Three transgender porn
stars have revealed the discrimination and physical challenges they have faced
as trans women working in an already controversial industry. Morgan
Bailey, 32, Chelsea Poe, 24, and TS Foxxy, whose 'porn age is 27', shared their
thoughts on the fetishization of transgender women and the difficulties
they have faced while working in the adult film industry.
Rising
star: Chelsea Poe, a 24-year-old who as worked in the industry for two
years, said she wants transgender women like herself be to be treated
the same as 'any other women in porn'
Foxxy,
who has been featured in adult films for a decade, agreed with Morgan
and noted that porn is an industry that refers to women as 'sluts and
whores, and MILFs', which she believes the are 'just slang words'.
She
explained that when she approached about being an adult film star when
she was working as a go-go dancer in Las Vegas, she didn't even know
there is 'actual porn for transsexuals', but decided to try it out
because she was 'already dancing half naked'.
'I
was doing it for the money. I never thought about it as a career,' she
admitted. 'I was just trying to get my breast implants and I wanted
braces.'
Morgan
she never intended to become a porn start, but when she was 24, she had
just gotten out of relationship and started submitting pictures because
she was 'looking for validation' at the time.
A
few of the girls in the industry whom she spoke with online told her
she wouldn't make it because all of her tattoos, which only made her
more determined to get discovered.
'I did a scene and it just kind of snowballed ... I ended up building a really big career because of it,' she said.
Meanwhile,
Chelsea who has only been porn for two years, said she started
'web-camming' and got booked for porn series after she went to see queer
porn star Jiz Lee speak.
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Personal
opinion: Morgan Bailey, 32, who has been in the adult film industry
since 2008, noted that men can be attracted to trans women without
fetishizing them
The women also spoke candidly about how their work requires them alter their hormones in order to be able to perform on camera.
Foxxy
recalled during her first 'hardcore' film, she was told to take Viagra
because the estrogen she takes makes it difficult for her to stay
erect.
Chelsea
said she also took medication for one of her first shoot, but it was a
'terrifying' experience because she was never told what it was.
'What
ends up happening is a lot of trans women in porn have to go off
hormones to perform,' she explained. 'And obviously doing that is super
harmful to your body. It's like going through puberty again.'
And
unsurprisingly, the women, who all entered the porn industry at
different times in their lives, have different views on being
fetishized.
Morgan
said believes 'it's great that guys fetishize trans women', but she
noted that men can be attracted to trans women without fetishizing them.
However, she has no patience for people who has why she doesn't 'full
transition' when they really want to know if she has a vagina.
But
Chelsea said she won't deal with being considered a fetish. 'I'm a
woman. If you like my porn, you're liking a woman's porn,' she said.
'Fetishization is about an object. We are not objects — we're women,
we're people.'
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