Shorn : Dennis Milam Bensie : 9781736282205 : 1736282204 : 01 Jan 2011 : "A poignant read about a little-known issue. What I'm telling my friends: particularly topical in these days of bullying stories and gay teens committing suicide, this brings to light just one man's tremendous struggle." --Julie Kane, The Library Journal "Bracingly Honest." --The New York Journal of Books "Honest and triumphant! A must read for anyone battling darkness, seeking light." --Justin Reed Early, Author of StreetChild: An Unpaved Passage What shapes a man's life more? Being molested at age seven, having a gruff father ashamed of him for being effeminate, or being humiliated by school bullies for being a sissy? In his memoir, Shorn: Toys to Men, author Dennis Milam Bensie chronicles his journey from damaged boy, self-medicating by cutting the hair of shoplifted Barbie dolls, to confused young man, paying hundreds of gay street hustlers to shave their heads. Bensie demonstrates how hair can be curren