Take a Look Back: Gay at the Prom

Some of us look back on our high school proms fondly, and some of us would love to forget.

BY Michelle Garcia

June 20 2012 5:00 AM ET

Michael Warwick, 1989: I was given the jacket by my grandfather, who bought it for a cruise in the '60s. I made my date, Sarah Harlin, buy a dress to match. What you don't see is the top hat I wore on the way to the event. And we had no idea we would match the photographer's curtain,too.