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Though I was not much of a biker, I was an active member of Saber MC from 1985 until the club declined around 2005. We are a family and a family stays together, through thick and thin...the bonds are deep. But it was not the end of South Florida’s gay leather scene.

In South Florida, the Thebans Motorcycle Club, Inc.

of Miami began its history as a domestic, nonprofit corporation on Aug. 6, 1975.

Since our founding, the Satyrs have been a gay men’s motorcycle club welcoming men of all backgrounds. I do not have any blood brothers, so Sabers were the brothers that I never had.

By the time Trident International of South Florida began in 1997, AIDS had put an end to the golden age of gay leather and bike clubs.

Satyrs Members

Brandon Beveridge

President
Member Since July 2024

Frank Jenkins

Vice President
Member Since Nov. 2021

John Currier

Road Captain
Member Since May 2025

Ron Neiport

Treasurer
Member Since Aug.

2005

Hank Rhodes

Recording Secretary
Member Since July 2024

Riley Black

Member Since Aug. 1986

Toby Cayaban

Member Since Nov. 2024

Dennis Cramer

Member Since 1992

Donald Cranford

Member Since Nov.

2007

Stephen Ely

Member Since March 2025

Craig Freeman

Member Since Nov. 2025
Baby Satyr

Tony Gangloff

Member Since Nov. 2025
Baby Satyr

Paul Johnson

Member Since Sep.

2011

Jovani Martinez

Member Since May 2018

Kevin Quintero

Member Since Nov. 2020

Brent Sweer

Member Since Nov. 1998


Ken T.

Member 1982-93, Ambassador 1994-1997, Since Jun.

1997

Mike Watson

Member Since Nov. 2022
Baby Satyr

The club has always averaged a membership of 15-30 men over the nearly 70 years of existence. Bars like the Ramrod and Tacky’s welcomed club members’ patronage and were honored to be their “watering holes.” It was not unusual back then for a club member like Richard Sedlak to head groups like the Broward County Coalition for Human Rights, Pride South Florida or Center One.

I have my own club history.

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Interested in becoming a Satyr?
Participating in our rides, events and especially Badger Flat Run is a great start. Homosexuals were deemed as deviants and undesirables in society. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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According to journalist Liz Highleyman (“Past Out”), gay “motorcycle clubs, a mainstay of gay culture since the 1950s, ushered in a new brand of queer masculinity and gave rise to today’s leather/SM community.” The first gay motorcycle club, the Los Angeles Satyrs, began in 1954 and is still in existence.

Badger Flat...our annual event that tests our family annually. Theban Marty Rubin, “the Old Bike Daddy,” was active in the DCCHR and went on to chair Pride South Florida and write a popular column for twn (The Weekly News) and David.

By the 1990s, gay bike and leather clubs like the South Florida Eagles, Sunrays MC, the Brotherhood of Man MC, Stingrays, Saber MC, Key West Wreckers, and the South Florida chapter of Trident International were a major part of the local gay leather scene.

Being a Satyr is hard work. They reorganized again 3 years later with a few rough starts as the One Society. Our members are committed to respect and inclusion. By 1976 the Thebans were important enough to be one of the cofounders of the Dade County Coalition for Human Rights. Formed in 1954 during the height of the McCarthy era, seven men came together, bonded by the love of the motorcycle to form a club.

Join us for a unique and unforgettable journey, where you can meet like-minded people and discover the beauty of the Pacific Northwest on two wheels.

Read more Facts and FAQs about the club here.

Read about becoming a Border Rider Member.


If after you’ve participated in our events and you like what you see, then chat up a member about sponsorship.

People were dying with regularity.” By 1999, AIDS had taken most of the first generation of leathermen, including Marty Rubin. They follow in the footsteps of men who are sadly gone but whose memory we still cherish.

Who are the Border Riders?

Founded in 1969, the Border Riders Motorcycle Club is one of the oldest and largest gay motorcycle clubs in North America.

The Satyrs was not the first gay & lesbian organization, that was the Mattachine Society formed in 1950. According to a survivor, “by the time the nineties had started, drugs, and specifically crystal meth, had already been a specific element to the culture of sex parties, particularly among the FFA [a fetish club devoted to fisting].