Philipp Tanzer
{{Short description|German men's rights activist (born 1977)}}
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Philipp Tanzer (born 31 December 1977) is a German men's rights activist and former adult entertainer in gay films, in which he performed under the stage name Logan McCree.
After serving in the German military, Tanzer was part of the leather subculture in Germany. He began working with the adult entertainment company Raging Stallion Studios in the mid-2000s and became popular with both audiences and critics, being named Performer of the Year at the 2009 GayVN Awards and Gay Performer of the Year at the 2010 XBIZ Awards. He was known in the industry for his heavily tattooed body, which he views as an expression of his spiritual beliefs.
Following his retirement from the industry in 2012, Tanzer moved to Balnakeil in the Scottish Highlands and became involved in community life there. He later joined the men's rights movement and unsuccessfully ran for election in the Scottish Parliament as a member of the Scottish Family Party. He has disavowed his former career and has spoken out against porn addiction and LGBT education in schools.
Early life
Philipp Tanzer was born on 31 December 1977.{{cite web |title=Logan McCree |url=https://avn.com/gay/porn-stars/logan-mccree-295541.html |website=AVN |access-date=22 October 2023 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227105834/https://avn.com/gay/porn-stars/logan-mccree-295541.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Peter |title=Back of beyond: Balnakeil is far out |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/back-of-beyond-balnakeil-is-far-out-1563579 |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=The Scotsman |date=25 August 2013}} When he was sixteen years old, his mother was killed in a murder-suicide by her husband. According to McCree, he and his brother were listening on the phone while this happened.{{cite news |last1=French |first1=Michael |title=BBC Film: Gay Porn Veteran Logan McCree Now Men's Rights Activist |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/bbc-film-gay-porn-veteran-logan-mccree-now-mens-rights-activist-880203.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027195758/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/bbc-film-gay-porn-veteran-logan-mccree-now-mens-rights-activist-880203.html |url-status=live }}
Tanzer served in the Bundeswehr as a medic.{{cite news |last1=Jackman |first1=Robert |title=Wie ein preisgekrönter Pornostar zum Männerrechtler wurde |url=https://www.vice.com/de/article/wie-ein-preisgekronter-pornostar-zum-mannerrechtler-wurde/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Vice |date=13 August 2018 |language=de |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826124518/https://www.vice.com/de/article/ne5qyg/wie-ein-preisgekronter-pornostar-zum-mannerrechtler-wurde |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Meritt |first1=Mike |title=Ex-porn actor will stand in Scottish elections for Holyrood |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/ex-porn-actor-will-stand-in-scottish-elections-for-holyrood-kdxb3lqlr |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=The Times |date=6 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210913110750/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ex-porn-actor-will-stand-in-scottish-elections-for-holyrood-kdxb3lqlr |archive-date=13 September 2021}} Part of the leather scene, he won the 2004 German Mr. Leather competition and then entered that year's International Mr. Leather contest,{{cite web |title=IML 2004 Contestant List |url=http://www.imrl.com/imlpast/2004contestantlist2.asp |website=International Mr. Leather |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324050645/http://www.imrl.com/imlpast/2004contestantlist2.asp |archive-date=24 March 2006}} reaching the semi-finals.{{cite journal |last1=Marcus |first1=Mister |title=D.C.'s Jason Hendrix is IML 2004 |journal=Bay Area Reporter |date=3 June 2004 |volume=34 |issue=23 |page=46 |url=https://archive.org/details/BAR_20040603/page/n45 |access-date=24 October 2023}}
Pornographic career
In the mid-2000s, Tanzer signed an exclusive contract with Raging Stallion Studios.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Jock Itch in the Can |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/jock-itch-in-the-can-27768.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=28 January 2008}} He picked his own stage name, with "Logan" being a homage to Scotland and the Marvel Comics character Wolverine (commonly known as Logan). His surname alludes to his love for God, "McCree" deriving from Scottish Gaelic words meaning "son of the king". In September 2007, Raging Stallion president Chris Ward and Screaming Eagle XXX owner Jake Deckard announced the latter company's first production, an adult film titled Ink Storm starring McCree alongside other heavily tattooed performers.{{cite news |last1=Featherstone |first1=Benji |title=First Title From Jack Deckard's Screaming Eagle XXX Announced |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/first-title-from-jack-deckard-s-screaming-eagle-xxx-announced-24518.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=29 September 2007 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001183137/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/first-title-from-jack-deckard-s-screaming-eagle-xxx-announced-24518.html |url-status=live }}
=2008=
