From The Advocate magazine, I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is LGBTQ and A.

We're on a break right now, but I wanted to bring you this interview that we did with Buck Angel from about two years ago.

I love it because Buck talks about how sex and masturbation changed his life, and specifically

why it was such an important part of his transition.

Also, Buck's done porn, he's won an Avian Award, and so he's really more comfortable

talking about sex in his body than I think we typically hear, so I personally really

appreciate that openness.

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I'm on Twitter at Jeff Masters 1. All right. Without further ado, this is Buck Angel, and he begins by explaining how he got the nickname Trampaw.

My lady friend actually, one day she just said, you know what?

You're kind of like a crotchety old man sometimes. I think you're a trampaw. And I was like, what a brilliant word. And then I became Drenpaul. You know, I'm big on community service, big time. Yeah, I've seen that. Yeah, big time. And so I am trampone away, which means that a lot of the younger generation does ask me questions and look up to me. I transitioned 22 years ago.

So I feel that it is important.

My voice is important in a sense that it's different now.

Yeah.

And this is how it was before.

And, you know, my experience can help younger guys right now or ladies or they's or whoever they are.

Yeah.

Oh, my God.

You must be so over talking about your transition.

Actually, people say that to me all the time, but I'm not. And I'll tell you why, because people listen. And I see the effect that it makes on people when they hear it gets better, because that's

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