Buck Angel is transsexual (his preferred term). Born biologically female, Buck transitioned in the 1990s and was basically a guinea pig, as there wasn't much information for a female to male transition. We discuss the devastating statistics of violence, murder and suicide in the transgender and gender non-conforming community, the importance of opening up the conversation, Buck's past lives, not agreeing with one's community, semantics, missing memos, not being forced, being the first, having a fighting instinct, making mistakes, activism, co-existing, losing the middle ground, finding patience, communication and listening skills, the slow path to equality, TERFs, socialization, fear, bee's and honey, educating, understanding the world you're living in now and the limitations of those around you, building bridges, taking a chill pill, finding a compromise, transitioning without the internet, emotional labor, listening to elders, the value of knowledge, the psychic wounds of the AIDS crisis, what we take for granted came at a cost to someone else, swinging pendulums, merging in traffic, word math, compassion, politicians, legislating people. bathroom laws, safe spaces, being medical experiments, hormones, becoming a monetized community, curiosity is your problem.

Human Rights Campaign statistics

List of documentaries and movies about the AIDS crisis:

How to Survive a Plague

Sliverlake Life: The View from Here

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

We Were Here

United in Anger: A History of Act Up

And the Band Played On

The Normal Heart

Angels in America

Documentaries about the Transgender Community

The Death and Life of Martha P. Johnson

Disclosure

The Trans List

Passing

Beautiful Darling

Paris is Burning

Mr. Angel (this one's about Buck)

Episode recorded on 03/12/21

Episode released on 04/14/21

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