In 2008, McCree starred in the Raging Stallion Studios film The 4th Floor alongside Roman Ragazzi.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Raging Stallion Releases Two More Titles on Blu-ray Disc |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-two-more-titles-on-blu-ray-disc-53633.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=10 July 2008}} Ben Leon, the director of the film, described their scene as "by far the best scene I have shot with Roman". McCree received a nomination for Best Solo Sex Scene at the 2009 Grabby Awards for his work.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=2009 Grabby Awards Nominations Announced |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2009-grabby-awards-nominations-announced-307740.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=16 March 2009 |archive-date=25 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625234014/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2009-grabby-awards-nominations-announced-307740.html |url-status=live }} He then starred in the two-part film Hotter Than Hell, taking part in a threesome with Dak Ramsey and Tober Brandt in the second part. They were nominated for Best Threeway and Best Threesome at the 2009 Grabby and GayVN awards shows respectively.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Harker |title=2009 GAYVN Award Nominees Announced |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2009-gayvn-award-nominees-announced-302586.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=9 February 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908080704/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2009-gayvn-award-nominees-announced-302586.html |url-status=live }} He later starred in Jock Itch, a sports-themed adult film directed by and starring Jake Deckard.
File:D'Angelo, McCree and Ramsey, 2008 (cropped).jpg
McCree starred in Raging Stallion's pornographic western film To the Last Man, based on the novel of the same name. The film ends with a graphic and bloody shootout,{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=To the Last Man: Big-Budget Porn Meets Zane Grey |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/to-the-last-man-big-budget-porn-meets-zane-grey-53965.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=30 July 2008 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201137/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/to-the-last-man-big-budget-porn-meets-zane-grey-53965.html |url-status=live }} and features a simulated rape scene in which McCree and Ricky Sinz's characters assault the character played by Scott Tanner.{{cite news |last1=Skee |first1=Mickey |title=San Francisco Nightlife Revives with GAYVN Parties |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/san-francisco-nightlife-revives-with-gayvn-parties-310477.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=30 March 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027200415/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/san-francisco-nightlife-revives-with-gayvn-parties-310477.html |url-status=live }} The film faced some controversy due to its graphic violence and depiction of sexual assault, but its creators ensured that a non-violent version of the film would be available when released on DVD.{{cite news |last1=Skee |first1=Mickey |title=Ward Defends Last Man Violence |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/ward-defends-last-man-violence-56095.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=5 December 2008 |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630074331/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/ward-defends-last-man-violence-56095.html |url-status=live }} McCree, Sinz and Tanner later received the Best Threeway award at the 2009 Grabby Awards and Best Threesome at the GayVN Awards for their scene.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=The Drifter Captures Top Honors at 2009 Grabby Awards |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/the-drifter-captures-top-honors-at-2009-grabby-awards-339502.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=26 May 2009 |archive-date=12 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181212182200/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/the-drifter-captures-top-honors-at-2009-grabby-awards-339502.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Harker |title=Raging Stallion Sweeps the GAYVN Awards |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-sweeps-the-gayvn-awards-309730.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=29 March 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027200908/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-sweeps-the-gayvn-awards-309730.html |url-status=live }} McCree was also nominated for Best Sex Scene (Duo) alongside co-star Scott Campbell. Another award-winning film, The Drifter, starred McCree alongside Vinnie D'Angelo. His character, a German visitor to Canada, undergoes a journey of self-discovery in the wilderness after learning that his boyfriend has been having an affair.{{cite book |last1=Leap |first1=William L. |editor1-last=Zimman |editor1-first=Lal |editor2-last=Davis |editor2-first=Jenny |editor3-last=Raclaw |editor3-first=Joshua |title=Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality |isbn=978-0-19-993731-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Js6kAwAAQBAJ |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028001143/https://books.google.com/books?id=Js6kAwAAQBAJ |url-status=live |chapter=The Sex Machine, the Full-Body Tattoo, and the Hermaphrodite: Gay Sexual Cinema, Audience Reception, and Fractal Recursivity|date=23 February 2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}{{rp|139–140}} The film won Best Movie at the 2009 Grabby Awards, with McCree winning Best Actor, Best Screenplay and sharing Best Duo with D'Angelo. At the GayVN Awards, McCree and D'Angelo won Best Sex Scene (Duo) and McCree was nominated for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
