Ep#198 - Buck Angel

 

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to motivational speaker and transgender activist Buck Angel (@BuckAngel). 

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0:00 Intro
1:29 About Buck Angel
4:42 Is trans activism hurting the cause for trans people?
6:31 Is there a disproportionate focus on male to female trans people?
8:43 What is it like to experience ‘gender dysphoria’.
11:54 When did Buck decide to transition?
16:08 Do trans activists defend rights or push ideology?
18:30 Does Buck annoy the far-left and the Christian right?
20:26 Is Buck’s sexuality linked to their gender identity?
23:07 Buck’s career in the adult entertainment industry
30:16 The American right’s problem with transgenderism
33:38 Trans activism going too far
36:09 People that say they are “born in the wrong body”.
37:01 “internalised lesbophobia”
38:22 Buck being used as a poster boy for trans success and restroom use. 40:39 The abandonment of young girls in sport 44:07 Buck as a trans success story

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