The Lovable Gem Moase
Name: Gem (Gary) Moase
Birth Place: England
Occupation:
Currently living off my savings but for 25 years I was a senior health promotion specialist in Sexual health education, an actor, gardener and am currently the resident musician in my local bar.
Can you tell us a little about your work?
In my sexual health work, I started after losing a friend to HIV, in the end, I lost 14 of my 17 gay male friends to HIV a very sad time. My gardening was amateur until my garden ended up on national television
What are the most pressing issues that face our community today?
Brexit and the sense of community it has destroyed in Europe so divisive
On a personal level, what kind of books do you like to read and why?
I usually have three books on the go, one to learn from, one cookbook and one novel to escape into.
Who has been your biggest influence in writing?
Christopher Isherwood
Words that best describe you?
Introverted extrovert, private, shy, escapist, intense, hungry to learn
When did you become out to friends and family?
At various times. My brother stole my diary so knew early the rest I came out to in stages but my Mother who I came out to at 28 said she had always know
When did you become out to friends and family?
At various times. My brother stole my diary so knew early the rest I came out to in stages but my Mother who I came out to at 28 said she had always know.
Who has been the biggest influence in your life?
My parents, they married for love and my Father died when I was 6, they were magical
I would give anything to meet…
My Dad again
Your idea of a perfect evening is?
Good friends, food, live music and wine and no ego and then going to bed to be hugged and wrapped in love
The last book I read was ….
A clive Cussler thriller
My favorite movies/plays are?
Moulin Rouge
Nobody knows that I ……
I would love to be in a porn film and get double fucked
What’s your favorite place in the entire world?
France
What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?
I have literally given the shirt off my back to 2 people who needed them more than me
What odd talent do you have?
I play the spoons
What had been your biggest setback or failure in life and how did you overcome it?
All the deaths, I tried to educate others in not contracting HIV when it was a killer
If I could meet my younger self, I would tell him…
Have more fun, you’re a very loved man
What are the biggest challenges you have as a gay man after 40? ……
Self- acceptance
What would you like to say to the Gay Life after 40 tribe?
Carry on