=2009=
In March 2009, McCree was named Performer of the Year at the GayVN Awards. The following month, the website NakedSword added him to their "dream team", featuring him on a special section of their website alongside other performers recognised by the company as fan favourites. NakedSword chief executive Tim Valenti wrote that McCree "lends an underground, bad-ass energy to the raw sexuality of mainstream porn".{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Logan McCree Joins NakedSword.com's 'Dream Team' |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/logan-mccree-joins-nakedsword-com-s-dream-team-312959.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=18 April 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201137/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/logan-mccree-joins-nakedsword-com-s-dream-team-312959.html |url-status=live }}
In 2009, McCree starred in Porn Stars in Love, which featured a fictionalised account of his real life sexual experiences with Vinnie D'Angelo.{{cite web |title=Raging Stallion Releases Porn Stars in Love |url=https://avn.com/business/press-release/gay/raging-stallion-releases-porn-stars-in-love-341191.html |website=AVN |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=2 June 2009}} He later starred in Rear Deliveries, a film based on Raging Stallion's distribution warehouse,{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Rear Deliveries Reveals Life Behind the Scenes at an Adult Studio |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/rear-deliveries-reveals-life-behind-the-scenes-at-an-adult-studio-56630.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=17 January 2009}} and Ink Stain, which focused on his heavily tattooed body.{{cite news |last1=Skee |first1=Mickey |title=Mickey's Quickies: Bukkake and Barresi |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/mickey-s-quickies-bukkake-and-barresi-308601.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=20 March 2009}} McCree also starred in Port of Entry, a pornographic film featuring sex scenes between bikers, sailors and dockworkers.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Raging Stallion Releases Port of Entry |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-port-of-entry-345944.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=16 June 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201941/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-port-of-entry-345944.html |url-status=live }} The same year, McCree starred in the sci-fi pornographic film The Visitor as Epoc, an alien researcher who is unable to physically interact with his human subjects as he explores the Castro, a well-known gay neighbourhood in San Francisco.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Sci-Fi Meets Sex in Raging Stallion's The Visitor |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/sci-fi-meets-sex-in-raging-stallion-s-the-visitor-350098.html |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=10 July 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027195627/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/sci-fi-meets-sex-in-raging-stallion-s-the-visitor-350098.html |url-status=live }} Soon after its release, Raging Stallion reported that it had reached the top of their sales chart, with studio president Chris Ward calling McCree "the top porn star in the industry today".{{cite web |title=The Visitor Tops Raging Stallions' 2009 Sales Charts |url=https://avn.com/business/press-release/gay/the-visitor-tops-raging-stalltions-2009-sales-charts-351025.html |website=AVN |access-date=22 October 2023 |date=14 July 2009}} McCree later received the GayVN Best Actor award for his role in the film.{{cite news |last1=Shaulis |first1=Sherri L. |title=Big Winners Honored At GayVN Awards |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2010-gayvn-awards-winners-413016.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=25 September 2010 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180701183023/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/2010-gayvn-awards-winners-413016.html |url-status=live }}
=2010 onwards=
In 2010, he starred opposite Jack Dragon in a film called Logan vs. Dragon, the second in a series of Dragon projects by Elite Male studios.{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Logan vs. Dragon is a Battle of the Ink Gods |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/logan-vs-dragon-is-a-battle-of-the-ink-gods-408924.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=20 August 2010 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028192133/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/logan-vs-dragon-is-a-battle-of-the-ink-gods-408924.html |url-status=live }} In the same year, McCree and Tyler Saint were named joint winners of the Gay Performer of the Year award at the XBIZ Awards.{{cite web |title=2010 Winners |url=https://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners2010.php |website=XBIZ Awards |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en}} The following year, McCree starred in the Raging Stallion film Giants alongside prominent performers such as Wilfried Knight.{{cite news |last1=Street |first1=Sharan |title=Raging Stallion Streets a Towering Blockbuster: Giants 2 AVN |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-streets-a-towering-blockbuster-giants-2-435051.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=4 May 2011 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201136/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-streets-a-towering-blockbuster-giants-2-435051.html |url-status=live }}
