This is no ordinary biker club. Technically, they're not one at all — they ride scooters!
When I think of motor bike clubs, something more like "Sons of Anarchy" comes to mind.
But here's a club you probably haven't heard of.
They burn rubber on scooters (not choppers), but they're still total bad-asses ... in their own right.
Meet SQREAM.
The club started with a group of people who, as scooter-loving gays, gravitated toward each other at biker rallies around the country. Then in 2004, they decided to make a whole thing of it, and SQREAM was born!
SQREAM = Scooter Queers Riding Everywhere And More
Keep in mind that the LGBT rights movement has come a long way since SQREAM took their first ride. In the early 90s, their founders faced an outright denial of their constitutional rights by a state ballot initiative.
Under the law, a gay person couldn't even get a library card! Thankfully, the law was overturned (multiple times) by people who actually know the constitution.
Members of SQREAM know their work is not done.
So they've been riding year-after-year for over a decade for something we all want: EQUALITY.
"I think we all fight every single day to see the positive changes because there's a lot of people that have gone before us not having these rights."
It doesn't take much to see how just their cause really is.
Here's the key: See them as human beings. Easy, right? It's even in their charter:
Sound familiar?
And given the progress that's been made over just the last decade, I'd say every mile has been worth it.
Original video by Starbucks Coffee. Map by Freedom to Marry, used with permission.
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