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April 30th, 2009
I recently had the opportunity to interview Buck Angel who is is an American adult film actor and may also be the “first and only” female-to-male transsexual porn star.
I was drawn to Buck and his story because like him, I believe in the importance of diversity and also share a hatred for discrimination and a need to protect the right to truly be yourself - in whatever colour, creed or sexuality that may be.
Buck Angel was born a beautiful woman but didn’t identify with his given body or the perceptions and assumptions that came along with it. Self acceptance is something most of us struggle with in one way or another, and in Buck’s case he was actually able to find the strength and courage to make the difficult decisions necessary to live a life that was real to him.
I am always in awe of people who are fearless against the paralyzing opposition we allow ourselves to be put up against and I admire anyone who can search for their truth. No matter how unique, unnaccepted or potenitally threatening that truth can be to the rest of us.
Watch a clip from the interview here.
“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction….” -Picasso
Posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 12:01 pm by Sarah Taylor and is filed under News.
