“Y’see, I present what is probably the most recognised sexual, and largely gay sexual, pose of any of us. The others are, like the ad says, are true red white and blue American heroes. But … the leather image is only the product of the last twenny, twenny-five years and very much wrapped up in the sexual overtones of rebellion, rock’n’roll, what have you – the hard-ass biker right from Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront through to today, where you have someone like the Fonz. And this particular ‘hero’ does, so much easier than an Indian or hard hat, lend itself to homosexuality because of its butchness, because of its – and I’m using the old definition – macho." 

(Glenn M. Hughes, cantante nella band Village People;  New York, 18 luglio 1950 – New York, 4 marzo 2001)