In the early 2010s, McCree created his own pornographic films and published them online.{{cite news |title=Q&A with Logan McCree |work=Boyz |date=24 March 2011 |page=49}} In 2012, McCree left the adult entertainment industry.{{cite news |last1=Jackman |first1=Robert |title=An Award-Winning Porn Star's Strange Path to Men's Rights Activism |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-award-winning-porn-stars-strange-path-to-mens-rights-activism/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Vice |date=8 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102125737/https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne5qyg/an-award-winning-porn-stars-strange-path-to-mens-rights-activism |url-status=live }} He has been featured on several Raging Stallion Studios compilation DVDs, including The Best of Steve Cruz, Vol. 1 (2009),{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Raging Stallion Releases Best of Steve Cruz, Vol. 1 |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-best-of-steve-cruz-vol-1-356667.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=21 August 2009 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031201014/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-best-of-steve-cruz-vol-1-356667.html |url-status=live }} Inkboyz #1 (2010){{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=Raging Stallion Releases Inkboyz #1 |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-inkboyz-1-392016.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027195758/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/raging-stallion-releases-inkboyz-1-392016.html |url-status=live }} and The Best of Ricky Sinz, Vol. 1 (2010).{{cite news |last1=Zisk Rice |first1=G. |title=New Raging Stallion Releases Hit Multiple Niches |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/new-raging-stallion-releases-hit-multiple-niches-397853.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=19 May 2010 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027202216/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/new-raging-stallion-releases-hit-multiple-niches-397853.html |url-status=live }}
Political career and views
In April 2021, Tanzer announced that he was running for election to the Scottish Parliament as a member of the Scottish Family Party, a self-described "pro-family, pro-marriage [and] pro-life" group.{{cite news |last1=Avery |first1=Lawrence |title=Former Gay Performer Runs for Parliament as Anti-Adult Candidate |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/former-gay-performer-runs-for-parliamant-as-anti-porn-candidate-900026.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=AVN |date=6 April 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028192133/https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/former-gay-performer-runs-for-parliamant-as-anti-porn-candidate-900026.html |url-status=live }} He stood in the May 2021 election as a list candidate in the Highlands and Islands region. His party received 1,976 votes and he was not elected.{{cite web |title=Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 results for the Highlands and Islands Regional List |url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/13580/scottish_parliamentary_election_2021_results_for_the_highlands_and_islands_regional_list |website=The Highland Council |access-date=24 October 2023 |language=en |date=8 May 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928213435/https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/13580/scottish_parliamentary_election_2021_results_for_the_highlands_and_islands_regional_list |url-status=live }} He later ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Highland Council election, seeking to represent the North, West and Central Sutherland ward.{{cite news |last1=Findlay |first1=Stuart |title=Here are the 142 people vying to become Highland councillors on May 5 |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/4116080/in-full-here-are-the-142-people-vying-to-become-highland-councillors-on-may-5/ |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=Press and Journal |date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028014016/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/4116080/in-full-here-are-the-142-people-vying-to-become-highland-councillors-on-may-5/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=2022 Local Government elections results |url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/800/election_results/998/2022_local_government_elections_results |website=The Highland Council |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028014016/https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/800/election_results/998/2022_local_government_elections_results |url-status=live }}
