Dykes on Bikes, Tykes on Trikes: Yikes!

The San Francisco motorcycle group Dykes on Bikes has finally won a trademark for their name, after initial refusals by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office because of a perception that “dyke” was a derogatory term.

Unfortunately, “Tykes on Trikes” seems to be in use by several non-LGBT organizations that either donate tricycles to kids or manage kids’ sporting events. Otherwise, this would have been a good name for a children-of-lesbian-parents group. How about “Dykes’ Tykes on Trikes” instead? (Surely someone has thought of this before, but it doesn’t seem to be so well known that Google finds it.)

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