"He was pretending that he wasn’t, and he would not openly admit it." Tracey Duplantis, a former classmate remembers, "They heard he was gay, and they wanted him to admit it and he didn’t," Duplantis said. His sexuality also helped to ostracize him. He was depressed, and an outcast to his peers due to the fact that he didn't play sports, do drugs, or drink alcohol. He had very poor health as an adolescent, and his mental health was not unlike his physical health. His weight and his awkwardness had made him an easy target for bullying, and it affected his mental health deeply. Growing up as a child, Dominique was reserved and withdrawn. The conditions of his poverty were extreme, which had personally affected his self-esteem. 9, 1964) grew up in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in a trailer park in the outskirts of the city. Ronald Joseph Dominique was born on January 9, 1964, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, the younger of two children.Ronald Joseph Dominique (born Jan.
His parents were poor laborers who lived in a trailer park located on the outskirts of the city. After leaving school, he entered the Nicholls State University, where he studied computer science.īecause of his family's financial circumstances, Dominique lived out his childhood and adolescence in poverty, but still managed to attend the local Thibodaux High School, from which he graduated in 1983. However, he quickly lost interest and dropped out in the mid-1980s.ĭuring his school years, Dominique was known for his melancholic temperament, lack of communication skills and weight problems. These, coupled with low self-esteem and poor health, made him the target of bullying. Despite singing in the school choir, Dominique was considered an unpopular social outcast since he didn't play sports, didn't do drugs or drink alcohol. Shortly before leaving school, Domonique discovered that he was gay, and visited a local gay bar several times. However, some of his classmates had seen him there, resulting in harassment.
Dominique vehemently denied accusations of being homosexual. On June 12, 1985, Dominique was arrested on charges of sexual harassment committed via telephone, for which he had to pay a $75 fine. Because of his lack of education, Dominique was forced to engage in low-skilled labor for the following years, and struggled to hold down jobs due to disciplinary issues.
Unwilling to keep a steady job for a long period of time, he survived by living off relatives and other people's income, most notably his mother and older sister, living with each of them for a time.
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