A so-called “ex-gay” former adult film star will not be serving in the Scottish parliament after failing to win over voters.
The would-be German-born politician, Philipp Tanzer, 43, was previously known as Logan McCree. The former Raging Stallions performer’s film credits include Hotter than Hell 2 and Rear Deliveries.
Tanzer, who stopped identifying as gay when he was 32, is aligned with the far-right “men’s rights” movement and ran for the Scottish Family Party (SFP), which adamantly stands against LGBTQ inclusivity in education.
Unfortunately for Tanzer and the party, the SFP received just 1,976 votes in the local election while the Scottish National Party racked up 96,433.
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Speaking on a broadcast for RT UK, Tanzer explained: “I think I am an unusual candidate for most people for a socially conservative party because I identified as gay until I was 32 and I was actually in the adult entertainment industry… I would say I’m more and more moving in a socially conservative direction.”
“We oppose sex education that focuses too much on pornography and certain sexualities. We are currently in Scotland the only party that is pro-life.”
The party explains its stance on LGBTQ education on its website, stating: “The LGBT Inclusive Education program…mandates the indoctrination of schoolchildren into a radical ideology of sexuality.
Pupils are inducted into LGBT activism from primary school, as familiar campaigning symbols and slogans are presented in lessons.”
The philosophy of gender fluidity is dangerous to young people, leading to confusion and unhelpful experimentation. Parents should have a strong voice in determining how these issues are approached in schools. Indoctrination into the fashionable philosophy of gender is not appropriate and will lead more children down a difficult road that could seriously undermine their wellbeing for the rest of their lives.”
This opinion, of course, is not shared by scores of parents and educators, who see the value first-hand in kids learning about gender and sexuality spectrums early on.
“Binary notions of gender, biology and sexual orientation exclude large swaths of human diversity. This diversity can be better understood by using spectrum-based models. Spectra make room for anyone whose experiences do not narrowly fit into binary choices such as man/woman, feminine/masculine or straight/gay,” writes Joel Baum & Kim Westheimer of Learning For Justice.
Cam
So another fool who went down a hole of drugs and whatever else and now wants to force his baggage on everyone else.
rural queer socialist
Thoughts for discussion:
a.
It is likely far better to run as a ‘porn actor’ than an ‘ex-porn’ actor.
b.
Ain’t it hypocritical to announce that you are a good candidate for everyone in society, including all the diversity of society AND that you support cutting apart innocent unborn human beings with observable human bodies (in the Second and Third Trimesters) without their consent, and not even euthanizing them before cutting them apart?
c.
If ‘BLM’ don’t unborn Black Lives Matter?
Goforit
I certainly do not support or agree with anything that this person or his party espouse. However, it would be nice if you could read or at least comprehend what you read before trying to cram your off topic views down everybody else’s throat.
Cam
It’s adorable when you try to troll but you don’t seem to speak English well enough to get that your posts don’t reference the actual topic.
I know Putin is broke but figured he could afford better trolls.
RTG
Oh Honey- socialist troll- did you realize that those things called bodies that they put in coffins before they get put in the ground look just like live humans, except they’re not? Did you? Does that mean they’re alive?
So how’s the weather in Moscow? Or is it Pyongyang?
mailliw110
a. Which one is you?
b. I thought I read his party is anti-choice.
c. A complete sentence would be helpful here.
Derek Northcutt
Voting for him would be like voting for Bruce Jenner for governor of California, (I call him “Bruce” until he starts using his “Caitlyn” voice).
SPEEDOSWIMMER
He’s a delusi0nal m0r0n.
James
THE MORON IS COMPLETELY NUTS.
Donston
I mean, I don’t like the idea of preaching identities to children. But I do feel kids need to be aware of the variety of the human population and the variance of sexuality, gender and the orientation spectrum. I do feel like identity pressures and the desire to fit into sociological spheres or fit out from them can be damaging. But he’s clearly not interested in that type of nuanced discussion or stance.
Furthermore, didn’t this dude say he didn’t come out as “gay” until his early 30s? Now, he’s saying he stopped identifying as “gay” in his early 30s. And I’m pretty sure he claimed a “bi” identity for some years in there as well. He has also lied about the various Tweets that he’s deleted which were aggressively homophobic and anti-gay (I recall one of them was he’s not “gay” because he’s not a Lady Gaga fan or some dumb shit). I also don’t recall him ever saying that he no longer hooks up with dudes. He likely still does, just recents non hetero commitments, resents people who are unabashedly gay/queer identifying and resents women. He can’t even feign being a decent politician and keep up with any of his lies and alterations to his narrative.
