I met this amazing new friend Cathy! She agreed to do a PSA for me regarding body acceptance, she rocks! One of the best things about my job is all the amazing people I meet.
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Buck
Hi Buck,
I just want to say thank you. That’ll have helped me more than you could know. I was born with more ambiguous genitalia, while genetically I am male, physically down there don’t look it and needed hormones to get through puberty, and will need them rest of life. Growing up felt so confused and felt out of place because I wasn’t like other boys down there. Thank you for helping me realize it’s not the dick that makes you a man. I can love myself now and be me. Thanks for that!
I love making my PSAs! Just made this one while in Las Vegas for the annual Professional Piercers Conference. So many great people and I think such an important message.
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Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate
Don’t Worry, Be Thankful
Research suggests that the regular cultivation of gratitude and appreciation has multiple psychological and physical benefits.
Thankful people typically boast better overall health, fewer physical symptoms, higher in-come, more energy, larger social networks and stronger marriages. They also exercise more.
They fall asleep more easily at night. They sleep longer and more soundly, and they wake up more refreshed.
The practice of gratitude may increase the levels of immunoglobulin A in your throat and nose, increasing your ability to resist viral infections.
Gratitude practices also seem to reduce stress hormone levels in the body.
Research has shown that only about 50 percent of our mood is determined by genetics. The rest is largely determined by what we choose to focus on and cultivate. This focus takes commitment and practice.
Dr. Robert Emmons, a psychology researcher at the University of California-Davis, is author ofThanks.’ How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier (Houghton Mifflin; $25). He suggests some practices that, if done faith-fully, will have you grateful in no time:
Focus on the good others have done for you. This makes us realize that we are interdependent and that we are loved.
Learn to develop a language of gratitude rather than a language of complaint. Ask your friends and family to help. It’s often hard to see for ourselves how much we’re complaining.
Take grateful actions. Smile. Perform random acts of kindness. Help a stranger.
Use your senses to come into the present and appreciate the little things — the smile of a child, the smell of your first cup of coffee in the morning, the beauty of a sunset.
Keep a daily gratitude journal in which you make note of all the good things and the gifts that have come your way that day.
I was appalled to see a successful FTM
Hello Buck Angel,
I just wanted to let you know how much I do admire you and what you do. When I first went to your website I was appalled to see a successful FTM, come on now seriously we both know that must of took a lot of shit (media) to go through in order to still be up there on the top and moving forward. With all the responsibility on your shoulders, discrimination, and all those Hate crimes out there it’s a great thing to see someone as yourself being successful with the pathway in which you you decided to take. After watching all your videos on youtube, it makes me feel as if I too can live my life the way I wish to live and become successful in which ever way I wish to get it done. You are a great inspiration for me and others, and for 8 full years now I believe you’re still holding it down! Wow that’s amazing to even hear, you did not let anyone put you down or stop you from doing what you wanted to do. Even though you probably won’t take this email seriously or even read it, I do feel a connection with you in a way that I feel as if I can be myself and you can understand me to the fullest. I’m glad that you are here to open up people’s eyes and educate them. You are very much appreciated Buck.
Thank you kindly,
Thank you so much for the sweet email. Yes it has been over 8 years that I have been doing this and always having to deal with crazy hate and stupidity in a weird way makes me want to go more..if that makes sense. It is a rough road but I have to tell you that when I get emails like yours or from someone who feels like suicide is the only answer and my works makes them take a second look at life I have to say I feel like that is the whole reason I survived. That it is my path to help bring awareness and help people see that they don’t have to give up just because some people in the world think we should!
Thank you again it really means lots to me that you took the time to send this.
WOOF!!
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Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate
The way you hold a mirror to the society and their gender norms is an inspiration
Hey Buck,
I just became aware of yourself and watched the video where you talk about a hate mail you received. What a shame! I am sure those aren’t the only kind of emails you would receive, but I still think it’s important that we praise as much as the ones that hate.
Well…What a beautiful man inside and out! The way you hold a mirror to the society and their gender norms is an inspiration to many more than the haters I would guess. You keep it up, and derive strength whenever you need, from the fact that in the distant corners of the world, there are people, not necessarily transgender or gender nonconformotive, just people, who are inspired by you simply because you are a remarkable and an inspirational man.
Much love from Istanbul,
Thank you so much for taking the time to email me with kind words. I do get many many emails like yours and really not as many hate ones. But I though it was very important to address those as well.
Hate is a very scary thing and many people hate me or my message because they do not want to understand. That is ok because there are people like you who get a positive message from me and really that is the most important.
People are not always going to like what I have to say and that is ok too.
Thanks again for taking the time.
WOOF!!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate
I love my Chihuahua he is 18 years old and has a hard time drinking water so I help him out!
You can check out Angelo’s store in the French Quarter or online
http://chiwawagaga.com
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