The 13th child of 15, Dean Banowetz grew up on a farm in Iowa. Entering the Army during “The Gay Cancer” + The Aids Pandemic made the military an unsafe space to be Queer. Beauty school gave him the confidence and license to be creative … to be expressive and think differently without shame.

This is the face of Queer Beauty.

Filmed by Dean Banowetz

Edited and Produced by The Hair Nerds

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