The guy has likely dealt with an array of things: childhood traumas, mental health struggles, toxic masculinity, homophobia, internalized homophobia, feeling ostracized from society, a persistent damaged ego, queer inferiority complexes, fluidity or contradictions as far as where he’s been in the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. While of course, he hasn’t handled any of this maturely. Instead, he chooses to hate others and look to suppress others because of his own issues and ego.
It’d be nice for sites like this to stop giving these types of people attention and platforms. And yes, posting articles like this does assist in helping them build a platform and or at the very least it gives the attention that they desperately seek.
Prowelsh56
I totally agree. He is handsome. There will be vapid members in the community who will give him the attention he seeks. Just as in Palm Springs – we have a few military men, who are so anti gay yet they troll the community for attention. Some totally fall for these folks. They are just feeders. The FREE publicity for this guy does indeed give him a platform. Stop making stupid people worthy of the free press.
LAtvGuy
I was always fascinated by the tattoos on his ding dong. Ouch.
LumpyPillows
He’s made so many good choices, hasn’t he? I wonder what his IQ is.
HaguePeter
If he is so anti-LGBTI+, why is his gay porn website still online?
Donston
Because he’s probably still mostly depending on self-hating “queers” and closet cases for money and hook-ups. He also claims to be anti porn. So, unless he doesn’t own that site it should have been down.
Like many of his ilk, the dude doesn’t seem to have any real convictions and at this point seems mostly driven by trauma, resentments and regret.
Heywood Jablowme
He moved to Scotland for the sheep. He couldn’t afford the plane fare to New Zealand.
henare
I’m guessing that he doesn’t own the rights to his back catalog (or that website) but I don’t care enough to find out.
LumpyPillows
While I think the whole gender fluidity and non-binary stuff are overblown and are just a description of people trying to find themselves, I sure don’t see it as a danger, except to my nerves. To base a political run on opposition to something that is none of your business, especially after living a life of experimentation in front of a camera, seems hypocritical and dimwitted. Clearly this person has made a lot of mistakes on his journey to being an a-hole.
Fahd
Sad case. Thank goodness his party and the ideas it promotes got a laughably low number of votes. I would recommend to him that he pursue a quiet life out of the spotlight. Still, I believe in his right to spout whatever nonsense, provided he’s not inciting to violence, but I also believe in my right to dispute, mock and otherwise undermine the potentially dangerous jibberish these folks are trying to sell.
corktownboy
“The would-be German-born politician”
So, he’s possibly German-born?
Better to read as: The German-born would-be politician.
Thank you.
Chrisk
Funny even though religion isn’t directly mentioned i already know he found it. No such thing as an ex- gay athiest after all.
Funny that this “men’s rights” movement has more concern about controlling others. They really need to change their name.
Donston
I don’t recall him ever saying anything religious. And he doesn’t seem to have an issue with homosexuality. Sometimes becoming an anti-gay “queer” is not based on religion. I know that firsthand from my sister. If he did become legit religious I have a feeling he’d be more likely to be living his life low-key rather than trying to become a politician and yammering about “men’s rights”. I don’t even think he’s referred to himself as an “ex gay” or as “straight”.
He seems more “anti gay” rather than homophobic. I believe he’s even admitted a few times in recent years that he still hooks up with dudes. Of course, he didn’t do so during his “campaign”. He doesn’t like the idea of a “gay” identity and resents unabashed and unembarrassed “queers” in general. He’s blaming identity politics and sociology entirely for his traumas, confusions, contradictions, mental health and the fact that he was gay identifying, and he wants the world to pay for it.
Kangol2
@Donston, he is extremely religious. Look up his Facebook pages, his art gallery (in Scotland), etc., and he features a number of images he painted of “risen Christ,” etc. He is a devout Christian. So @Chrisk is correct. He also has strongly expressed feelings against both homosexuality and what he deems a gay lifestyle and, as you say, gay identities and identifications. His critique appears to be a conservative, Christian-centered one. But seriously, just check out his art. He’s essentially now a religious (Christian) artist among his other activities.