Tanzer describes himself as usually being a centrist, but says he feels forced to take strong views on issues due to his belief that "too much liberalism" has been damaging in the past.{{cite news |last1=Wade |first1=Mike |title='A very sizeable minority have no voice in Scottish politics' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/a-very-sizeable-minority-have-no-voice-in-scottish-politics-ttww0ljgc |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=The Times |date=26 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210426225425/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-very-sizeable-minority-have-no-voice-in-scottish-politics-ttww0ljgc |archive-date=26 April 2021}} While being interviewed on RT UK, he said he was becoming more socially conservative.{{cite news |last1=Tabberer |first1=Jamie |title=Ex-gay porn star fails to win seat in Scottish election |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/world/ex-gay-porn-star-fails-to-win-seat-in-scottish-election-302864/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Attitude |date=10 May 2021}}
=LGBT rights=
Tanzer has complained on social media against "LGBT indoctrination" within education and religion, as well as alleged focuses on Black Lives Matter and "radical environmental activism". The Scottish Family Party has called for education into "the correlations between homosexual relationships and physical and mental health problems" and their leader, Richard Lucas, has drawn comparisons between incest and same-sex marriage.{{cite news |last1=Learmonth |first1=Andrew |title=New 'Scottish Family Party' leader defends Jo Cox joke and comparison of same-sex marriage and incest |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/15483217.new-scottish-family-party-leader-defends-jo-cox-joke-and-comparison-of-same-sex-marriage-and-incest/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The National |date=19 August 2017 |language=en}} Tanzer has praised the party's stance on a form of sex education which he claims "focuses too much on pornography and certain sexualities".
=Men's rights=
Tanzer had an interest in child custody issues, and later became involved in the men's rights movement.
In 2018, Tanzer attended the International Conference on Men's Issues (ICMI) in London.{{cite news |title=Ex porn-star and activist explores men's rights issues |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-52354765 |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=BBC News |date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201137/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-52354765 |url-status=live }} In October 2019, Tanzer featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme Into the Manosphere, following his journey from Scotland to Chicago for that year's ICMI event.{{cite web |title=Into the Manosphere |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/44/into-the-manosphere |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=22 October 2023 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027194539/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/44/into-the-manosphere |url-status=live }} The same journey was later featured in the April 2020 BBC Three documentary I Am a Men's Rights Activist. In 2020, Tanzer founded the group Gender Parity UK, which fights against alleged discrimination against men and boys.{{cite web |title=Speakers – ICMI21 |url=https://icmi2021.icmi.info/speakers/ |website=International Conference on Men's Issues |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601052048/https://icmi2021.icmi.info/speakers/ |url-status=live }} In November of that year, the group held a march in Edinburgh alongside the group Split the Difference, with Tanzer calling for more public discussion about "men's mental health, suicide, homelessness, custody issues, male victims of abuse and other issues men face".{{cite news |last1=Farr |first1=Jacob |title=Men and boys set to march the Royal Mile in campaign for equality |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/men-and-boys-set-to-march-the-royal-mile-in-campaign-for-equality-3040291 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=19 November 2020}} He considers himself a supporter of gender equality, but criticizes what he sees as modern feminism moving away from egalitarianism. The following year, the ICMI reported that Tanzer would be a featured speaker, representing Gender Parity UK and participating in a Q&A session with Carl Benjamin. The two had previously shown support of each other, with Tanzer calling Benjamin "a really, really nice guy".{{cite news |last1=Kelleher |first1=Patrick |title=Former gay porn star now a 'men's rights activist' who claims he's 'being silenced' – despite starring in his own documentary |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/04/23/philipp-tanzer-logan-mccree-gay-porn-mens-rights-activist-scotland-chicago-bbc-stories/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=PinkNews |date=23 April 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Kelleher |first1=Patrick |title=Anti-feminist YouTuber doubles down on vile Jess Phillips rape joke while leaping to the defence of a gay men's rights activist |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/04/24/carl-benjamin-youtube-jess-phillips-labour-rape-gay-porn-logan-mccree-philipp-tanzer/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=PinkNews |date=24 April 2020}}
=Pornography=
After retiring from adult films, the Daily Mail quoted Tanzer as saying that he had always held negative views of the industry, reporting that he said to only have worked in pornography because he "needed the money". When discussing the straight porn industry, he said: "Although I haven't made straight porn, we shared a set a couple of times and I saw men being treated like shit by women performers. They were being screamed at and told exactly what they could and couldn't do". However, he has talked positively about his personal experiences making pornography, describing his colleagues as a supportive family.
