAL HISTORY OF GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE US
This is a closer look at how a small group of gay women motorcyclists planted the roots of one of the largt and most wily known gay motorcycle clubs the world, and how current Dyk on Bik members ntue that legacy 2020.
A uple dozen gay women motorcycle rirs had joed together at the start of the para, and one person the group ma a ment about “dyk on bik. ” The gay women’s motorcycle club then went back to urt, head up by San Francis lawyer and longtime club ally Brooke Oliver.
She sometim spoke about the pri she felt ridg her motorcycle wh other gay women durg those dozens of pri paras: “To ri down Market Street wh all those people lookg and appldg and sharg and ridg wh other women on motorcycl has got to be one of the highlights of my life. Today, this gay women’s motorcycle club is officially lled the San Francis Dyk on Bik Women’s Motorcycle Contgent (SFDOBWMC).