Malibu Eric
Dear Mr. “Ex-Gay,” Take a cue from the voters…GO AWAY.
cuteguy
He was a loser in porn and now he’s a loser in life. Sounds about right. Hopefully his next reinvention will be becoming human
Kangol2
He’s grotesque. It’s great to see the voters in his district agreed and voted overwhelmingly against him.
balttymore
I think he also won IML…..I know he was in the competition …..To go from one extreme to the other kinda fascinates me…..I wonder what kind of trauma he has?
Donston
Probably at least some form of abuse: sexual/physical/mental. While it seems as if he doesn’t communicate with his family any longer. And he lived in the states during his porn career, likely to try to get away from his past.
This is partly why I don’t make a huge deal out of identities or “coming out”, and I preach for others not to either. People feeling free to be themselves or free to be legit honest is necessary. But this tendency to uplift and hype up any decent looking “masculine presenting” dude who’s “comes out” can often backfire. Some of these guys have really messed up spirits and are simply looking for a place to belong, or they’re actively looking for folks to leech off of and boost their egos. While many don’t know how to maturely deal with fluidity or contradictions or insecurities or sociological pressures or where they may be in the gender, romantic, sexual, emotional, commitment spectrum. And many “proudly out” people never truly triumph over past traumas, mental health struggles, internalized phobias, gay insecurities, toxic masculinity, etc. So, there are aspects of identity politics and “coming out” culture that we need to calm down on and need to be modernized.
Kangol2
He didn’t win IML, but he was a contestant in 2004, competing as German Mr. Leather. And I’m assuming to become German Mr. Leather he had to be fully immersed in the German leatherworld, which isn’t chopped liver. It would be fascinating to hear a psychologist’s assessment of the various swings in extremes he’s engaged in; clearly there are some issues he needs to address and resolve, and Christianism won’t cut it.
LumpyPillows
The common thread is he is an attention whore. Still looks very gay to me, btw.
Fahd
Well, I know some other Europeans consider the Germans (and German culture) as prone to extremism (see Nazism to building one of the world’s leading’s economies out of the ashes of WWII). His being German may offer some insight, but I think it’s only part of the equation. Personally, I’m not that motivated to understand what makes him tick. But he is a sad case, no doubt about that.
Donston
Fahd, it’s not really about his dumbass per se. We do need to more openly talk about extremism, mental health struggles, traumas, internal phobias, resentments among “queers”. He gets attention because he did porn, tried to be a politician and gets off on trolling. But he also represents a laundry list of “queers” who struggle with identities, mental health, ego, fluidity, hate, sociology and/or constantly looking for someone to validate them.
I’m also not really sure bringing in Nazism is appropriate.
GayVeteranOfcr
My folks sent me to a ballroom dancing studio in my teens so I could meet and interact more with girls, since my social skills were deficient, according to them.
My dancing partner, a high school classmate, tried to get me to respond to her advances, but that didn’t work.
Later, in military service, I was recruited by a military doctor to assist childless couples to have babies, some lesbian couples, and several straight ones.
Parental pressure to reproduce was very high.
I never told my folks I had done that. I enjoyed life with my male partner for years. He approved of helping to make families.
BoomerMyles
That’s what happens when EVERYONE has seen your d*ck.
BoomerMyles
This guy just wasn’t into gay porn but HARDCORE gay porn like heavy BDSM, fisting, sounding, watersports and other extreme play.
He was the industry’s poster boy for “anything goes” and alternative expression.
I don’t believe this 180 turnaround.
wimo
Logan Mc Cree was hot (for me) When religion enters for me it’s done. I can not imagine that anyone can believe in “something” like Allah, God and all the other stuff. Wake up please this is 2021 and we have lots of prove that all those things are invented to keep the crowd calm. Please wake up (please)
Mostlikelytobedownvoted
Bless her super stretched out rancid butthole.
ta2t2o
“We oppose sex education that focuses too much on pornography and certain sexualities.”
Wait…they were using porn to teach sex Ed?
GreekKeys
They need to find someone else to vouch for the gender spectrum thing, which doesn’t exist. Joel Baum & Kim Westheimer obviously have a financial interest in this claim. Any objective scientists available who don’t already make a living grifting the TRAs?