People knew him, but didn't seem to care too much about him. He would impersonate famous singer Patti LaBelle dressed in drag at a local gay bar, to which few gay peers had found him entertaining. Ronald was a lonely soul, who was known for flamboyant and extravagant behavior. He didn't keep friends." He didn't recall him ever dating, or inviting many guests over. His 1985 roommate recalls, "I met him through some of my friends he had gone to Thibodaux High School with three or four of them. Throughout the 80s and 90s, he would find himself unable to keep friends. Soon after quitting, he was arrested on Jfor sexual harassment committed via the telephone. Angry and rebellious to authority, he would often find himself unemployed and would have to rely on various relatives for shelter, particularly his mother and older sister. He entered Nicholls State University, where he briefly studied computer science before quitting and taking on blue collar jobs thereafter. Ronald Dominique began to spiral after high school, visiting various gay bars and clubs in the area but never finding love. "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 Growing up as a child, Dominique was reserved and withdrawn.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.
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