Speaking at Mt. St Mary’s College on Sat. Dec 10th was such an awesome experience. The feminist student union brought me in. What a really great group of students. Thank you again for having me and helping me to make a positive change in the world!
WOOF!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Motivational Speaker, and Advocate
Hey there Buck,
Thanks for getting back to me on tumblr it means a lot for me, you are such a huge inspiration to me and my friends. I’m apart of a GSA in my school, and we do all sorts of activities that would help our school be more accepting with who people are, and that bullying isn’t the answer of stopping someone from being gay/bi/trans and so on. I think it would be amazing if we were able to arrange something for you to come to my town and talk to our school and our GSA that people should be able to feel comfortable who they are in their own skin, and not be worried about who they are because of bullies in school.
Hope to hear back from you, thanks[:
Thanks for writing. It make me feel great that I can be an inspiration to you. When I was your age there were no role models or people I could look up to. That is one of the reasons I do what I do. I am not sure who books the speakers from you school but like I said before they can go to my speakers website here http://buckangelentertainment.com/ to see my work and contact me. I would love to come that would be amazing. i think I could really help to change some minds there. Young people need to see people like us and not have a preconceived notion about us.
I usually have a big impact. So let me know and like I said before keep you head held high!
WOOF!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate
“hi i hope you will read this” is the title of this email that I got. Makes me feel so upset that kids are still going through this crap.
“hi my name is a ive been transitioning now ftm for 3 years, 2 years on t. pre op. im 20 years old. ive been watching all the it gets better videos and saw yours and it makes me cry because i know it wont get better for me. im a drug addict and last year i stole a bunch of ecstacy pills got caught, got put into female prison they pointed at my genitals and laughed told me i wasnt a man. i know im a man, but i get so much shit from court they just dont understand, and im on probation for 3 years and i have a really christian probation officer who always tries to blame my crime on my transition. EVERY single time i see her she makes some rude comment on how im some kind of freak and makes me take drug tests in front of her and makes rude comments. everyday i want to kill myself but i cant get myself to do it but i know it will eventually happen. i wish my life was better i wish i could be somebody not just some criminal because that is not who i am. i want to leave this shit state and i cant. i have a lot of passions but no motivation too presue them. im stuck in a town full of drugs addicts and i want to get out so badly but i cant, i need to save money for tops surgery, i have no job, no one will hire me cause of my background and the way i dress. they keep saying it will get better but what do i have to do to change things? ive tried so hard but i cant fix anything if anything i make everything worse. you are amazing, i wish i could be like you someday.”
This is what I sent him:
Thank you for writing me. I am sure it was not an easy email to send. You remind me a lot of myself when I was younger, I tell you that so you can see that it does get better, But you have to want it to get better. You have to get sober and realize that drugs and alcohol are not something that you can do. When you first take that step to getting your body clean that will open you mind to a clearer thought process. I know this because that’s what I did. I didn’t even start to transition until after I got clean and sober.
Please report that probation officer to someone there. You DO NOT have to deal with that crap. She works for the state and there are laws against harassment. Go to your local GBLTQ center or somewhere like that and talk to someone who can help you. You need to get some professional help. I am not a professional and think that this is the best way for you start feeling good about yourself.
I know you can do it. Just think of me when you are feeling down and remember I did it. I picked myself up from the gutter and made a great life for myself and you can too!
Please keep in touch I would like to know how your doing.
WOOF!!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Educator, and Advocate
Today I received this email. It is pretty screwed up. I am posting it with my response to him.
I am a college student. I all so am a ftm. at the beginning of the school year i talked with all of my teacher and let them know that my name is Jack and that i am a male they all changed the roster list to say Jack and have all called me Jack and refereed to me as a male now that being said no one in school knows that i was born a girl. today my teacher called me a girl in class and over half the class looked at me and for the rest of the class were talking with each other trying to find out if i was a male or not. I feel completely ostracize now and i am scared to go back to my classes because %90 of the people in my class today when this happened are in the rest of my classes. I need to deal with this with the teacher some how, i am hoping that you may have some suggestions on how to deal with this.
Jack
Hi Jack,
I am so sorry you have to deal with this crap! It is 2010 and people are still acting this way. Let me give you a suggestion. Walk right back into class with your head held high! Be the man you are because they obviously have problems of their own. It’s not about you. You are there to learn so do what you have to and get on with life. It might feel horrible now but trust me when you walk right back in with an attitude like you don’t give a F***K about what they think, Watch how things will change!
Please keep me posted buddy! I’m here for ya!
WOOF!!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Educator, and Advocate
