Van-Martin Rowe
Fashion and interior designer Van-Martin Rowe reflects on growing up gay in a Catholic family and discovering his passion for creativity at an early age. He went on to build a successful career in fashion, launching his own line, Van Martin for Himself, before establishing a decades-long career in interior design. His story also carries the profound loss of a partner during the AIDS epidemic and the unexpected second chance at love he found through an early computer bulletin board, where he met his future husband, Barry Storch. More than three decades later, Van-Martin looks back on a life shaped by creativity, resilience, activism, and lasting love.