Transgender pornography
Transgender pornographyis a genre ofpornographyfeaturingtranssexualortransgenderactors.[1][2][3]The majority of the genre featurestrans women,buttrans menare sometimes featured.[1]Trans women are most often featured with male partners, but they are also featured with other women, both transgender andcisgender.[4][5][6]
Terminology[edit]
In the 2010s, it was common in transgender pornography to use terms that are generally regarded as pejorative slurs in the trans community, such as "chicks with dicks", "trannies",or"shemales".[7][8][9]Transgender pornographic actress Wendy Williams said she disagreed with activists who thought these sorts of terms are slurs, as these words were originally "used so the laymen person could understand the products they were buying in porn".[10]In 2017, a major trans porn site changed their name from ShemaleYum to GroobyGirls and announced they would no longer use terms that are seen as stigmatizing.[11]
Trans women in pornography are sometimes called "tgirls", thetstanding fortransgenderortranssexual.[8]
Awards[edit]
AVN Award for Transgender Performer of the Yearis one of the major industry awards for actors in the genre.[12][13]Transgender Erotica Awards(formerly Tranny Awards) is the other major award.[14][15]
Trans women[edit]
Viewers of pornography featuring trans women typically identify asheterosexual.[16][17]Transgender porn has become one of the largest, most popular genres of porn among heterosexual males.[17][18][19]
Data fromRedTube,a pornographic video hosting site, indicated that as of 2016 and based on the frequency of online searches trans porn was most popular in Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Russia and Spain; the United States ranked at 12th place and within the US trans porn searches were most common inWyoming.[20]
A spokesman forEvil Angel,a US porn production company, was quoted in 2015 as saying trans porn was the company's most profitable category, commanding premiums of about 20% more than other genres or scenes.[21]
Transpornographic actressesmay be either sexually passive or active with their male co-stars. Some actresses, such as Danni Daniels, usually perform as a "top"or specialize indominantroles.[22]
Trans men[edit]
In 2005,Titan Mediareleased a film titledCirque NoirstarringBuck Angel,marking the first time atrans manhad been featured in an all-male film produced by a company specializing in gay male porn.[23][24]
Cyd St. Vincent founded "Bonus Hole Boys" in 2014, the first FTM gay porn company, in order to "show big-name gay porn stars having sex with trans men and loving it." The formula has found a following among both women andgay men,with the majority of the company's fan-base being gay men. The gay male audience for FTM porn has become a growing niche as more gay men become exposed to the genre.[25]
In January 2018, the major gay porn studio Raw Fuck Club (RFC), released a scene starring Cyd St. Vincent titled "Some Men Have Pussies", becoming one of the few major gay porn companies to feature transgender men. The scene was largely popular, but provoked some controversy.[26]Buck Angel's "Cirque Noir" and Cyd St. Vincent's "Some Men Have Pussies" have been praised as "landmark roles" in the representation of trans men in gay porn "whose magnitude cannot be understated."[27]
As of 2019, gay trans man porn is still a relatively niche genre of pornography with few performers, but the market is growing each year as an audience develops for the genre.[28]
Perception[edit]
PsychologistDavid J. Leywrote that the popularity of transgender porn may have various causes, includingsexual fluidityand its novelty factor.[29]Author J. Phillips wrote that the "phallic woman...challenges the fixity of our own sexual identity."[30]NeuroscientistOgi Ogassaid that some straight men are interested in porn with trans women because the brain likes "different sexual cues in novel combinations" and that men seem to have a strong interest in penises regardless ofsexual orientation.[31]
Some in theLGBT communityfeel transgender pornography objectifies transgender people.[32][33]Others argue it can have positive effects. Trans actorBuck Angelsaid "I get letters daily from people thanking me about making them feel better about their bodies."[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Chris Morris (27 August 2015)."Transgender porn quickly growing in popularity".CNBC.Retrieved13 January2017.
- ^Marnia Robinson (26 July 2012)."Rethinking 'A Billion Wicked Thoughts'".Psychology Today.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ^Claude Summers (24 April 2012).The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television.Simon & Schuster.ISBN9781573448826.Retrieved11 January2017– viaGoogle Books.
