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Before He Hired an Escort, Rekers Tried to Spank the Gay Away

Miami New Times | May 17, 2010

George Alan Rekers -- the Baptist minister who made international headlines when he was exposed by Miami New Times this month for hiring a gay escort -- ran a clinic in the early 1970s which attempted to "extinguish" feminine behavior in young boys.

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