Are motorcycles gay

A crew of burly, bearded men wearing black leather pants , hats, vests, and jackets appeared in the doorway of Rockbar, a dive at the very edge of the West Village in Manhattan. They looked around, confused, at the the sight of long-haired guys in broken glasses wearing comic-book T-shirts. They turned and walked out, not before I saw the back of one leather vest—a yellow circle enclosed by a blue and red male symbol and the words Empire City MC. The club is one of the oldest all-riding, all-gay, all-male motorcycle organizations in the world.

When we look at such an MC, we are looking at more than just the history of the time and the club. We are also looking at such themes and issues as camp, bricolage, and identity politics on the one hand, and questions of sexual orientation, real or imagined, overt or covert, latent or manifest, on the other. We are looking at how the nexus of two identities — gay and motorcyclist — self-imposed as well as imposed by society at large, plays out in public and private. Perhaps too interesting.

Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club "gbmcc" began in as a club for gay men and women bikers in the UK. With a current membership approaching , we are the largest gay biking club in Europe. Our members come from all over the UK and there are an increasing number from Europe and Overseas. Our members are of all ages and backgrounds.

It's a straightforward partnership. Like Morecambe and Wise or Ant and Dec, motorcycles go hand in hand with men. Proper men, who like going to the pub and enjoy the company of women. When you see a big bike roar past, it's more than likely that the leathered up rider will be a man.