Tanzer has stated that he lost several colleagues to suicide and drug overdoses. He has also spoken out against porn addiction and the negative effects that pornography can have on children and adults.
=Religion=
Tanzer has stated that he did not have a religious upbringing, but was independently spiritual as a child, feeling that he was "not 100% human" and was in fact part angel, giving him a strong spiritual connection with them.{{cite journal |last1=Nynäs |first1=Peter |title=Multiple bodies in the spirituality of the gay porn star McCree: reflections on corporeality and subjectivity |journal=Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |date=2011 |volume=23 |pages=333–350 |doi=10.30674/scripta.67393 |language=en |issn=2343-4937 |doi-access=free }}{{rp|341}} In a 2010 interview with Boyz, he described himself as a Christian, but said that "most Christians probably wouldn't call me one". Tanzer has actively spoken about his tattoos as a symbol of his spirituality, including: a feather, representing freedom; a Capricorn symbol; a wolf, his "spiritual guiding animal"; Saint Michael the Archangel; and the symbol used by Prince.{{cite news |last1=McCree |first1=Logan |title=Sprituality |work=Boyz |date=22 July 2010 |page=62}}
Personal life
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In 2012, Tanzer moved from Dresden in Germany to the village of Balnakeil in the Scottish Highlands. He had frequently visited Scotland on wild camping holidays with a military friend and said that he "feel[s] at home" in the area. While living in the village, he built his own house and lived without water or electricity during the construction process. He planned to open a hair salon and massage parlour, and later worked as a hair stylist and firefighter. {{As of|2018}}, he runs an art gallery in the area.
In 2021, he was working as an artist, hairdresser and massage therapist. He was described in The Times as a "popular figure" within the Durness area, running the Durness Highland Halloween Festival.
Tanzer has also worked as a disc jockey, using the name DJ Krieger. According to Ben Chasny, who wrote and performed the soundtrack for The Drifter, Tanzer DJ'd the film's launch event in Italy.{{cite journal |last1=Bishop |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Bishop (guitarist) |title=Six Organs of Admittance |journal=Bomb |date=2012 |issue=121 |page=61 |jstor=41727732 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41727732 |access-date=24 October 2023 |issn=0743-3204}}
=Sexuality=
During the late 2000s, Tanzer was in a relationship with fellow performer Vinnie D'Angelo. After beginning to date women again in his thirties, Tanzer faced criticism from fans and accusations of being gay-for-pay. He had recently ended a long-term relationship with a man and rejected the gay-for-pay label. In a 2018 interview with Vice, Tanzer said that he had never identified as gay, due to feeling disconnected from gay culture, and that he had previously identified as "asexual but with a preference for men".
In a 2010 interview, Tanzer stated a lack of emotional interest in having sex, saying that "sex is mostly just about lust and trying to get rid of that sexual pressure". Speaking to Vice in 2018, he expressed his strong desires to start a relationship and family with a woman. In 2021, Tanzer identified as heterosexual and was in a relationship with a woman. By November 2024, he had two daughters.{{cite news |last1=McMorran |first1=Caroline |title=Philipp Tanzer: 'Durness Halloween fest is getting harder to organise' |url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/philipp-tanzer-durness-halloween-fest-is-getting-harder-to-365381/ |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=The Northern Times |date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241105164430/https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/philipp-tanzer-durness-halloween-fest-is-getting-harder-to-365381/ |archive-date=5 November 2024 |language=en}}
Filmography
=Pornographic films=
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| 2007
| Ink Storm |
| 2008
| The 4th Floor |
| 2008
| Hotter Than Hell |
| 2008
| Jock Itch |
| 2008
| To the Last Man |
| 2008
| The Drifter |
| 2009
| Porn Stars in Love |
| 2009
| Rear Deliveries |
| 2009
| Ink Stain |
| 2009
| Port of Entry |
| 2009
| The Visitor |
| 2010
| Logan vs. Dragon |
| 2011
| Giants |
=Television=
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| I Am a Men's Rights Activist | Himself | Documentary film |
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