Bent: Sexuality, Manhood, & Other Stories

Part memoir, part polemic on sexuality, Bent takes you on one man's journey from straight growing up to beyond the labels by the time he's settled down to raise a family. As a former firefighter, escort, and all-around knockabout, Adams has tales to share, and he delivers them with candor, humor, and an instinctive curiosity toward the issues they raise: -Who is really straight and what does that even mean?-What effect can sleeping with a gender-fluid individual have on your orientation?-How many seconds, exactly, does it take for a stare between two men to become a gay one?-How can a so-called bisexual ever be bisexual in real time?Through the passionate interrogation of these questions and more, Bent furthers the conversation around sex and gender, and consistently illuminates the shifting nature of identity.