Dick Hewetson and David Irwin, 1981

Dick Hewetson (left) and David Irwin (right) at an Out and About Theatre fundraiser in Minneapolis, 1981. Hewetson, who organized the event, designed it in the style of a gay prom. He remembers: “In 2005 I was working as a volunteer stuffing and stamping envelopes [at Quatrefoil in St. Paul] when David Boyer, a young man from Brooklyn, came seeking people to be interviewed for a book he was writing on experiences of GLBT people at their senior proms. His eyes almost popped out of his head when I told him that I had gone to the prom with my boy friend. He said, ‘I have to interview you!’ Of course I was referring to the ‘prom’ that we did as a fundraiser for the Out and About Theatre in 1981. I had that picture of David and me between the ubiquitous potted palms. The result was my appearing with that picture in his book, published as Kings and Queens. A review in the Village Voice mentioned our Minneapolis prom. My guess is that Sophie Hanztes was the photographer.” Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.