The Goln Gays

Contents:

• THE ‘GOLN GAYS’ RETURN TO THE STAGE THE PHILIPP
• WHAT IS THIS "GOLD STAR GAY" STAT THAT ANDY COHEN REFERRED TO?
• HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN AGE GAYS. THE LIST IS LONG.
• THEY CALL THEMSELV THE "GOLN GAYS" AND THEY MEAN IT
• GOLD GAY
• MANILA’S GOLN GAYS PROVE YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO BE A QUEEN

THE ‘GOLN GAYS’ RETURN TO THE STAGE THE PHILIPP

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?

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.

HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN AGE GAYS. THE LIST IS LONG.

“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. 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.

In the absence of a tradnal fay stcture, the Goln Gays have had to create their own support the panmic, the ernment prohibed olr Filipos, nsired more vulnerable to Covid fectn, om leavg their hom. The ernment also banned large gathergs to prevent further outbreaks, rultg the Goln Gays spendg their performanc.

THEY CALL THEMSELV THE "GOLN GAYS" AND THEY MEAN IT

The muny did not abandon , ” said Ossa Jon, home of the Goln Gays is pated green, the doorway trimmed wh rabow tassels welg those who enter. It ntas the ash of Lola Ri, the rint who generoly shared her apartment after the Goln Gays were kicked out of Mr.

GOLD GAY

Bee of Covid rtrictns, the Goln Gays were unable to hold a proper funeral for Lola Ri. Someday, when they have extra sh, they dream of gog to the seasi — perhaps on a holiday — drsed black lace, and spreadg Lola Ri’s ash to the that Covid l have been eased the Philipp, the Goln Gays are back onstage.

MANILA’S GOLN GAYS PROVE YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO BE A QUEEN

A new generatn — the Silver Gays — has bee cril to the Gays performanc are ually pageants durg which each lola shows off a talent such as dog rtwheels heels or lip-syncg.

”As the show end that Sunday, the Goln Gays held hands as they sang the Diana Ross song “If We Hold on Together. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 10 of the New York edn wh the headle: ‘Goln Gays’ Return to the Stage the Philipp.