Gay men on motorcycles

You got a problem with this?’”

The hyper-masculine atmosphere of male biker clubs might have allowed for more sexual fluidity and expression amongst the Angels. But I was only fifteen. And I got to say to this young man, ‘Hey, I’ve got a picture of the woman who brought you into town in the cooler on her bike in this book! They also have a surprising history of fluid sexuality and homoerotic behavior.

The first biker scenes were closely affiliated with what we now know as the “Old Guard” leather/SM culture, and the clubhouses, or “runs,”  became our first leather bars.

Tyson and Neeley, separated by generations, race and socioeconomic differences have one very interesting thing in common: They didn’t have any examples of LGBTQIA people like themselves to look up to before deciding to live their lives the way they wanted to live them.

Our members are committed to respect and inclusion. Her days of riding were before the Dykes on Bikes were around, and the only women who rode at all were a male rider’s “old lady” or considered “property-of,” chauvinist designations for wives or girlfriends still in use in some motorcycle clubs to this day.

“I rode with a whole group of guys, 29 of ’em,” says Neeley.

Things happened like, this woman came up with her son and grandkids, and I said ‘So you got that turkey baster kid with you?!’ He’s the first one in the city that we know of. We feed the homeless on Father’s Day. Our club always tries to do something for the community, and if we know of someone who needs something, we’ll try to get together and do a chili cook or spaghetti dinner or something and try to get together and help the people in our community.”

Betty D.

Neeley, 84, doesn’t recall ever riding with other women or seeing many other LGBTQIA riders.

Our diverse membership hails mostly from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia and is composed of seasoned as well as novice riders from all walks of life and professions.

Our goal is to promote motorcycle safety and education, and we strive to ensure that all of our rides and events are conducted on safe and legal machinery, following all applicable laws and regulations.

The Satyrs are currently preserving the club’s archives to be entrusted in the near future at the One Archives Foundation for public and academic studies. I hear it and I tune everything else out to hear where the bike is and where it’s going. “What happened was, there was this place on Vandeventer called the Polar Bar, and all these motorcycles guys hung out there, and I talked this guy into letting me ride his bike.

I’m hanging out with biker chicks.