Philipp Tanzer is a thoroughly nice bloke – a German who has made his home in a remote part of Scotland – and he’s probably the only ex-porn actor I’ve ever met, or ever will. He came to the 2018 (London) ICMI as well as the 2019 (Chicago) ICMI and submitted a video for ICMI20. He’ll hopefully do another, and maybe have a Q&A, for ICMI21.
A piece in today’s Times:
A German former gay porn star who is now a community linchpin is standing as the Scottish Family Party’s regional list candidate for the Highlands and Islands in the May Holyrood election.
Philipp Tanzer, 43, a former fireman in Durness, Sutherland, as well as an artist, hairdresser and massage therapist, raises awareness of the negative effects pornography can have on both children and adults. He is a popular figure in the most northwesterly village on mainland Britain, which has a population of 350.
“In one year I lost five friends in the industry to suicide and drug overdoses. I have seen the harm porn addiction can do,” he said.
“Not all my experiences with it have been negative though — I met some wonderful people. One of the main reasons to run for the Scottish Family Party has been my experience and helping people learn from it.
“Porn is not a men’s problem. Both boys and girls consume pornography and both suffer under its impact. When I was younger I was not clear what path I would take. I was pushed into identifying myself as something at the age of 32 that I was not.”
Tanzer said he was now in a relationship with a woman and had started the conservation about “marriage and starting a family”.
“The Scottish Family Party best represent my views on life and society,” he said.
Tanzer, who moved to Durness in 2012, also runs the Durness Highland Halloween Festival.
Under the name of Logan McCree he won industry awards as a porn actor, with such credits as Porn Stars in Love, Hotter than Hell 2 and Rear Deliveries to his name.
He said locals knew about his past in the sex industry.
Tanzer, who has background as a medic in the German military, said at the time of his arrival: “Everyone in Durness has heard about it. But I really try and help in the community as much as I can and people are very grateful.”
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