May 15, 2026
It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 17: Ron Naples!
Ron Naples joins us to share his memoirs: My Last Dance With Auntie Brie 1 & 2. We talk about his coming out in the 70s, his life in the early 80s club scene and as a house boy in Ptown, up through finally settling down in San Francisco – most of which was guided by the drag queen Auntie Brie. We discuss the importance of memory, as well as archiving these unique gay experiences.
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Ron Naples, a native of Connecticut, has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area with his partner Joe, for the last 40 years. In the ’70s, he was a percussion major at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In the ’80s, he earned a degree in Interior Design from CCC in San Pablo, CA. In later years, he became certified in massage therapy from NHI in Emeryville, CA, which he continues to practice today.
