(Caution: NSFW photo at link)
Explaining Buck Angel to Mum: Manpussy & chips
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by Shaun Proulx
December 31, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Explaining_Buck_Angel_to_Mum-8060.aspxI'm setting you up here. You need a basic understanding of the dynamic between us, on matters sexual and beyond, to best imagine our fish 'n' chips lunch last month at Toronto's Churchmouse & Firkin. The conversation focused on my trans man friend, the porn star who still has his pussy, Buck Angel.
I gingerly explained the basics of Angel: tomboy as a kid, mortified during puberty, drugs, alcohol, modelling in Europe, suicide attempts, finally, once she became he, becoming an exceedingly happy person.
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"You see Mum, this is why I love Buck so much. This is why I'm so fascinated by him and other trans people. You and I come from generations when we put labels like 'gay,' 'straight,' 'man' or 'woman' on people. But as we evolve, and people like Buck become who they really are, you can see that labels don't mean anything. Someone like Buck defies labels. What if I asked you to consider that gender is fluid, that sexuality is fluid? Imagine how easy life would be if that's what society understood."
