21 Rare Gay Motorcycle Club Photos From 1962

Contents:

• THE QUEER ISSUE: GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS NEW YORK
• RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• LONGG AND BELONGG: TOWARD A CULTURAL HISTORY OF GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE US
• DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.
• EMPIRE CY MOTOR CLUB, NEW YORK CY'S OLST GAY BIKER GANG
• THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC
• THE 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY
• THE PACIFIC NORTHWT'S GAY MEN'S MOTORCYCLE CLUB READI FOR PRI
• THE QUEER ISSUE: GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS NEW YORK

THE QUEER ISSUE: GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS NEW YORK

I’m on the first n of the season to Cold Sprg, New York, wh members of the Cy Cisers, one of two gay motorcycle clubs New York Cy. Consir such über-gay signifiers as Marlon Brando’s low-slung muir p the 1953 film The Wild One; outsize sexual ans Tom of Fland’s jodhpur-clad ps; and Kenh Anger’s scriptn of his 1964 film Srp Risg (“Thanatos chrome and black leather and burstg jeans”). For gay men, takg to the open road has never been a straight path, but rather what tattooed Cisers print Pl Yannuzzi lik to ll a journey of “twisti.

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

” The macho gay male archetype first gunned s throttle as a rejectn of 1950s suburban nformy, when the first gay motorcycle clubs were formed.

Empire Cy Motorcycle Club, the untry’s first gay anizatn for which a motorcycle was required to jo, was found New York way back October 1964—five years before Stonewall. The macho archetype peaked wh the mtached post–gay liberatn clon of the 1970s, but motorcycl rema an tegral part of the mystique—wns all the porn shot wh a motorcycle as a prop.

LONGG AND BELONGG: TOWARD A CULTURAL HISTORY OF GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE US

Sce then, the hyper-sexualized, leather-clad biker has gone the way of the sexual outlaw, as “gay” has e to mean ls an outsir than a pillar of the muny, and “daddy” no longer an olr macho man but an hont-to-Pete father.

Dpe the name—a pun on the natnal gay pastime—the Cisers are a se study gay mastreamg.

DYK ON BIK & GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS THE U.S.

The two groups are currently fightg over who will follow the Sirens, the women’s motorcycle club known as “Dyk on Bik, ” who have been openg the Gay Pri March sce 1986. 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. Beg openly gay put you at risk for losg your job, your apartment, your fay, and iends.

EMPIRE CY MOTOR CLUB, NEW YORK CY'S OLST GAY BIKER GANG

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.

THE 30 BT GAY BARS NYC

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 10 BEST NEW YORK CY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS NEW YORK CY

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Cy Cisers is a gay male motorcycle club headquartered New York Cy. Satyrs MC Archiv is the largt llectn of gay motorcycle historil documents, photographs, film, vio and club memorabilia of the olst gay anizatn the world. Looks like Satyrs Motorcycle Club of Los Angel is the olst nng gay men's motorcycle club and anizatn the world.

It was not an easy time Ameri for gay men to ngregate wh fellow gay men. Homosexuals were emed as viants and unsirabl society.

THE PACIFIC NORTHWT'S GAY MEN'S MOTORCYCLE CLUB READI FOR PRI

The Satyrs was not the first gay and lbian anizatn, that was the Mattache Society formed 1950. 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 Satyrs Motorcycle Club of Los Angel is the olst nng gay men’s motorcycle club and anizatn the world.

THE QUEER ISSUE: GAY MOTORCYCLE CLUBS NEW YORK

Homosexuals were. The Satyrs was not the first gay & lbian anizatn, that was the Mattache Society formed 1950. The cy has a rich LGBTQ+ history, cludg the famo Stonewall Rts 1969, which marked a turng pot the fight for gay rights.