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The Rainbow Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated as the Rainbow MC or RMC) is a gay men's motorcycle club based in San Francisco, California. The club was founded in San Francisco in 1971 by Ron Johnson, Mario Pirami and Paul Denino.[1][2] Some commentators have credited the RMC as being instrumental in the creation of the bear subculture among gay men during the 1980s and 1990s.[3][4][5]
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- ^ "Conversations With Leather: Jack Fritscher". The Leather Journal. Dave Rhodes. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
In 1972, the brilliant poet Ron Johnson and a group of us started the Rainbow Motorcycle Club (RMC) founded in that notoriously sleazy No Name Bar which Ron managed on Folsom Street.
- ^ "Ron J. Suresha » Rainbow MC and the old Lone Star". February 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "Drummer Bibliography: An annotated list of writing and photography". Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "The Ultimate Bear Resource / BearHistory".