- ^Lisa Z. =Sigel (11 January 2017).International Exposure: Perspectives on Modern European Pornography, 1800-2000.Rutgers University Press.ISBN9780813535197.Retrieved11 January2017– viaGoogle Books.
- ^David J. Ley (10 July 2014).The Myth of Sex Addiction.Rowman & Littlefield.ISBN9781442213050.Retrieved11 January2017– viaGoogle Books.
- ^"GLAAD Media Reference Guide - Transgender Issues".Glaad.org. 9 September 2011.Retrieved25 November2014.
- ^abTracy Clark-Flory (21 October 2011)."What's behind transsexual attraction?".Salon.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ^"What it's like to be a trans porn star at the AVNs".The Daily Dot.26 January 2015.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^ab"Transgender Porn Is A Best-Seller, But Is It Good For Trans People?".International Business Times.29 July 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-06.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^Tierney, Allison (2017-08-25)."This Leading Trans Porn Company Is Wiping Slurs from Its Site".Vice.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^Jincey Lumpkin (13 April 2012)."Peek Into The Sex Life Of A Transsexual Porn Star: An Interview With Madison Montag".The Huffington Post.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^"Intellectual Feminist Porn: Nica Noelle and the AVN Awards".The Huffington Post.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^"I Went to Something Called the" Tranny Awards "".Vice.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^"'Tranny Awards' Changes Its Name, Not Its Nature ".The Advocate.12 March 2014.Retrieved13 January2017.
- ^Tracy Clark-Flory (12 February 2012)."Porn's taboo transsexual stars".Salon.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ^abOgi Ogas (2 February 2013)."What Do Shemale Porn and the Twilight Novels Have In Common?".Psychology Today.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ^"Sex Question Friday: Why Are So Many Straight Men Into Transsexual Porn?".Justin Lehmiller.5 October 2012.Retrieved13 January2017.
- ^Hummel, Anna; Shackelford, Todd K. (2013)."Book Review: What Our Sexy past Reveals about Our Erotic Present".Evol Psychol.11(1): 147470491301100.doi:10.1177/147470491301100120.
- ^Weisman, Carrie (June 6, 2016)."Why Trans Porn Is Hugely Popular Among Hetero Men".AlterNet.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-08-30.RetrievedJuly 5,2018.
- ^"Let's say an Evil Angel wholesale DVD is in the $15 range. A trans release, same packaging is $19. Why? Because we can get it."[1][dead link]
- ^"Danni Daniels Is Dominating Porn with Her Nine-Inch Dick".Vice.7 October 2015.Retrieved7 October2017.
- ^"Susie Bright's Journal: Buck Angel and the 100% Man Clit".Susiebright.blogs. September 11, 2006.RetrievedApril 26,2019.
- ^"Cirque Noir - gay porn DVD review at BananaGuide".Banana Guide.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-06-15.
- ^"How Mainstream Porn Is Finally Making Room for Trans Performers".Glamour Magazine. 12 September 2017.Retrieved2018-05-27.
- ^"Yes, Trans Men Belong In Gay Porn".Intomore.Retrieved2019-04-26.[dead link]
- ^"Why are Trans Men Erased From Porn?".Intomore.Retrieved2019-04-26.
- ^"What It's Like to Be a Male Porn Star in 2019".GQ.Retrieved2019-04-26.
- ^Ley, David (7 November 2016).Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man's Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure.Stone Bridge Press.ISBN9780996485258.Retrieved24 March2017– via Google Books.
- ^J. Phillips (10 July 2006).Transgender On Screen.Springer.ISBN9780230596337.Retrieved11 January2017– viaGoogle Books.
- ^Moses, Asher (2011-06-21)."Our sexual desires exposed by neuroscientists' porn study".The Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved2019-06-06.
- ^"Why Doesn't GLAAD Bust Porn Studios For Marketing 'Trannies' and 'She-Males'?".Queerty.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^Tracy Clark-Flory."Porn's taboo transsexual stars".Salon.Retrieved11 January2017.
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