1. Buck Angel founded the media production company Buck Angel Entertainment.
42 Facts About Buck Angel
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Buck Angel was born female and grew up as a tomboy; his gender-atypical behavior during childhood was generally accepted at home.
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Buck Angel was bullied in school due to his gender non-conforming behavior and clothing.
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Buck Angel described that the psychological distress caused by being bullied made him isolated, angry, and difficult to interact with as a teen.
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Buck Angel self-medicated with alcohol and marijuana to cope with his distress.
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Buck Angel made multiple suicide attempts in high school and was put in a psychiatric institution.
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Buck Angel turned to running as a means of isolation.
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Buck Angel was employed as a female professional model when he was 17.
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Buck Angel was unable to find appropriate help for transitioning during his adolescent years.
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Buck Angel eventually met a therapist who affirmed his gender instead of viewing him as a "gay woman".
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Buck Angel researched various methods of medically transitioning and began to transition at the age of 28.
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Buck Angel was, as his doctor stated, "going to be [his doctor's] guinea pig".
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Buck Angel's doctor experimented with different doses of testosterone throughout a six-month period until they found a dose that met his needs.
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Buck Angel wanted to pursue genital surgery to construct a penis.
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Buck Angel felt that there was no sufficient technology at the time to create the penis that he desired and chose not to undergo genital surgery.
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Buck Angel chose to undergo a hysterectomy in 2011 after experiencing "debilitating cramps".
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In 2007, Buck Angel became the first and only trans man to win "Transsexual Performer of the Year" at the AVN Awards.
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Buck Angel appears in Naked, a 2008 documentary book and film about the adult film industry by director Ed Powers.
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Buck Angel found the transition between his work as a porn actor and his work as an educational role model difficult because of the stigma surrounding the adult film industry.
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Buck Angel received criticism from the trans community when he began working as an educator; in HuffPost, Buck Angel expressed that the community feared his identity in porn would misrepresent transsexual men.
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In 2010, Buck Angel had the opportunity to be a guest speaker for Ideacity, a conference billed as Canada's "premier meeting of the minds".
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At Ideacity, Buck Angel discussed the physical changes and emotional adaptation he experienced because of his transition.
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Buck Angel used his presentation to challenge societal ideas of what makes a man, highlighting how he was considered not to meet the requirements because of his vagina.
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Buck Angel has produced multiple public service announcements on the topics of positive body image, LGBTQ family acceptance, queer people of colour, and transgender health and well-being.
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Buck Angel's presentation, "Bucking the System", aimed to challenge traditional notions of gender.
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Buck Angel made an appearance at the San Francisco Film Festival in 2012.
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Buck Angel created "Trantastic Storytelling" in 2015, a service that offers opportunities for trans people to share their life experiences for educational purposes.
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Buck Angel has appeared on various talk shows, including Howard Stern, Tyra Banks, Joe Rogan, and Maury Povich's programs.
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Buck Angel has starred as a guest on Blaire White's YouTube Channel.
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In 2022, Buck Angel began posting weekly videos to his YouTube channel and hosting a livestream every Wednesday with the help of his producer, Seth Carlson.
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In October 2023, Buck Angel joined the Museum of Neon Art's "Light in the Dark: Queer Narratives in Neon" exhibition, participating in a panel discussion about LGBTQ+ connections to neon art and the Glendale, California community.
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Buck Angel posed for Quinn's sculpture series on human transformations in 2010; the series was revealed at London's White Cube gallery.
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Buck Angel was featured in four bronze sculptures, including two solo pieces and two pieces featuring Allanah Starr.
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The life-sized sculpture of Buck Angel is a permanent fixture at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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In 2012, Angel created a dating website for trans men called BuckAngelDating.
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In 2020, Buck Angel launched a cannabis delivery service, Wings Of Wellness, aimed at LGBTQ customers.
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Buck Angel married San Francisco-based dominatrix Karin Winslow in 1998.
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In 2001, Buck Angel filed for divorce after Winslow left him for film director Lana Wachowski, her client at the time.
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Buck Angel met his second wife, body piercer Elayne, on a dating website in 2002.
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Buck Angel claimed that Elayne had moved $500,000 from their joint bank account and requested $2,000 in monthly spousal support.
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Buck Angel later married his third wife, the artist and director Rachel Mason.
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In February 2021, Buck Angel was a witness to the shooting of Lady Gaga's dog walker and the theft of two of Gaga's French Bulldogs in Hollywood.