Calvin Klein Biographer Remembers Trying to De-Gay in a Mental Clinic by Jesse Steinbach

Michael Mustocalvin kleinMoviesTheater & DanceNightlifenew york cityMichael MustoIn 1962, at 15, Steven Gaines attempted suicide. As a boy in Brooklyn, New York, Gaines was distraught over being gay and desperately wanted to change that, so he sought help at the pricey Payne Whitney clinic, a stay his grandfather paid for because Steven craved it so badly. It's where Marilyn Monroe had been, and it's also where B…

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