Gay biker leather bar

View Larger Image. AbeBooks Seller since April 9, View this seller's items. Free day returns. An exceptional collection of vernacular photography documenting San Francisco s all male gay motorcycle leathers in the s and 80s. Clubs such as the ones shown in this collection emerged in the early s together with burgeoning leatherman culture.

The groups celebrated hypermasculinity gay leather fetishism, and above all else were social clubs which provided their members with a safe space for unabashed sexual expression and community, in an era where homosexuality was criminalized. The motorcycle clubs were known for their "runs" - weekend or week-long bike rides to nearby campgrounds and bikers, where they could party without police surveillance, an increasing problem in the gay leather bars in the city.

This bar depicts the gay bikers partying at leather bars, on the road, and attending a pool party. Some images include bikers presenting awards on a stage and serving food and drinks at a bar, presumably for an awards ceremony or banquet celebrating the motorcycle clubs. Locations and specific biker clubs depicted in the shots are unknown.

The variety of clubs depicted may indicate documentation of a multi-club run or yearly celebration of local clubs. Remarkable first-hand documentation of the gay biker subculture in California. Nineteen 19 black and white silver gelatin prints. Contact seller. Report this item. Visit Seller's Storefront. Except in rare cases, we do not grade books as "Fine"; fine copies are god's own copies.

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Leather Bar

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