Ramon Sahib Johnson is the founder of Brickfive.com, a website dedicated to men's culture and wellness. With over ten years experience in digital journalism and new media field, Ramon has dedicated his career to advance the equal representation of disadvantaged and underrepresented peoples. Ramon is currently an integrated PhD student at the University of Essex in Colchester, England where he studies masculinity, myth and emotions.
Experience:
In 2008, Ramon was named 'GLBT Person of the Year' by GayAgenda and in 2009, Gay Life at About.com was selected as 'Best Gay Lifestyle Blog' by BestGayBlogs.com. Ramon was regular speaker at youth diversity organization Live Out Loud Reciprocity Foundation, and a youth mentor at The Ali Forney Center, an LGBT homeless youth service organization. He was named one of Clik Magazine's 25 Most Influential Gay African-Americans in media for his contributions to the LGBT community and has been a guest gay lifestyle expert on Proper Television's "TV Made Me Do It," Q Television's "On Q Live," "The Derek and Romaine Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio and New York's Power 105 morning radio show.