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They call people sluts and whores and MILFs. I don't get offended by any of it because it's porn. In my time, we were called "transsexual." Sometimes I use "transgender" and sometimes I use "transsexual," because that's what I've been calling myself for years. Sometimes correct me. But non-trans people using these terms to make millions of dollars? essentially exploiting the community.įoxxy: Everything comes from your own time. Go and make a living and use the terms you want to use.
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Trans women reclaiming the terms is terrific. So when people say, "Oh those words just exist in porn," that's bullshit because porn doesn't exist in a vacuum. I'm receiving a lot of backlash from because I've openly challenged that and called them out. If that's a tagline you have to throw on to make something sell, then that's what you have to do.Ĭhelsea: I still have friends who are being attacked and killed and having those same words screamed at them while they're being murdered. When I first started doing porn I hated the word "she-male." But that's how you market yourself. I totally respect their feminist views and I do support them as a whole, but I think when it comes to the porn industry, you can't expect the same. I come from a different time of transition than the younger girls do. Labels like "she-male" and "tranny" - that are commonly seen as derogatory in the trans community - are often used to market transgender porn. I really didn't have the intention of making a career out of it. I was doing it to see if it would work, like, "Do they think I'm as hot as I think I am?" I ended up building a really big career because of it. I did a scene and it just kind of snowballed.
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I sent in more pictures and I ended up getting picked up right away. I was determined to not let that stand in my way. I went online and talked to a few girls, but because of all my tattoos they told me I would never make it in porn. I was living in small town Illinois and I was looking for validation for myself, so I submitted some pictures. Morgan Bailey: Back when I was 24 I was just getting out of a relationship. I got booked for on of their porn series. I was living around a college campus at the time and I ended up seeing Jiz Lee speak. I started doing camming, then I got introduced to some porn stars like Sasha Grey and Stoya and the first wave of queer porn performers like Courtney Trouble and Jiz Lee. I was just trying to get my breast implants and I wanted braces.Ĭhelsea Poe: I started out in the Midwest and, being trans, it was extremely hard to get a job. I'm already dancing half naked." I did it and it was very nerve-wracking.
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I was like, "There's actual porn for transsexuals?" I was very curious so I said, "What the hell. I was being approached about being talent in porn. TS Foxxy: I was a go-go dancer in Las Vegas and during the AVN awards expo, a lot of the big name companies, photographers and directors come into town. Morgan Bailey (right above), 32, in the industry since 2008.Ĭhelsea Poe (left above), 24, in the industry since 2013. TS Foxxy (middle above), "my porn age is 27," in the industry since 2005. Three transgender women who are also porn stars in different stages of their careers spoke to separately about what it's really like for them to be a trans sex worker. These performers have a unique view on what it means to be transgender, and they - particularly those who are millennials and newer to the industry - are shaping the conversation around the language used to refer to transgender people, in porn and beyond. Before there was Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner, transgender women have quietly enjoyed success in the porn industry for many years.