Buck Angel is the world’s first FTM porn star. Buck took some time from his busy schedule to catch up with Bradford Shellhammer to discuss the porn biz, the Black Party, and Michael Lucas.

At what age did you realize you wanted to begin transitioning?
From my earliest memories I've always felt like a boy; I never felt like a girl. The man that I am was trapped inside my female body. Always. If I'd known about it sooner, I would have done it sooner. Once I learned that it was an option, I went for it. It was over10 years ago, when I was in my 20s.

You took hormones and had a chest surgery. Why did you not alter your vagina?
Unfortunately, the surgery that they have to create a penis is not up to my standards for aesthetics and function, and it can cost over $50,000. Plus, there is a chance of losing your ability to have an orgasm. No thanks! I don't need a penis to feel like a man, and to be a man. From the reactions I've seen it appears a lot of men don't realize you don't need a cock to be a man. But I am all man, even with my mangina. And I enjoy my pussy--I like to get fucked. It doesn't make me feel like any less of a man!

Why porn? Had you always been drawn to it?
I've been in the industry for quite a while. Initially I was on the other side of the camera. For years I produced other porn--fetish, and Male-to-Female porn. Eventually I realized that, while there was tons of MTF/shemale porn, there wasn't ANY FTM porn. I thought someone needed to step up to the plate, and I decided I was the man for the job.

More Buck after the jump.

[Read On ...]

Lady Bunny finally got back to us to comment on this not so safe for work post last week about Titan Media’s Cirque Noir, the circus porn with a little something special. We know it’s late, but we figured it was too funny to lose to the wasteland of our Inbox.

"Mom! Or Buck Angel or whatever you're calling yourself today—PLEASE PHONE HOME! We're very worried! As far as Ouchie, he may look like a clown, but that healthy-sized dick is no joke! I'd suck him, but I'm not sure what you call it when 2 heavily made-up clowns get off with each other."

We don’t know what you’d call it either. We had the same trouble describing David Guest and Liza Minnelli’s relationship.

Ouchy In The News [Ouchy The Clown]
Bunny Blog [Lady Bunny]
The Official Fan Site [Buck Angel]

We are still trying to process the news Gay Porn Blog reported last week about TitanMedia’s decision to use a female-to-male transsexual not fully male in their new feature Cirque Noir. Yes, vaginas in gay porn.

We decided to ask a few friends of Queerty what they thought of the inspired casting. Below are their reactions.

Michael Lucas, porn star and director. “First of all let me tell you that I adore Titan and I think that they have a very important niche in the business. Masculine, hairy, mature men fucking the living hell out of each other, covering themselves with sweat, spit, cum and often urine. And I happen to believe that this is hot. I also know that this is in demand, big-time. What I don't think is in demand is a man with a vagina. Actually, this is particularly weird to me. As I understand once upon a time there was an ugly dyke who decided to turn herself into an ugly, bald, chubby man. But for some bizarre reason, kept her pussy. But what confuses me the most is how can one who just couldn't stand her gender, want to get fucked by a bunch of gay guys? And more importantly, would any gay man ever pay money to see it? I think that gay men have a very rare desire to masturbate to a vagina, but if they ever will- it better be attached to a really beautiful woman. Anyway, one thing is for sure, this brings a lot of publicity for Titan, and I guess that was the idea of this human tragedy.”

Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist. “Cirque Noir is obviously part of a diabolical plan to get gays interested in vaginas. It gets us all hot and bothered by showing us a hot stud, then pans down to his twat, slyly hoping to pervert, I mean convert us to straight. The religious right is obviously behind this sickness. Don't watch!”

Peaches Christ, San Francisco drag star. "My friend Jared worked on Cirque Noir and has been telling me about it for months. I'm excited to see the elaborate circus sets, costumes, make-up and clown fucking. I'm all for clown fucking, otherwise I'd be abstinent."

Jonno, editor Fleshbot. “Well hmm, I’ve always said that as far as most gay men are concerned, pussy is the last taboo - We'll piss into each other's mouths and shove fists and traffic cones up each others' butts, but merely mention that word "vagina" and most fags will start gagging like they've just found half a worm in their apple or something. So it'll be interesting to see how Titan's gamble in casting Buck Angel plays out.”

Cirque Noir: There's A Pussy In My Gay Porn! [Gay Porn Blog]
DVD: Titan’s “Cirque Noir" [Fleshbot]