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

Stockholm Pride-The Buck Angel Experience

This is translated from a Swedish blog:

Today I was listening to Buck Angel and I had to hold my tears several times. His story about his whole journey to where he stood today was poignant, amazing and strong. This was the first lecture I was at where I have not looked at the clock, and yawned.

Buck Angel told me how he always had a struggle with his sex and his worst enemy was his own breast. Once he took them away so he felt relief. As a stone had struck down from his backpack. Buck talked about his three suicide attempts and how he has been called a freak over the years where he has been recommended to visit the various psychological clinics and hospitals to get well?

Everything was so incredibly touching and remarkable.

It was Buck Angel sad when he talked about when he entered puberty, developed breasts, and his past so good male friends began to treat him as a girl.

It told Buck Angel how he not remember how he for a year traveled around Europe as acclaimed model.

I will write more about it a little later but Buck Angel was the best thing that happened today. Thanks Buck, thanks Pride House!

The best!

Here is the original blog post

THE BUCK ANGEL EXPERIENCE @ STOCKHOLM PRIDE 2011

A moving letter from Stockholm-It has just been such an amazing exerience being here at Pride in Stockholm. I honesty can’t remember the last time so many people have come up to me to tell me how much of an inspiration I have been to help them move on and feel like they have something to look forward to because of my strength and courage to tell my story. I feel so wonderful to be able to help people I just can’t explain the feelings in words! here is an email from someone who attended my talk here in Stockholm pride:

Hi Buck!

I saw you at Pride on the 4th, and I was just so moved by your story.
When you spoke about starting to hate yourself when you were growing up, I cried with you; I began hating every part of myself around the same time in my life, but the difference is I never stopped. I still haven’t found it in me to accept who I am. I am now 23 years old and after nearly 13 years of harming myself in just about every way imaginable in order to dull the pain of self-loathing, I’ve just started seeing a therapist to try and get better. Hearing your story and seeing you stand there, so strong, confident and beautiful really inspired me to keep fighting. Listening to your words, I felt like for the first time I really believed that everything was going to be alright, somehow.
So I just wanted to thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You’ve touched my life, and I’m so grateful.
Thank you for being you.

WOOF!!

Buck Angel