Buck Angel Named First Winner of Best FTM Performer Category at 5th Annual Tranny Awards

Burbank, CA – FTM Advocate and Performer Buck Angel won big at the 5^th Annual Tranny Awards last month as the inaugural winner in the Best FTM Performer category.   This is the first year the Tranny Awards have expanded their categories to include FTM adult stars.

“It was essential that our Tranny Award categories included all transgender performers and the different orientations within the community,” stated Grooby Productions owner Steven Grooby. “The Tranny Awards is the only event of its kind, specific to the transgender adult community, so we wanted to ensure that our show was really special for all those involved. A big congratulations to Buck on all his hard work and for being the first recipient of our Tranny Award for Best FTM Performer.”

Buck Angel stated, “Thank you so much Grooby and the Tranny Awards for recognizing my work in the adult industry. This being the first year for this award makes it even more special to me. I have looked forward to the day that the genre of FTM porn would start to get its own category and here it is. Let’s hope next year it’s even bigger. WOOF!”

As an icon of popular culture, Buck Angel’s passionate message of empowerment through self-acceptance and being sexually comfortable in your own skin has struck a profound chord with people all over the world. In live appearances that include YALE University and IdeaCity 2010, Buck encourages people to think outside the box as he re-defines gender and expands perspectives on sexuality. His unconventional core concept is expressed by the phrase he coined: “It’s not what’s between your legs that defines you!” It has proved to be a remarkable insight and validation for men, women, and those who identify as neither, both, or other.

He is an award-winning pioneering filmmaker as well as the first transman recipient of the AVN Transsexual Performer of the Year award as well as numerous Feminist Porn awards.

This visionary filmmaker, advocate, educator, and motivational speaker launched Buck Angel Entertainment as a vehicle to produce multimedia projects including his groundbreaking mainstream documentary, “Sexing the Transman,” It is appearing at film festivals around the globe.

In 2012 he was elected to the board of directors of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance and works to support that liberty as a human right. He has been a contributor to the Huffington Post and in 2013 was appointed as a writer for their “Gay Voices” blog. Visit www.buckangel.com for more information.