They formed a muny meant to support and shelter gay people who had been st asi by society. Des later, they are still livg together, hostg pageants to help make ends meet.
Contents:
- THE ‘GOLN GAYS’ RETURN TO THE STAGE THE PHILIPP
- WHAT IS THIS "GOLD STAR GAY" STAT THAT ANDY COHEN REFERRED TO?
- IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
THE ‘GOLN GAYS’ RETURN TO THE STAGE THE PHILIPP
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They formed a muny meant to support and shelter gay people who had been st asi by society. Members of the Goln Gays preparg for a show Manila. The money they raise through their performanc is ed to sta a home and basic needs as they Rey MoralPhotojournalist Hannah Rey Moral documented the liv of the “Goln Gays, ” visg their home Manila several tim 4, 2023On weekdays Manila, Al Enriquez, 86, ph a rickety woon rt wh a multilored umbrella perched on the dilapidated wood.
WHAT IS THIS "GOLD STAR GAY" STAT THAT ANDY COHEN REFERRED TO?
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Enriquez — swallowed by a T-shirt and basketball shorts hangg loosely on his small, agg body — is often overlooked by the weekends, though, he go by the stage name Carmen la Rue and is transformed to a Manila showgirl, donng floor length drs, elaborate makp, high heels and Enriquez belongs to a muny of olr gay men that lls self the Goln Gays. Jto found the Goln Gays, he wanted to create a re home for gay men livg on the streets of Manila, rejected by their fai and society.
Jto sheltered the Goln Gays his own home until he died 2012.
“Many had to go back to the street where they me om, ” said Ramon Ba, the current print of the Goln Gays, who go by Lola Mon or the stage name Monique la of the members, Feri Ramasamy, better known as Lola Ri, found work as a street sweeper and was given a room a shantytown.
IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
Lola Ri crammed her belonggs and stum the small room and weled other Goln Gays who had nowhere else to go. Muny, which means many of the Goln Gays were unable to fd jobs when they were younger. Jto’s home, some members of the Goln Gays entered homels shelters but said they felt unsafe men’s dorms and unfortable wh the expectatn that they would perform relig ruals, as many shelters the Philipp are n by fah-based anizatns.